Backdoor.Whisperer
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Whisperer Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Whisperer Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreYou’ve perhaps noticed that [Jeremy Cook] is rather prolific on YouTube, regularly putting out videos on his latest and greatest creations. He wanted to add a head-mounted GoPro to his video production bag of tricks, but found it was a little trickier than expected to get the camera to point where he was actually looking.
Read MorePoland has officially challenged the European Union’s recently-approved controversial copyright directive, according to Reuters, saying that the legislation would bring unwanted censorship. The country filed its complaint yesterday with the the Court of Justice of the European Union. Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymanski said that the “system may result in adopting regulations that are
Read MoreThe EternalBlue hacking exploit, already used in the infamous WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, has now surfaced in the NSA’s own backyard, says The New York Times. Stolen NSA hacking tool now victimizing US cities, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReinforcement learning is a subset of machine learning where the machine is scored on their performance (“evaluation function”). Over the course of a training session, behavior that improved final score is positively reinforced gradually building towards an optimal solution. [Dheera Venkatraman] thought it would be fun to use reinforcement learning for making a little robot
Read MoreEarlier this week, SpaceX successfully launched its first 60 StarLink satellites into orbit around the Earth. An amateur astronomer in the Netherlands caught sight of them orbiting Earth after deployment, and captured the scene on video. Astronomer Dr. Marco Langbroek noted on his blog that he calculated where the satellites would be orbiting, and waited
Read MoreIf you browse the mixers at a high-end grocery or spirits store these days you’re bound to find an assortment of tonic waters. My personal favorite is Fever Tree’s Elderflower tonic, Try it, it’s fantastic. Tonics can be great to help bring out the flavor of the spirit that you’re drinking, but they can also
Read MoreNobody beats our meat-cooker deals. The best grill sales for Memorial Day 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSince May 7th, the Baltimore’s city government has been dealing with a ransomware attack that has shut down everything from its email to the systems that allow residents to pay water bills, purchase homes, and other services. According to a report in The New York Times, the tool that has crippled the city is a
Read MoreSave, then sleep. The best Memorial Day mattress sales – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLast year, Amazon rolled a new announcements feature for Echo devices, and later expanded it to Alexa-compatible Sonos speakers. Now, the feature can be used across all of the devices that utilize Alexa. The feature essentially allows you to turn your Echo devices into an intercom system, and initially rolled out to the Echo, Echo
Read MoreRidley Scott’s landmark monster film from 40 years ago holds up, but its ship could use a new operating system. Alien and I both hatched in 1979. Now I'm watching the movie, finally – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome of the world’s greatest artworks are known for their elaborate backstory or complex history, but not many are actively dangerous to those who own them. ‘The Persistence of Chaos’ might be an exception. Created by internet artist Guo O Dong, this piece of art is an ordinary laptop filled with six of the world’s
Read MoreAt first, we thought this robot was like a rabbit until we realized rabbits have a 300% bonus in the leg department. SALTO — a robot from [Justin Yim], [Eric Wang], and [Ronald Fearing] only has one leg but gets around quite well hopping from place to place. If you can’t picture it, the video
Read MoreFour decades after it burst from screens, we celebrate Ridley Scott’s peerless sci-fi horror hybrid. Alien is 40, and still terrifying. Shame about the sequels – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEarlier this week, an altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi caught fire on Facebook, and despite being faked, the platform has so far declined to remove it. However, it has now chosen to notify users who attempt to share the clip that it is faked. “Once the video was fact checked as false, we
Read MoreAmerican cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of dollars in damage overseas. The N.S.A. will say nothing. In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEven the most avid readers among us occasionally run into words that we don’t quite know the meaning of. My typical move, in that case, is to copy/paste the word into Google in another tab and see what comes up. This week I came across a Chrome extension that cuts out the middle man (or
Read MoreAs of May 2019, over 20 US states have introduced bills seeking to regulate data privacy, data security, or some combination of the two. While many of these bills agree in spirit (i.e. privacy good, data collection and usage bad), the various bills are decidedly more divergent as to how to accomplish these objectives. With
Read MoreThere’s a really fine balance between over explaining magical/mythical/sci-fi parts of a story, and leaving things too undefined for viewers to understand. I think it’s great when films live in that ambiguous in between, letting us imagine out some amount of specifics on our own, but a movie needs to provide the right guidance to
Read MoreBlack Mirror’s fifth season will return to Netflix with three new episodes on June 5th, and to promote the return of the series, it will release a trio of extremely short episodes on its América Latina YouTube channel. The three Little Black Mirror episodes will feature several YouTube stars from Latin America, according to Variety.
Read MoreIn many regions around the world, Huawei phones are easy to come by. They’re sold through carriers, and available in stores. That’s not the case in the US, where Huawei does not officially sell its devices and no carriers offer them. If those things aren’t a deterrent, you’ll likely have to go online to buy
Read MoreBaggu’s Memorial Day Sale, PowerBlock adjustable dumbbells, and discounts at Joe’s New Balance Outlet lead off Saturday’s best deals. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: Timbuk2, Lawn Care Essentials, Twelve South's AirFly, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIn Chinese science fiction author Chen Qiufan’s debut novel Waste Tide, a young woman finds herself transformed and stuck in the midst of a vicious power struggle between factions in the polluted, fictitious Silicon Isle in Guiyu, China. It’s a near-future science fiction thriller that feels pressingly relevant in 2019, about the pressures that advanced
Read MoreSometimes, there’s a job to be done and the required tools don’t fall easily to hand. [Bob] found himself in just such a position, needing to get some window flashing made up despite lacking a sheet metal break. After waiting far too long for someone else to do the job, [Bob] elected to simply make
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