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May 13, 2017, 9:50 PM
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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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Tweets: @stevebellovin, @mattblaze, @matthew_d_green, @igorskochinsky, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, and @troyhunt
| Chris Baraniuk / BBC: |
WannaCry ransomware attacks reportedly spotted in 99 countries on Friday, including UK, US, Spain, Italy, China, Russia, and Taiwan — A massive ransomware campaign appears to have attacked a number of organisations across Europe. — Screenshots of a well known program that locks computers …
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Tweets: @dnvolz, @angelalauren, @jakubkroustek, @gcluley, @craiu, @jkingeu, @hatr, @mikercameron, @afp, @kenroth, @nytgraphics, @dangoodin001, @gossithedog, @afneil, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @weldpond, @wltaskforce, @medconfidential, @aclu, @bradsherman, @msuiche, @jorilallo, @msshannonfisher, @manhack, @lorenzofb, @malwrhunterteam, and @gossithedog
| 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, @ruskin147, @ihackbanme, @swiftonsecurity, and @msuiche
| Damien Gayle / The Guardian: |
Multiple hospitals across UK hit by ransomware attack, locking staff out of their computers and forcing hospitals to divert emergency patients — Many hospitals having to divert emergency patients, with doctors reporting messages demanding money … Hospitals across England have been hit …
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Tweets: @ruskin147, @graemeburton, @josephfcox, @blowdart, @jeremiahg, @bbcbreaking, and @skynews
| 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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Tweets: @josephfcox, @swiftonsecurity, @carlycarioli, @howelloneill, @wired, @e_kaspersky, and @digiphile
| 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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Tweets: @malwaretechblog, @snowden, @matthew_d_green, @daeaves, @ericgeller, @malwaretechblog, @uvstaska, and @dangoodin001
| 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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| Jerry Hildenbrand / Android Central: |
Google's Project Treble in Android O tries to make vendor and carrier updates easier by separating vendor specific implementations from the higher levels of OS — How Google can build one update that works everywhere. — In March 2016, when the Android N developer preview was released, we noticed something was different.
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Tweets: @ronamadeo, @ronamadeo, @copperheados, @liamspradlin, @davey_burke, @designatednerd, and @alexdobie
| 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
| 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.
Tweets: @frankpasquale, @zephyrteachout, @nytimesbusiness, @bisforberkshire, and @whatthebit
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Samsung and Intel file amicus briefs against Qualcomm, supporting FTC's antitrust action — Samsung says Qualcomm stops it from selling modems to others — South Korean firm is one of biggest users of Qualcomm chips — Samsung Electronics Co. and Intel Corp. weighed in with their own gripes …
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Tweets: @codinghorror and @shiraovide
| Jessi Hempel / Backchannel: |
Magic Leap quietly settles sex discrimination lawsuit; sources say the company is raising a new financing round, led by Alibaba again, at $6B to $8B valuation — Despite its critics, the secretive startup is raising more cash in its quest to be the Apple of augmented reality. — Hi Backchannel readers.
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