Biz & IT – Ars Technica

• The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity 4.8.2021
  Two years after a damning cybersecurity report, auditors find little has improved.
• Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV 3.8.2021
  AT&T owns 70% of DirecTV spinoff but won't be managing it anymore.
• Trusted platform module security defeated in 30 minutes, no soldering required 3.8.2021
  Sometimes, locking down a laptop with the latest defenses isn't enough.
• New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows 3.8.2021
  Adventurous users can try the new implementation now by adding a registry key.
• With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware 31.7.2021
  With a valid TLS certificate, faux Bravė.com could fool even security-savvy people.
• Software downloaded 30,000 times from PyPI ransacked developers’ machines 30.7.2021
  Expect to see more of these "Frankenstein" malware packages, researchers warn.
• New bank-fraud malware called Vultur infects thousands of devices 30.7.2021
  Screen sharing courtesy of VNC mirrors device screens to attacker-controlled servers.
• Feds list the top 30 most exploited vulnerabilities. Many are years old 29.7.2021
  Hackers continue to exploit publicly known—and often dated—software vulnerabilities.
• Biden warns cyber attacks could lead to a “real shooting war” 28.7.2021
  US president's remarks follow breaches that paralyzed critical services.
• Sean Gallagher and an AI expert talk about our crazy machine-learning adventure 28.7.2021
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