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| Troy Hunt: |
Everything you need to know about the WannaCry / Wcry / WannaCrypt ransomware — I woke up to a flood of news about ransomware today. By virtue of being down here in Australia, a lot happens in business hours around the world while we're sleeping but conversely, that's given …
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| New York Times: |
Europol chief says 200K computers in 150 countries were affected by WannaCry ransomware, while experts warn that new wave of attacks next week is likely — LONDON — Security experts are warning that the global cyberattack that began on Friday is likely to be magnified in the new workweek …
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Tweets: @msuiche, @samgadjones, @nytimes, @charlesarthur, @raistolo, @kennwhite, @hackerfantastic, @newsyc20, @jeremiahg, @gazthejourno, @bbcbreaking, and @ahess247
| The Guardian: |
Cybersecurity researcher @MalwareTechBlog accidentally finds kill switch to stop spread of WannaCry malware by registering domain hardcoded into malware — Expert who stopped spread of attack by activating software's ‘kill switch’ says criminals will ‘change the code and start again’
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| Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft decries “stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments”, citing NSA and CIA leaks — Early Friday morning the world experienced the year's latest cyberattack. — Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally …
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| Phillip Misner / MSRC: |
In response to WannaCry attacks, Microsoft issues security update for older Windows versions, including Windows XP, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003 — Microsoft solution available to protect additional products Today many of our customers around the world and the critical systems they depend …
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Tweets: @blowdart, @ihackbanme, @ruskin147, @swiftonsecurity, @msuiche, and @josephfcox
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Hackers are using EternalBlue vulnerability discovered by NSA and an exploit released by Shadow Brokers to infect unpatched Windows computers with WannaCry — A new strain of ransomware has spread quickly all over the world, causing crisis in National Health Service hospitals and facilities around England …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Source: Apple has acquired AI company Lattice Data, a specialist in unstructured “dark data”, for around $200M — As large tech companies gear up to make a stronger push into machine learning and artificial intelligence, Apple has acquired a company to fill out its own capabilities in the area.
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Tweets: @msuiche, @nicolastorzec, and @dauber
| Tess Townsend / Recode: |
Y Combinator President Sam Altman is considering running for governor of California as soon as 2018, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown says — Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown says it's a possibility. — Y Combinator President Sam Altman might run for governor of California … | Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
How Google outmaneuvered Apple and Microsoft over five years to gain dominance in classrooms with Chromebooks and free apps like Classroom, Docs, and Gmail — The tech giant is transforming public education with low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt. Tweets: @vindugoel, @nytimestech, @davewiner, @bisforberkshire, @nytimesbusiness, @whatthebit, @frankpasquale, and @zephyrteachout
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon doesn't let you block contact from specific people on Echo, says it “will be available in the coming weeks” — The new Alexa feature has some major privacy flaws — Amazon seems to have made a significant oversight in bringing voice calls and messaging to its Echo speakers …
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Tweets: @losowsky, @robotodd, @backlon, and @triketora
| David Cassel / The New Stack: |
Dwindling expertise a big worry as COBOL still underpins much of the US financial infrastructure — Think COBOL is dead? About 95 percent of ATM swipes use COBOL code, Reuters reported in April, and the 58-year-old language even powers 80 percent of in-person transactions.
Tweets: @kentborg, @ron_miller, @robmay, @rands, and @jmspool
| Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: |
Researchers teach drone to fly autonomously by incorporating an obstacle avoidance AI algorithm which was trained using data from 11.5K crashes — “Learning to Fly by Crashing,” a paper from CMU roboticists Dhiraj Gandhi, Lerrel Pinto, and Abhinav Gupta, has such a nice abstract that I'll …
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arXiv.org, autoevolution, Popular Mechanics, youtube.com, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @hpgrahsl
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