FAA chief to impatient drone industry: “Sorry we’re so slow”
In olive branch to tech industry, FAA taps Intel CEO Brian Krzanich for new panel.
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The gravity of the situation
New drone parachute saves falling drones—and the people under them
SafeAir detects free-fall and deploys chute to safely recover consumer drones.
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Marines test autonomous robot-drone teams for future on battlefield
Marine Warfighting Lab tests tag-team squad of robots to hunt enemies.
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As US drops “cyber bombs,” ISIS retools its own cyber army
Merger of ISIS-affiliated hacking teams an attempt to build credible threat.
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Blame the victim: Report shows fifth of breaches caused by “miscellaneous errors”
Verizon annual report finds breaches happening faster and taking longer to be detected.
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Glowing with embarassment
German nuclear plant’s fuel rod system swarming with old malware
At least the fuel rod system's not connected to the Internet, so nothing happened.
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Set adrift
JLENS program’s “blimp gone wild” prompts House to slash funding
House Armed Services Committee slashes budget, essentially ending program.
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Phantom menace
“Drone” that hit British Airways jet was likely a plastic bag
British transport minister says fear of drone was "overreaction."
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“Nuclear” exploit kit service cashes in on demand from cryptoransomware rings
Exploit kit's inner workings exposed as researchers help shut down its servers.
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Flashback: Declassified 1970 DOD cybersecurity document still relevant
The Ware Report's recommendations still important as proven by ransomware and breaches.
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Or maybe it was a plastic duck
British Airways flight hits possible drone during landing at Heathrow
Airbus A320 takes whack on the nose from UFO on final approach.
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Numbers for new B-21 bomber program don’t add up, according to researcher
Congressional researchers raise flags that Northrop may have underbid to win.
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Guess what? URL shorteners short-circuit cloud security
Researchers search for Microsoft, Google short URLs, find exposed personal data.
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“This is the IRS regarding your tax filings” says trio of overseas robocallers
Call fingerprinting confirms a number of scammers behind fake tax collection robocalls.
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Greetings from Pyongyang
After latest rocket test, North Korea claims it can lob nukes at the US
Kim Jong Un claims "ballistic rocket" will allow nuke strikes on US mainland.
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Feature Story
OK, panic—newly evolved ransomware is bad news for everyone
Crypto-ransomware has turned every network intrusion into a potential payday.
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Maryland hospital: Ransomware success wasn’t IT department’s fault
MedStar denies ransom payment, denies earlier JBoss bugs played role.
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War Games
DOD invites you (well, some of you) to “Hack the Pentagon” this month
Monthlong bug hunt of military's websites to be managed by HackerOne.
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Zombie server ransomware apocalypse
Maryland hospital group hit by ransomware launched from within [Updated]
Samsam malware injected into network from exploited web app server at MedStar.
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Weakness in iOS enterprise hooks could let bad apps sneak in
Mobile device management API could be hijacked to install malicious apps.
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Format C:
New ransomware installs in boot record, encrypts hard disk [Updated]
Petya performs fake CHKDSK, and instead encrypts the master file table on disk.
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Two more healthcare networks caught up in outbreak of hospital ransomware
New server-targeting malware hitting healthcare targets with unpatched websites.
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Troll call
Racist troll says he sent white supremacist flyers to public printers at colleges
"Weev" sent print job to every visible printer in North America
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Rage-quit: Coder unpublished 17 lines of JavaScript and “broke the Internet”
Dispute over module name in npm registry became giant headache for developers.
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Federal grand jury indicts 7 Iranians for “campaign of cyber attacks”
Employees of two Iranian IT firms charged in attacks on bank websites, dam.
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