Okay… for all the geeks out there like me… this is pretty cool.
A team of Canadian engineers has taken out one of the world’s top design prizes with a 3D printer that prints out customised circuit boards with the press of a button.
Source: Custom circuit board printer takes out 2015 James Dyson Award – CNET
Wi-Fi — oh so convenient, yet oh so dangerous. Here are seven ways you could be giving away your identity through a Wi-Fi connection and what to do instead.
Source: 7 ways hackers can use Wi-Fi against you
Malware researchers from Bitdefender created a tool to recover files encrypted with a ransomware program called Linux.Encoder.1.
Source: First Linux ransomware program cracked, for now
In the past 30 days, I’ve had 21 failed login attempts for the user “admin” and 2 failed login attempts for the user “feed”. Looks like most of these come from Europe and the Middle East.
I guess I know where I’m popular!
One of the presenters at DefCon will be speaking with NBC Chicago.
Countdown: Ten hours until I die. NBC Chicago
Source: Cyber Murder – Tammy Leitner Reporter | Facebook
Passwords aren’t enough. Sharon Profis talks two-step authentication on “You’re Doing it All Wrong.”
Source: Enable the security setting that the best hacker can’t crack
Coding mistakes in a malicious program that encrypts data mean anyone hit by the Power Worm virus will not be able to recover their files.
Source: Badly coded ransomware locks away data forever – BBC News
In addition to encrypting people’s private files a new ransomware program dubbed Chimera threatens to publish those files on the Internet.
Source: Nasty new ransomware program threatens to leak your files online | PCWorld
So you’ve got two-step authentication set up to harden the security of your email account (you do, right?). But when was the last time you took a good look at the security of your inbox’s recovery email address? That may well be the weakest link in your email security chain, as evidenced by the following tale of a IT professional who saw two of his linked email accounts recently hijacked in a bid to steal his Twitter identity.
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Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have found a new strain of adware, Shuanet, spreading via Trojanized Android apps that roots mobile devices.
Source: Shuanet Adware Roots Android Devices | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
