Smart Farming depends on internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors to monitor vast farm fields, guiding farmers’ decisions about crop management through rich data. But it only takes one security flaw for all stakeholders within the ecosystem to be impacted. If hackers gain access to a single sensor, they can navigate their way to […]
In the beginning there was phone phreaking and worms. Then came spam and pop ups. And none of it was good. But in the nascent decades of the internet, digital networks were detached and isolated enough that the average user could mostly avoid the nastiest stuff. By the early 2000s, though, those walls started coming […]
Like many parents in the United States, Rob Glaser has been thinking a lot lately about how to keep his kids from getting shot in school. Specifically, he’s been thinking of what he can do that doesn’t involve getting into a nasty and endless battle over what he calls “the g-word.” It’s not that Glaser […]
WhiteClick or the White Click Toolbar is an potentially unwanted program that is installs a toolbar into the Windows taskbar that allows you to search Google or select sites to open in the default browser.by adware bundles. When performing these searches it will utilize the Ukraine Google site located at https://www.google.com.ua/. How was WhiteClick or […]
One of the most surprising things about the jaw-dropping joint press conference given by US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday is that it compelled a Democratic and a Republican member of Congress to admit, before a room full of press and international lawmakers, that they agree with each other. Seated […]
Browsing Secure is an potentially unwanted program that is installed by adware bundles. When installed, a schedule task will be created called “Browsing Secure Updater” that will launch at login and the run again every 10 minutes. When this task is started, it will execute a JScript file name updt.js (short for update), which then […]
Over the course of a roughly 45-minute press conference Monday, President Donald Trump stood beside Russian leader Vladimir Putin both physically and metaphorically. He repeatedly, pointedly declined to acknowledge that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, contrary to the assessment of every relevant US intelligence agency and a fistful of detailed indictments from special counsel […]
Three weeks into his new job as commanding officer of Manhattan’s 20th precinct, Captain Timothy J. Malin stared at a map on his computer screen, puzzled. It showed his jurisdiction carved up by streets and parks, with the southern edge encased in an ominous shade of red. For decades, the New York Police Department has […]
When the history books are written, Rod Rosenstein might just be the most interesting figure of the Russia investigation—the beleaguered deputy attorney general whose memo in his first days on the job was used to justify the firing of James Comey. After that he quickly appointed Robert Mueller as the special counsel and spent the […]
After four months of relative quiet from the special counsel’s office, Robert Mueller Friday indicted a dozen Russians for their role in hacking the DNC, DCCC, and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. It’s unlikely they’ll ever actually get arrested, but it’s safe to say we know a lot more about Russian intelligence than we […]