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‘They took our jerbs’: New ‘South Park’ episode lampoons rise of smart home devices
Spoilers ahead: In a return to form after a dismal 20th season, the television show ‘South Park’ returned to screens Wednesday with an episode that parodied home renovation shows, racism and, most importantly, the rise of smart home devices. The episode, titled “White People Renovating Houses,” started with a scene with core characters, including Cartman ...
FTC launches probe into Equifax hack as expert predicts doom for the firm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the hack of consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. as an expert has predicted that the company itself may not survive the fallout. The investigation was confirmed by the agency in what the Washington Post describes as a “highly unusual” move given that it rarely ...
Massive Android malware outbreak detected in the Google Play app store
Less than a day after a report from RiskIQ Inc. found that app stores fail at providing protection to consumers, Google Play has justified its second-place spot on the most-dangerous list with the discovery of a massive new Android app malware outbreak. It was first spotted by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Fifty apps listed on Google ...
Major bitcoin exchange in China announces closure following government ban
The price of bitcoin has plummeted after BTC China, more commonly known as BTCC and world’s oldest exchange, announced Thursday that it will cease trading in China due to the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown on all things crypto. BTCC was forced to fall on its sword after the central government decreed earlier this week that bitcoin exchanges ...
Research finds most mobile app stores still fail to protect consumers
Most mobile app stores are still failing to adequately protect consumers against malicious downloads according to newly published research. Security firm RiskIQ Inc. made the finding in its second-quarter mobile report, which analyzed 120 mobile app stores and 2 billion daily scanned resources, with most app stores scoring a fail grade when it comes to protection. ...
Report: Magic Leap raising $500M to bring augmented reality glasses to market
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap Inc. is attempting to raise a lot more money to bring its AR glasses to market, according to a report published late Wednesday. The unconfirmed funding, according to Bloomberg, would see Magic Leap raising $500 million in a round that would be led by Temasek Holdings Pte., the Singapore government-owned national wealth fund. The ...
AXA utilizes Ethereum blockchain for new flight delay insurance product
French insurance giant AXA SA has launched a new insurance product that utilizes the Ethereum blockchain to manage insurance contracts and to process payments. Called “fizzy,” the new product is described by the company as a “fresh new genre in insurance” that offers compensation to policyholders whose flights are delayed by more than two hours. ...
It turns out other credit agencies besides Equifax could be hacked too
Other credit reporting agencies were exposed to the same security vulnerabilities exploited in the Equifax Inc. hack as the comedy of errors at the company continues to compound. News that Experian and AnnualCreditReport.com – an organization set up by Equifax, Experian Information Solutions Inc. and TransUnion LLC — were exposed to the Apache Struts2 vulnerability used ...
Zerodium offers up to $1M for new Tor browser bug bounty program
Washington D.C.-based exploit prevention company Zerodium Inc. Wednesday announced a new bug bounty program that will pay up to $1 million to security researchers and white hat hackers who identify new exploits in the Tor browser on security-focused Tails Linux and Windows. Tor is the anonymous network perhaps best known as being the gateway to ...
Stolen Equifax data could be worth more than $32M on the dark web
Data stolen in the massive hack of U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. could be worth more than $32 million on the dark web, according to estimates made by one security company. The number comes from Intsights Inc., which tells SiliconANGLE that it has used its knowledge of the dark web, a shady part of the ...