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.
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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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