As coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, everyone’s keeping a close eye on how it’s spreading across the world. Several organizations have made dashboards to keep track of COVID-19. But now, hackers have found a way to use these dashboards to inject malware into computers. Shai Alfasi, a security researcher at Reason Labs, found that… Read More Hackers are using coronavirus maps to infect your computer
In my search for interesting news and fast ways to find it, I stumbled upon this RSS reader today. It’s a bit heavy on the “upgrade” option…. meaning, if you try to do a ‘search any topic’ you get a frozen page with an ad offering a 7 day free trial of the pro version.… Read More Nice RSS Reader with direct links to Reddit
A German musicologist complained in 1954 that they reminded him of “barking hell-hounds.” Source: The Fear That Synthesizers Would Ruin Music | JSTOR Daily Opinion: The above-linked article talks about early fears surrounding the advent of electronic music, but it points to a larger truth: Technology is not the enemy. How we potentially misuse it… Read More The Fear That Synthesizers Would Ruin Music | JSTOR Daily | + Opinion
Ontario’s health ministry is looking at beefing-up its cyber attack awareness and end-user education in the wake of Tuesday’s LifeLabs data theft. Source: LifeLabs hack raises questions about health data security | Toronto Sun Opinion: LifeLabs is a relatively fast clinic in Ontario that mostly does blood and other tests. The sample is then sent… Read More LifeLabs hack raises questions about health data security | Toronto Sun | + Opinion
The theory of the spiral of silence, proposed in 1984 by the German sociologist Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, maintains that people always have an opinion on the tendency of the majority on a specific … Source: Spiral of silence – Sharing
A new gadget aimed at getting more young people to pray has been hacked at least three times in the days since its launch. Source: Vatican eRosary app hacked multiple times just days after launch | Euronews Opinion with mythical and fictional illustrations: You would think that hackers would have at least a little respect… Read More Vatican eRosary app hacked multiple times just days after launch | Euronews | + Opinion (Mature themes)
Although a growing number of consumers use the “Internet of Things” to connect to the web through everyday products ranging from thermostats and refrigerators to lightbulbs and toothbru… Source: “Dark web” hackers could target gas pumps | WNCT
Sigh. The American attitude toward Russia reminds me a bit of World War II. Until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, the US generally viewed the Axis Powers threat as a “European War.” A “European Problem.” Then when the bombs came thrashing down on the US fleet in Pearl Harbor, the Americans realized their mistake and… Read More Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova tells us “it’s no game”
It came a bit late today. I was reading The Count of Monte Cristo. But then this idea came to me. Original Image Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vastateparksstaff/5096636650/
