Vulnerable industrial controls directly connected to Internet? Why not?
Even some devices with patches available are connected to the naked Internet.
View ArticleMatryoshki of news: Tech giants flash code to Russia, Dutch hack Kremlin...
It's all kicking off Roundup Technology companies can't decide whether to take Russian money or run from it – not that they've ever been much good at turning down cash.…
View ArticleCandid camera: Dutch hacked Russians hacking DNC, including security cameras
AIVD shared data on "Cozy Bear" with US, helping thwart 2014 State Department hack.
View ArticleHere’s our first clear look at the Samsung Galaxy S9
Evan Blass shows off a picture and some new spec information for Samsung's flagship.
View ArticleIntroducing Ars Pro, the new Ars Technica subscription program
Want an ad-free Ars and support our work? And a free YubiKey? Read on...
View ArticleMontana to FCC: You can’t stop us from protecting net neutrality
Montana governor is ready for lawsuits over attempt to protect net neutrality.
View ArticleAfter a “major” launch anomaly, satellites scrambling to reach orbits
It appears that the upper stage of an Ariane 5 rocket fired the wrong way.
View ArticleNow even YouTube serves ads with CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners
Ad campaign lets attackers profit while unwitting users watch videos.
View ArticleLenovo’s craptastic fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password
ThinkPad owners need to update their software – unless they're using Windows 10 Lenovo wants ThinkPad owners to update their machines after its Fingerprint Manager Pro software was found to contain...
View ArticleGoogle’s Angular JavaScript framework gets a component kit
Builders of the Angular JavaScript framework have launched a component development kit for the platform, providing components with predetermined behaviors.The goal is for all Angular component...
View ArticleTwo new cryptocurrency heists make off with over $400M worth of blockchange
Coincheck sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience.
View ArticleIntel: Meltdown, Spectre silicon fixes coming 2018; 3D XPoint RAM, not so much
And the roadmap for the transition to 10nm remains as murky as ever.
View ArticleAfter suggesting that Fortnite is a priority, Epic shuts down another F2P game
Bad mid-January news was followed by insider tips about Paragon's dire fate.
View ArticleCrypto-jackers slip Coinhive mining code into YouTube site ads
Trend Micro suggests disabling JavaScript in browsers The hijacking of CPU cycles through crypto-mining JavaScript code has surged over the past few days, according to security biz Trend Micro.…
View ArticleA 15-year look at how energy changed in the US, state by state
Data from 2000 to 2015 letrsquo;s us reflect on what 2015 to 2030 will look like.
View ArticleOdd vertebrate gets rid of hundreds of genes early in development
Mice silence these genes during development; sea lampreys just delete them.
View ArticleGarmin Speak Plus review: Alexa is just a passive road-trip buddy
How much does Alexa elevate a dash camrsquo;s usefulness?
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. wants to put 5 million electric cars on roads by 2030
States recognize charging facilities are an issue.
View ArticleExercise-tracking app mapped military bases, revealed where spooks go jogging
Strava users ignored off-by-default privacy settings, revealed personal info Last November, exercise-tracking app Strava published a “Heatmap” of user activity which it cheerily boasted comprised a...
View ArticleMicrosoft works weekends to kill Intel’s shoddy Spectre patche
Out-of-band patch may assuage user anger over Intel crudware, closed-club disclosure process Microsoft has implemented Intel's advice to reverse the Spectre variant 2 microcode patches.…
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