Avalanche, a 7-year-old botnet used for malware and phishing attacks, dismantled in global cyber operation; officials sinkhole 800K domains, seize 50 servers
At one point, Avalanche network was responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks. — [Update, 3:00 PM EDT …
Lenovo's Moto says it doesn't plan on releasing a new smartwatch in the near future
Don't expect a new Moto 360 any time soon — Moto today confirmed that it will not be releasing a new smartwatch for the launch of Android Wear 2.0, due early next year.
AirDroid, a remote management app with 10M+ Play Store downloads, uses a static and easily detectable encryption key leaving users vulnerable to MITM attacks
For six months, the remote management app has opened users to code-execution attacks. — For at least the past six months …
Researchers bypass Apple's Activation Lock on iPhone and iPad running the latest version of iOS
Researchers have found a bug that can be used to bypass Apple's Activation Lock feature and gain access to the homescreen of locked iPhones and iPads running the latest version of iOS.
Twitter acquires Yes Inc., hires ex-Google product director and Yes CEO Keith Coleman as VP of product; Yes apps to be shut down over next few weeks
Twitter has acquired the app maker Yes in a move designed to encourage its users to get better acquainted with each other around events.
Sources: Saudi Arabia hit by series of state-sponsored cyberattacks against government agencies; digital evidence suggests attacks emanated from Iran
@MichaelRileyDC More stories by Michael Riley — Multiple attacks emanated from Iran, digital evidence suggests
Internet Archive and EFF fend off FBI national security letter that demanded records of an Internet Archive user, and came with an everlasting gag order
A decade ago, the FBI sent Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a now-infamous type of subpoena known as a National Security Letter …
Survey of 700+ startup founders: 31% don't intend to IPO, 67% now say VCs have more negotiating power
First Round Capital just published its second-ever State of Startups report, and it's chock full of interesting sentiments from a survey of more than 700 founders …
Facebook developing AI to flag nudity, violence, and other content violating its policies in Facebook Live streams
Facebook Inc (FB.O) is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content …
Plex adds support for Google Drive, OneDrive, and DropBox to its paid Plex Cloud service while acknowledging problems with Amazon Cloud Drive integration
Plex has added support for Google Drive, OneDrive and DropBox to its Plex Cloud service. The original idea with the service …
Samsung Gear S3 review: durable, great battery life, sharp display, but slow raise to wake response, still the best watch for Android users
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iHeartRadio debuts All Access on-demand music service powered by Napster for $9.99/month, iHeartRadio Plus commercial-free radio service for $4.99/month
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Secure messaging app Signal's downloads increase 400% after Trump's win, amid anxiety over the future of US surveillance
“I think there's a lot of fear, given Trump's alarming statements about surveillance and his penchant for revenge, that he will attempt to use surveillance to crush dissent." Tweets: @cwarzel . Thanks...
Amazon debuts AWS X-Ray, which helps developers debug distributed code by showing a graph of processes to identify bottlenecks and see performance of functions
Amazon today is rolling out a tool to help developers dive deep into their existing applications to diagnose each element …
HMD Global completes 10-year deal with Nokia to bring Nokia-branded devices to market; HMD says new smartphones are coming in the first half of 2017
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A volunteer project by a group of libraries, End of Term Presidential Harvest 2016, is saving valuable pages on federal government sites at risk of vanishing
By noon on Thursday, Davis Erin Anderson had copied the addresses of a few dozen websites and online PDFs that listed signs of climate change by state and region.
Amazon debuts AWS Shield, its Cloudflare competitor, to protect against DDoS attacks, and offers two tiers; basic version will be on by default
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Facebook tests ad targeting for people streaming certain shows on Roku and Apple TVs, linking FB profiles with IP addresses
The social media company is working with A&E and a streaming startup to tailor more conventional commercials for viewers. — by — Subscribe Reprints
Intel and Amazon plan to work together on smart home initiatives, to release reference design and SDK for Intel-based, Alexa-powered smart speaker in Q1 2017
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Zenefits ordered to stop offering free insurance software in Washington state, will offer software for $5 per user per month instead
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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