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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Ransomware attack spreads to orgs in Britain, US, and Europe, including ad firm WPP, Chernobyl power plant, shipping giant Maersk, US hospital, Merck, more — A major ransomware attack has brought businesses to a close throughout Europe, in an infection reminiscent of last month's WannaCry attack.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Experts from Eset and Recorded Future say today's ransomware scans systems for passwords to send to server, uses NSA “EternalBlue” exploit, is “Petya” variant — Like earlier ransomware worm, new attacks use potent exploit stolen from the NSA.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
German email host closes account of hacker behind today's ransomware outbreak, but because victims can't reach hacker, they can't decrypt files even if they pay — On Tuesday, a new, worldwide ransomware outbreak took off, infecting targets in Ukraine, France, Spain, and elsewhere.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Researchers find creating a read-only “perfc” file on Windows stops the current “Petya” ransomware variant from executing locally — Cybereason security researcher Amit Serper has found a way to prevent the Petya (NotPetya/SortaPetya/Petna) ransomware from infecting computers.
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BBC, BGR, Newser, ZDNet, International Business Times, and Malwarebytes Labs
Tweets: @hackingdave, @hackingdave, @0xamit, and @hackingdave
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Today's ransomware attacks leveraged Windows' remote admin access tools like Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and PsExec to infect other PCs on network — Beyond exploits and vulnerabilities — When the Wannacry ransomware tore through the UK and Europe in May, there was a certain logic to the heightened scale of damage.
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The Next Web, Talos Blog, Cyberscoop, CBS Los Angeles, Cisco Blog, Fortune, CNET, and The Next Web. Tweets: @hackingdave
| Jon Henley / The Guardian: |
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Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @maersk, @marksweney, and @christopherjm
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Lightspeed asked Stitch Fix CEO to sign non-disparagement agreement after she complained about then-board member and Lightspeed partner Justin Caldbeck — When Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake told Lightspeed Venture Partners, an early investor in her company, that (then) …
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| Emily Chang / Bloomberg: |
Source: Binary Capital is shutting down its most recent fund, which had raised about $175M, in wake of Justin Caldbeck situation — Binary Capital LLC, the venture firm whose co-founder Justin Caldbeck departed last week after admitting to misconduct with female entrepreneurs …
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft to add Exploit Guard feature in this fall's Creators Update for Windows to help manage EMET-like exploit mitigations app by app — The built-in exploit mitigations are getting stronger and easier to configure. — The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will include EMET … | Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As Facebook reaches the 2B MAUs milestone, a look at its growth strategy over the years with interview of VPs of growth, growth marketing, social good, others — Facebook's growth team has a methodical approach to understanding what new users want and a surprisingly broad mandate.
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Tweets: @vijayshekhar, @natisho, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @dseetharaman, and @sarahfrier. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Marc Schneider / Billboard: |
Pandora winds down operations in Australia and New Zealand, the only territories where it operates outside of the US — Pandora is pulling the plug on Australia and New Zealand, the only international territories where it operates, in an effort to focus solely on the United States.
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Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, CNET, MacRumors, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, and Pandora. Tweets: @r2r
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Dating apps are embracing video, with Hinge letting you import video from other social networks and Zoosk's Lively adding video chat — Dating apps are, in their own way, a form of social networking - especially as they expand into new areas like friend-finding or professional networking.
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The Verge, Tubefilter, Mashable, Engadget, and Digital Trends
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
DiffBlue, which wants to automate coding tasks using AI, announces $22M Series A led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments — Oxford University continues to be a hotbed of AI talent, fuelling not just academic research into AI but also the ambitions of startups and large technology companies alike.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft patches the third critical remote exploit in Windows Defender found by Project Zero in seven weeks, after a “quick stab” at fuzzing by Tavis Ormandy — Is there a fuzzer in the house? — Microsoft recently patched a critical vulnerability in its ubiquitous built-in antivirus engine.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
You can now request an Uber ride for people without a smartphone or Uber account, making it easier to help seniors — Uber is adding a new feature that lets you specify someone else in your phone's contact book as the rider for the trip. It was always possible to hail a ride …
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