IT Stories for 2017

EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS 214
Could We Reduce Data Breaches With Better Open Source Funding? 60
300,000 Users Exposed In Ancestry.com Data Leak 43
That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You're Watching on TV 98
A Glitch Stole Christmas: S.C. Lottery Says Error Caused Winning Tickets 113
Chrome Extension with 100,000 Users Caught Pushing Cryptocurrency Miner 47
Web Trackers Exploit Flaw In Browser Login Managers To Steal Usernames 76
FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say 174
Some Sonos and Bose Speakers Are Being Hijacked To Play Ghostly Sounds 41
56,000 Layoffs and Counting: India's IT Bloodbath This Year May Just Be the Start 211
That '70s Show: the Conference That Predicted the Future of Work 40
Acoustic Attacks on HDDs Can Sabotage PCs, CCTV Systems, ATMs, More 72
Mozilla Patches Critical Bug in Thunderbird 76
Beware: 'Digmine' Cryptocurrency Bot Is Spreading Via Facebook Messenger 96
UK Companies Facing Cyber Security Staff Shortage 138
Man Threatened Company With Cyber Attack To Fire Employee and Hire Him Instead 151
65% of Washington DC's Outdoor Surveillance Cameras Infiltrated by Romanian Hackers 85
Amazon Acquires Connected Camera and Doorbell Startup 'Blink' 18
'Username or Password is Incorrect' Security Defense is a Weak Practice 249
Snowden's New App Haven Uses Your Smartphone To Physically Guard Your Laptop 134
AnyDVD Supports UHD Blu-Ray Ripping, While Devices Patch Security Holes 68
Security Firm Keeper Sues News Reporter Over Vulnerability Story 73
Windows 10 Facial Recognition Feature Can Be Bypassed with a Photo 95
Youbit Shuts Down Cryptocurrency Exchange After Second Hack, Files For Bankruptcy 68
Cable TV's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming 143
Firefox Prepares To Mark All HTTP Sites 'Not Secure' After HTTPS Adoption Rises 244
Ubuntu 17.10 Temporarily Pulled Due To A BIOS Corrupting Problem 167
Russia-Linked Twitter Accounts 'Tried To Divide UK' After Terrorist Attacks 133
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Alternatives To Android Or iOS? 304
Cloud-Based Repository Leak Exposes 123 Million American Households 62
'Loapi' Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Is Causing Phone Batteries To Bulge 55
Chinese Backdoor Still Active on Many Android Devices 30
Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing 242
Geekbench Results Visualize Possible Link Between iPhone Slowdowns and Degraded Batteries 135
US Says North Korea 'Directly Responsible' For WannaCry Ransomware Attack 159
Think Twice About Buying Internet-connected Devices Off Ebay 77
Facebook To Demote Posts That Ask For 'Likes' Or Shares 85
China Blocks Foreign Companies From Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars 110
Microsoft Disables Word DDE Feature To Prevent Further Malware Attacks 103
What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? 197
Microsoft Releases a Preview of OpenSSH Client and Server For Windows 10 144
Windows 10 Bundled a Password Manager with a Security Flaw 48
Here's the Letter Alleging Uber Spied on Individuals For Competitive Intelligence 37
Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin Into Firefox and Users Are Pissed 307
Lock Out: the Austrian Hotel That Was Hacked Four Times 53
CIA Captured Putin's 'Specific Instructions' To Hack the 2016 Election, Says Report 535
A Cryptocurrency Without a Blockchain Has Been Built To Outperform Bitcoin 186
Attackers Deploy 'Triton' Malware Against Industrial Safety Equipment 30
Fortinet VPN Client Exposes VPN Creds; Palo Alto Firewalls Allow Remote Attacks 32
Internet Traffic To Major Tech Firms Mysteriously Rerouted To Russia 106
Author of BrickerBot Malware Retires, Says He Bricked 10 Million IoT Devices 149
Trump Administration Calls For Government IT To Adopt Cloud Services 208
Avast Launches Open-Source Decompiler For Machine Code 113
Maker of Sneaky Mac Adware Sends Security Researcher Cease-and-Desist Letters 87
Someone Used Wet String To Get a Broadband Connection 78
Mirai IoT Botnet Co-Authors Plead Guilty 33
Uber's Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World 29
Old Crypto Vulnerability Hits Major Tech Firms 32
Trump Signs Into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software 140
Searchable Database of 1.4 Billion Stolen Credentials Found On Dark Web 72
Tech Support Scammers Invade Spotify Forums To Rank in Search Engines 33
Apple's Alleged Throttling of Older iPhones With Degraded Batteries Causes Controversy 183
Ask Slashdot: Biggest IT Management Mistakes? 341
How Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web 116
Google Releases Tool To Help iPhone Hackers 52
Fired Tech Workers Turn To Chatbots for Counseling 96
HP Laptops Found To Have Hidden Keylogger 116
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Retrain Old IT Workers? 343
Microsoft's 'Malware Protection Engine' Had A Remote Code Execution Flaw 54
Touting Government/Industry 'Partnership' on Security Practices, NIST Drafts Cybersecurity Framework Update 15
Autocratic Governments Can Now 'Buy Their Own NSA' 109
Emotion Recognition Systems Could Be Used In Job Interviews 145
Google Glitch Took Thousands of Chromebooks Offline 77
What Mistakes Can Stall An IT Career? 207
Reporter Regrets Letting Amazon's Delivery People Into His House 114
People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now 202
Zero-Day iOS HomeKit Vulnerability Allowed Remote Access To Smart Accessories Including Locks 39
'Process Doppelganging' Attack Bypasses Most Security Products, Works On All Windows Versions 126
Chrome 63 Offers Even More Protection From Malicious Sites, Using Even More Memory 63
Zimbabwe's Internet Went Down for About Five Hours. The Culprit Was Reportedly a Tractor. 63
Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed Discuss Suing Manila Bank For Heist Damages 29
Amazon Opens Registration For .BOT Domain Name 44
Kaspersky To Close Washington Office But Expand Non-State Sales 65
Uber Paid 20-year-old Florida Man To Keep Data Breach Secret 27
Keylogger Found On Nearly 5,500 WordPress Sites 83
Warrantless Surveillance Can Continue Even If Law Expires, Officials Say 68
AMD Quietly Made Some Radeon RX 560 Graphics Cards Worse 40
Apple Issues Security Updates for MacOS, iOS, TvOS, WatchOS, and Safari 30
NiceHash Hacked, $62 Million of Bitcoin May Be Stolen 79
US Says It Doesn't Need a Court Order To Ask Tech Companies To Build Encryption Backdoors 249
Germany Preparing Law for Backdoors in Any Type of Modern Device 251
A Popular Virtual Keyboard App Leaks 31 Million Users' Personal Data 65
PayPal Says 1.6 Million Customer Details Stolen In Breach At Canadian Subsidiary 24
Man Hacks Jail Computer Network To Get Inmate Released Early 31
Apple Snafu Means Updating To macOS 10.13.1 Could Reactivate Root Access Bug 74
How 'Grinch Bots' Are Ruining Online Christmas Shopping 283
Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled 140
StartCom Will Stop Issuing Certificates, Revoking Them All in 2020 42
PHP Now Supports Argon2 Next-Generation Password Hashing Algorithm 94
Massive Financial Aid Data Breach Proves Stanford Lied For Years To MBAs 116
Valuable Republican Donor Database Breached -- By Other Republicans 73
A Programing Error Blasted 19 Russian Satellites Back Towards Earth 90
Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called 'Sopranica' 77
Blockchains Are Poised To End the Password Era 129
Homeland Security Claims DJI Drones Are Spying For China 82
US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder 141
Google Will Block Third-Party Software From Injecting Code Into Chrome 40
The Underground Uber Networks Driven by Russian Hackers 49
Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law 162
System76 Will Disable Intel Management Engine On Its Linux Laptops 149
High Sierra Root Login Bug Was Mentioned on Apple's Support Forums Two Weeks Ago 85
'Bomb on Board' Wi-Fi Network Causes Turkish Airlines Flight To Be Diverted 177
American Airlines Accidentally Let Too Many Pilots Take Off The Holidays 200
Facebook's New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' 302
Sensitive Personal Information of 246,000 DHS Employees Found on Home Computer 59
Apple To Review Software Practices After Patching Serious Mac Bug 192
66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don't Use Encryption 32
Three Quarters of Android Apps Track Users With Third Party Tools, Says Study 46
MacOS High Sierra Bug Allows Login As Root With No Password 237
New NSA Leak Exposes Red Disk, the Army's Failed Intelligence System 67
HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say 127
iPhone Users Complain About the Word 'It' Autocorrecting To 'I.T' On iOS 11 and Later 116
White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban For Staff 113
Computer Science GCSE in Disarray After Tasks Leaked Online 53
Two Major Cydia Hosts Shut Down as Jailbreaking Fades in Popularity 90
FBI Failed To Notify 70+ US Officials Targeted By Russian Hackers 94
Should Brokers Use 'Voice Prints' For Stock Transactions? 64
Why Do Employers Require College Degrees That Aren't Necessary? 358
Is Sharp's Robot Vacuum Cleaner Vulnerable To Remote Take-over? 42
Bipartisan US Election Group Issues Security Tips 103
Imgur Confirms Email Addresses, Passwords Stolen In 2014 Hack 38
More Than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked 177
Data Breach Hits Australia's Department of Social Services Credit Card System 32
There's Now a Dark Web Version of Wikipedia 20
There's Some Intense Web Scans Going on for Bitcoin and Ethereum Wallets 34
EU Lawmakers Back Exports Control on Spying Technology 35
Uber Hackers May Have Been Russian 59
Firefox Will Warn Users When Visiting Sites That Suffered a Data Breach 64
Uber Is Under Investigation By Multiple States Over a 2016 Data Breach 25
Television's Most Infamous Hack Is Still a Mystery 30 Years Later 116
How a Wi-Fi Pineapple Can Steal Your Data (And How To Protect Yourself From It) 46
Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? 354
Sacramento Regional Transit Systems Hit By Hacker 35
FCC Will Also Order States To Scrap Plans For Their Own Net Neutrality Laws 280
Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People's Data 32
Iranian 'Game of Thrones' Hacker Demanded $6 Million Bitcoin Ransom From HBO, Feds Say 34
Intel: We've Found Severe Bugs in Secretive Management Engine, Affecting Millions 207
Over 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke 263
Why Hackers Reuse Malware 27
Spam Is Back 154
Security Problems Are Primarily Just Bugs, Linus Torvalds Says 272
Critics Debate Autism's Role in James Damore's Google Memo 353
10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X 300
In Defense of Project Management For Software Teams 160
'Lazy' Hackers Exploit Microsoft RDP To Install Ransomware 72
Apple Fixes the iPhone X 'Unresponsive When It's Cold' Bug 42
'I See Things Differently': James Damore on his Autism and the Google Memo 682
DJI Threatens Researcher Who Reported Exposed Cert Key, Credentials, and Customer Data 81
Tech Companies Try Apprenticeships To Fill The Tech Skills Gap 123
iPhone X Owners Experience 'Crackling' or 'Buzzing' Sounds From Earpiece Speaker 104
Massive US Military Social Media Spying Archive Left Wide Open In AWS S3 Buckets 85
Windows 8 and Later Fail To Properly Apply ASLR 62
Germany Bans Children's Smartwatches 44
Report Claims That 18 Nation's Elections Were Impacted By Social Engineering Last Year 235
Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo, Google Home Devices 40
Amazon Key Flaw Could Let Rogue Deliverymen Disable Your Camera 106
Phone Companies Get New Tools To Block Spam Calls 129
Internal Kaspersky Investigation Says NSA Worker's Computer Was Infested with Malware 141
Consumers Are Holding Off On Buying Smart-Home Gadgets Due To Security, Privacy Fears 143
Hoverboards Recalled For Fire and Explosion Risks -- Again 37
Amazon Is Cutting Prices at Whole Foods Again 122
Forbes '30 Under 30' Conference Website Exposed Attendees' Personal Information 12
Boeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable To Hacking, DHS Says 140
Investigation Finds Security Flaws In 'Connected' Toys 32
About 15 Percent of US Agencies Detected Kaspersky Software on Networks 81
OnePlus Phones Come Preinstalled With a Factory App That Can Root Devices 73
Huddle's 'Highly Secure' Work Tool Exposed KPMG And BBC Files 36
US Airports Still Fail New Security Tests 182
The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold 196
Equifax Tells Investors They Could Be Breached Again - And That They're Still Profitable 90
iPhone Encryption Hampers Investigation of Texas Shooter, Says FBI 240
Researchers Run Unsigned Code on Intel ME By Exploiting USB Ports 171
H1-B Administrators Are Challenging An Unusually Large Number of Applications 304
The Computer Scientist Who Prefers Voting With Paper 219
Sex Toy Company Admits To Recording Users' Remote Sex Sessions, Calls It a 'Minor Bug' 81
This Time, Facebook Is Sharing Its Employees' Data 45
Following Equifax Breach, CEO Doesn't Know If Data Is Encrypted 104
Man Who Sent GIF of Laughing Mouse To Employer After DDoS Attack Is Now Arrested 75
Security Firm Creates Chatbot To Respond To Scam Emails On Your Behalf 70
After Outrage, Logitech Gives Free Upgrade To Owners of Soon To Be Obsolete Device 105
How AV Can Open You To Attacks That Otherwise Wouldn't Be Possible 34
DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' 510
Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? 449
WikiLeaks Starts Releasing Source Code For Alleged CIA Spying Tools 102
Google Says Hackers Steal Almost 250,000 Logins Each Week 33
Microsoft To Integrate 3rd-party Security Info Into Its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service 26
Federal Prosecutors Charge Man With Hiring Hackers To Sabotage Former Employer 18
Linux Has a USB Driver Security Problem 156
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Apologizes For Data Breach, Blames Russians 212
'How Chrome Broke the Web' 283
Flaw Crippling Millions of Crypto Keys Is Worse Than First Disclosed 76
How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet 110
MINIX: Intel's Hidden In-chip Operating System 271
Microsoft Releases Standards For Highly Secure Windows 10 Devices 173
Should Private Companies Be Allowed To Hit Back At Hackers? 141
One in Four UK Workers Maliciously Leaks Business Data Via Email, Study Says 30
Mozilla Might Distrust Dutch Government Certs Over 'False Keys' 112
An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels 123
Should Developers Do All Their Own QA? 299
A Third of the Internet Experienced DoS Attacks in the Last Two Years 31
Are You OK With Google Reading Your Data? 154
Experts Propose Standard For IoT Firmware Updates 61
Equifax Investigation Clears Execs Who Dumped Stock Before Hack Announcement 155
Chelsea Manning Archivist Excludes Hacktivist Jailed By Carmen Ortiz From Aaron Swartz Day 124
TorMoil Vulnerability Leaks Real IP Address From Tor Browser Users; Security Update Released 21
Xbox One X is the Perfect Representation of the Tech Industry's Existential Crisis 190
Malware Developer Who Used Spam Botnet To Pay For College Gets No Prison Time 57
Eric Schmidt and Bob Work: Our AI 'Sputnik Moment' Is Now 174
Hilton Paid a $700K Fine For 2015 Breach; Under GDPR, It Would Be $420 Million 110
Google Explains Tuesday's Drive, Docs Bug That Marked Some Files As Violating Terms of Service 97
Russia Hackers Had Targets Worldwide, Beyond US Election 254
The International Space Station Is Getting Its First Printer Upgrade in 17 Years 174
CIA Releases 321GB of Bin Laden's Digital Library 125
LastPass Reveals the Threats Posed By Passwords in the Workplace 72
Student Charged By FBI For Hacking His Grades More Than 90 times 142
Android Oreo Bug Sends Thousands of Phones Into Infinite Boot Loops 78
Estonia Is Enhancing the Security of Its Digital Identities 36
Russia's Anti-VPN Law Goes Into Effect 185
New VibWrite System Uses Finger Vibrations To Authenticate Users 44
Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service 190
Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome During Presentation After Edge Freezes 174
HTTP 103 - An HTTP Status Code for Indicating Hints 50
Calgary Police Cellphone Surveillance Device Must Remain Top Secret, Judge Rules 89
A Surge of Sites and Apps Are Exhausting Your CPU To Mine Cryptocurrency 128
BlackBerry CEO Promises To Try To Break Customers' Encryption If the US Government Asks Him To 107
Bug in Google's Bug Tracker Lets Researcher Access List of Company's Vulnerabilities 37
Firefox To Get a Better Password Manager 92
Researchers Devise 2FA System That Relies On Taking Photos of Ordinary Objects 138
Heathrow Airport Security Files Found on USB Stick In The Street 116
While Equifax Victims Sue, Congress Limits Financial Class Actions 190
Purism Now Offers Laptops with Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled 151
Apple Fires Engineer After His Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral 326
Why Do Web Developers Keep Making The Same Mistakes? 335
Google To Remove Public Key Pinning (PKP) Support In Chrome 51
NotPetya Outbreak Left Merck Short of HPV Vaccine Gardasil 63
Kaspersky CEO Says Hack Claims Cutting US Cyber Security Sales 69
If You Type 1+2+3 Into Your iPhone's Calculator on iOS 11, You Probably Won't Get 6 337
Facebook Exec: 'Just Not True' That We Listen To Your Phone's Mic 152
Bug in Mobile App Lets Hackers Take Control of LG Smart Devices 37
UK's NHS Could Have Avoided WannaCry Hack With 'Basic IT Security', Says Report 59

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