Articles for July 2016

Tagged as “Ranscam,” Powershell and script-based malware is a botched smash-and-grab.

Source: Posing as ransomware, Windows malware just deletes victims’ files

If you really need privacy, these smartphones will do the job. But you’ll have to be willing to pay a hefty price, in more ways that one.

Source: The world’s most secure smartphones – and why they’re all Androids | ZDNet

The NSA flagged IP addresses of Linux Journal readers and Tor and Tails users for surveillance and called them extremists.

Source: NSA Labels Tor and Tails Users as Extremists | Digital Trends

When I visited his Brooklyn 3D printer factory in 2013, workers in an assembly line were busy putting together Solidoodle printers. An army of assembled printers whirred as they lay down layers of melted plastic to make parts for the next set of machines.At the time, the promise of desktop manufacturing had just entered the general public’s consciousness. The media reported breathlessly on the potential of local manufacturing and bio-printing. Governments raised fears about undetectable 3D-printed guns. Early adopters wondered whether they, too, needed a 3D printer or CNC machine in their homes. Cervantes was hopeful. Solidoodle was months away from shipping its next-generation printer.

Source: Whatever happened to 3D printing? | TechCrunch