Wednesday, June 26, 2019


Another reason to change default passwords…
New Silex malware is bricking IoT devices, has scary plans
A new strain of malware is wiping the firmware of IoT devices in attacks reminiscent of the old BrickerBot malware that destroyed millions of devices back in 2017.
Named Silex, this malware began operating earlier today, about three-four hours before this article's publication.
The malware had bricked around 350 devices when this reporter began investigating its operations, and the number quickly spiked to 2,000 wiped devices by the time we published, an hour later.
"It's using known default credentials for IoT devices to log in and kill the system," Cashdollar told ZDNet in an email today. "It's doing this by writing random data from /dev/random to any mounted storage it finds.




Perspective.
11 Eye Opening Cyber Security Statistics for 2019




What do lawyers know? Let’s find out.
Now Available: Webinar – Operationalizing the California Consumer Privacy Act – Key Decisions and Compliance Strategies
On June 20, 2019, Hogan Lovells partners Mark Brennan and Bret Cohen discussed in great detail the impact of the law, explained key definitions, and offered practical guidance on how to navigate it during the webinar, “Operationalizing the California Consumer Privacy Act.”
To hear the full webinar, please click here. To access the slide presentation, please click here.




Is Napoleonic law so different?
Exclusive: In a world first, Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts
In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France’s minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday.
The decision by the world’s biggest social media network comes after successive meetings between Zuckerberg and Macron, who wants to take a leading role globally on the regulation of hate speech and the spread of false information online.
So far, Facebook has cooperated with French justice on matters related to terrorist attacks and violent acts by transferring the IP addresses and other identification data of suspected individuals to French judges who formally demanded it.
... “It is a strong signal in terms of regulation,” said Sonia Cisse, a counsel at law firm Linklaters, adding that it was a world first. “Hate speech is no longer considered part of freedom of speech, it’s now on the same level as terrorism.”
With Facebook’s latest move, France is now a clear frontrunner in the quest to regulate big social media outlets, and other platforms might follow suite, Cisse said.




Harvard seems to be talking about AI a lot.
Beneficial Artificial Intelligence
Stuart Russell, coauthor of the standard text on AI, “Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach,” joins Azeem Azhar to discuss the progress of AI research and implementation and how to ensure the outcomes are beneficial.



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