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Photos: SMAU Padova 2017 roadshow (Help Net Security)
2017-04-03 12:30

Last week at Padovafiere we attended the SMAU Padova 2017 roadshow. The event featured several IT topics including cybersecurity and the Internet of Things – on the show floor, the presentations...

Soon You'll Be Able to Hijack Weaponized Police Drones in Connecticut (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-03 11:30

Not content with having a fleet of insecure surveillance drones, the state of Connecticut wants a fleet of insecure weaponized drones. What could possibly go wrong?...

Android Beats Windows to Become World's Most Popular Operating System (The Hackers News)
2017-04-03 10:37

It's an impressive milestone for Google — For the first time in decades, Android has been crowned as the world's most popular operating system in terms of Internet usage, knocking Microsoft...

Microsoft is Shutting Down CodePlex, Asks Devs To Move To GitHub (The Hackers News)
2017-04-03 03:12

Microsoft has announced to shut down CodePlex -- its website for hosting repositories of open-source software projects -- on December 15, 2017. Launched in 2006, CodePlex was one of the...

Week in review: IIS zero-day, iOS scareware, new issue of (IN)SECURE (Help Net Security)
2017-04-03 02:16

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Like it or not, “cyber” is a shorthand for all things infosec We have lost the cyber war. No, not that cyber war....