Amazon Prime Day 2019: The Best Kindle Is Only $60
We’re big fans of Amazon’s Kindles, and all three are on sale for Prime Day: Standard, Paperwhite, and Oasis. They’re as cheap as we’ve seen them….
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Paige details first AI pathology tech with clinical-grade accuracy in new research paper
Medical tech and computational pathology startup Paige has published a new article in the peer-reviewed medical journal Nature Medicine, detailing its artificial intelligence-based detection system for identifying prostate cancer, skin cancer and breast cancer, which the company says achieves “near-perfect accuracy.” Paige’s tech, which employs deep learning trained on a dataset of almost 45,000 slide […] …
Waze Toll Pricing helps you find the cheapest route – Roadshow
Google’s popular navigation app now crowdsources tollbooth price info….
Threat Intelligence Is the SOC’s Road Map to DNS Security
Threat intelligence provides the context SOC analysts need to proactively identify DNS security threats and prevent future DNS attacks.
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iOS URL Scheme Could Let App-in-the-Middle Attackers Hijack Your Accounts
Security researchers have illustrated a new app-in-the-middle attack that could allow a malicious app installed on your iOS device to steal sensitive information from other apps by exploiting certain implementations of Custom URL Scheme. By default on Apple’s iOS operating system, every app runs inside a sandbox of its own, which prevent all apps installed on the same device from accessing…
Software Developers Face Secure Coding Challenges
Seven in ten developers are expected to write secure code, but less than half receive feedback on security, a survey finds. …
Microsoft unveils second preview build of Windows 10 19H2; tests new features being off by default
Microsoft is rolling out a second test build of its Windows 10 19H2 feature update (build 18362.10005) to the Slow Ring, but the new features in it are turned off by default at the moment.
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Clemson and Other Universities Work to Improve Cybersecurity
This spring, a batch of tests were sent to 100 Clemson University faculty and staff emails in an attempt to access private and personal information.
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Opinion: We need a way to talk about Cyber Physical Risk
How does a flaw potentially affecting the integrity of printer management application get a “critical” severity rating and one affecting the integrity and operation of anesthesia machines get a “moderate” severity rating? It has to do with our evolving and still immature system of rating (and therefore thinking about) cyber risk. The post…Read the whole entry… »Related StoriesIntroducing Securepairs.org: Fighting Infosec FUD for the Right to RepairEpisode 153: Hacking Anesthesia Machines and Mayors say No to RansomsBreathe Deeply: DHS warns of Flaw in Hospital Anesthesia Machines …
AirTV Mini packs 4K HDR Android TV into a $79 streaming dongle
Android TV may be growing quickly in popularity, but the platform doesn’t have many consumer-facing options. Today, the AirTV Mini has gone official with Android TV, the ability to play 4K HDR content, and a compact dongle form factor for an affordable price.
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The best Amazon Prime Day 2019 wearable deals so far: Apple Watch and Fitbit models are already on sale – CNET
Prime Day starts next week, but there are already some notable sales on wearables….
An IT security salesman told me his software doesn’t work
A random encounter with a professional reveals the inherent issues with IT security.
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Watch ISRO’s historic Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission rocket launch live
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to run a historic launch later today, with the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission, which will aim to put a rover on the Moon’s south pole to help study the celestial body’s origin. The launch is target for 2:51 AM India Standard Time (IST), which is 5:21 PM EST. […] …
Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation
After months of negotiations, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its privacy investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The settlement will put an end to a wide-ranging probe that began more than a year ago and centers around the violation of a 2011 agreement Facebook made with the FTC that required Facebook…
NCSC Issues Alert About Active DNS Hijacking Attacks
Following recent reports about mass-scale attacks aimed at modifying Domain Name System records, UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released an advisory with mitigation options for organizations to defend against this type of threat. […] …