A DoorDash Breach Exposes Data of 4.9 Million Customers
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000
A NotPetya lawsuit, bricked Mac Pros, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read moreMonth: September 2019
What Past Whistle-Blowers Think of the Trump-Ukraine Complaint
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Two former intelligence community whistle-blowers say the life of whoever wrote the Trump-Ukraine complaint has been permanently altered.
Read moreAfter Whistle-Blower, House Democrats Chart a Course for Trump’s Impeachment
Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:14:31 +0000
An eventful week on Capitol Hill is only the beginning of a very long road.
Read moreUnfixable iOS Device Exploit Is the Latest Apple Security Upheaval
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 19:18:15 +0000
Any iPhone device from 2011 to 2017 could soon be jailbroken, thanks to an underlying flaw that there’s no way to patch.
Read moreTrump Still Doesn’t Believe Russia Hacked the 2016 Election
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:18:39 +0000
Trump has publicly played down Russia’s role in the 2016 election. But even privately, he trusts conspiracy theories more than US intelligence agencies.
Read moreUltrasound can reveal gene expression in the body
Researchers are developing a technique for imaging mammalian gene expression with ultrasound by combining human bacteria and virus DNA.
Read moreAre humans preventing flies from eavesdropping?
Soundscapes may influence the evolution of tightly co-evolved host-parasitoid relationships. Both traffic noise and natural ocean noise were found to inhibit parasitoid Ormia fly orientation to sound, which affects reproduction of the fly and survival of the cricket host.
Read moreSafe mercury levels in Kotzebue Sound fish
A new analysis of Kotzebue Sound fish has found that mercury levels in a variety of its subsistence species are safe for unrestricted consumption. The study tested 297 subsistence-caught fish. The average mercury levels for each of the eight species were at levels considered safe by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
Read moreDitch the delicate wash cycle to help save our seas
The volume of water used during a wash cycle, rather than the spinning action of the washing machine, is the key factor in the release of plastic microfibres from clothes.
Read moreNew blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer
A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows.
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