Congress Grills the Spy Chief, Google’s Quantum ‘Victory,’ and More News
Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:27:00 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Some Voting Machines Still Have Decade-Old Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:41:42 +0000
The results of the 2019 Defcon Voting Village are in—and they paint an ugly picture for voting machine security.
Read moreCongress Grills Joseph Maguire Over Trump’s Whistle-Blower Scandal
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:55:19 +0000
Acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire answered Congress’s questions about the Ukraine whistle-blower complaint—but not always to satisfaction.
Read more‘Fleeceware’ Play store apps quietly charging up to $250
Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:16:56 +0000
SophosLabs researchers discovered at least 15 apps with millions of downloads charging extraordinary prices right under the Google’s nose.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/H5gANUVkXYM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreApple users, patch now! The ‘bug that got away’ has been fixed
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:13:21 +0000
Apple has now patched the patch that Google said didn’t patch the hole it was supposed to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vMQXw1rIjGw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreThis Week in Security News: Fake Apps on iOS and Google Play and Social Media Security Issues
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:05:27 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the evolution of EDR to XDR (and why your CISO should care), stock trading app attacks and fake gambling apps. Also, read about how Instagram…
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Read moreLife's building blocks may have formed in interstellar clouds
An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life — nucleobases — could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars.
Read moreWhy viruses like Herpes and Zika will need to be reclassified: Biotech impact
New findings reveal many different structural models for viruses, which can eventually lead to developing more targeted antiviral vaccines, by improving our understanding of how viruses form, evolve and infect their hosts.
Read moreLongest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
An in-depth look at Australia's Great Barrier Reef over the past 91 years concludes that since 1928 intertidal communities have experienced major phase-shifts as a result of local and global environmental change, leaving few signs that reefs will return to their initial state in the near future. The long-term implications of these changes highlight the importance of avoiding phase shifts in coral reefs which may take many decades to repair, if at all.
Read moreTeenagers less likely to respond to mothers with controlling tone of voice
Teenagers are less likely to cooperate and put effort into their mother's requests when they are said in a controlling tone of voice, researchers have found.
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