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Film studios sue “no logs” VPN provider for $10 million

Enlarge / Your at-home entertainment studio. (credit: Ella Don) Dozens of movie production companies sued LiquidVPN this year over the VPN provider's marketing efforts that could be perceived as promoting piracy. These companies, which…

Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS

Enlarge / SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellites launches from the Kennedy Space Center on October 6, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Signals from SpaceX Starlink…

Ford picks Kentucky and Tennessee for $11.4 billion EV investment

Enlarge / A rendering of the BlueOvalSK campus in Glendale, Kentucky. (credit: Ford) On Monday, the Ford Motor Company announced a massive investment to build electric vehicles in Kentucky and Tennessee. Together with…

He escaped the Dark Web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back

Enlarge / DeSnake is back, with big promises about keeping AlphaBay up and running this time. (credit: Illustration: Elena Lacey | Getty Images) Just over four years ago, the US Department of Justice…

Three iOS 0-days revealed by researcher frustrated with Apple’s bug bounty

Enlarge / Pseudonymous researcher illusionofchaos joins a growing legion of security researchers frustrated with Apple's slow response and inconsistent policy adherence when it comes to security flaws. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images)…

Semiconductor firms can’t find enough workers, worsening chip shortage

Enlarge / Don't expect cheaper chips anytime soon. (credit: Tommy/Getty Images) The semiconductor chip shortage that has so vexed the auto industry looks set to continue for quite some time, according to a…

Exchange/Outlook autodiscover bug exposed 100,000+ email passwords

Enlarge / If you own the right domain, you can intercept hundreds of thousands of innocent third parties' email credentials, just by operating a standard webserver. (credit: Guardicore) Security researcher Amit Serper of…

Unpatched MacOS vulnerability lets remote attackers execute code

Enlarge (credit: Dmitry Chernyshov) A code execution bug in Apple's macOS allows remote attackers to run arbitrary commands on your device. And the worst part is, Apple hasn't fully patched it yet, as…

Phone calls disrupted by ongoing DDoS cyber attack on VOIP.ms

Enlarge (credit: Icons8 Team) Quebec-based provider of telephony services VoIP.ms is facing an aggressive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack, causing a disruption in phone calls and services. The incident began around…

Security audit raises severe warnings on Chinese smartphone models

Enlarge / Be sure you know what you're getting into before buying and using unfamiliarly branded smartphones—especially international models not originally intended for your country. (credit: Clover No. 7 Photography via Getty Images)…