Earlier this week, Black Hat researchers from Binarly, a virus and exploit research firm, reported nearly all PCs are susceptible to a new kind of firmware exploit. This particular exploit is a nasty one. It attacks a computer via its UEFI. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is a replacement for old fashioned BIOS. The UEFI...
After admitting hackers stole 0.1 percent of user accounts on their service, about 14,000 users, 23andMe is now stating 6.9 million users had their ancestry data stolen. On Monday, the DNA statistical ancestry company, 23andMe, began notifying 6.9 million (million with an ‘M’) users that hackers compromised their systems and stole their ancestry. The size...
If you’ve been rethinking whether or not you should be spending so much in DLC (downloadable content) you’re right to reconsider. SONY will be removing user paid-for access to many shows and programming on its PlayStation console over the coming months. We Were Promised Forever, but Given the Shaft Most consumers bought into the idea...
I wouldn’t fault you for imagining the guys and gals on the editorial board sitting around a conference table in a smoke filled room. Sight reading press releases from around the world, chewing on two day old pizza, and fighting for their own picks for the week’s top stories. You’d think they’d scrutinize minutiae during...
Hack attacks on public infrastructure have become frighteningly successful. Criminals, they should be called criminals, have successfully compromised two municipal water facilities providing drinking water to over 2 million residents. Residents in Western Pennsylvania and Texas are affected. The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania reactively shutdown a pump that delivered water from its...
Editorial Staff Some traditions are meant to change and fade way. Others will always stand the test of time. Ladies and gentlemen, the editors and staff are proud to present to you, the 10 Year Anniversary of the Annual Gift Guide. Part blog, part infotainment, part J. Peterman Catalog; The Annual Gift Guide started in...
First, I want to tell you…I didn’t want to write this article, but El Jefe said the subject matter is culturally influential. Like most GenXers I spent most of my formative years ripping and running, and generally getting up to no good. When I needed babysitting Cartoon Express and video games were stand-ins totally approved...
Yesterday, Nintendo and SONY announced plans to bring Shigeru Miyamoto’s masterpiece, The Legend of Zelda, to the Big Screen. Miyamoto and Avi Arad, who produced the latest round of Spider-Men, will produce the movie. Wes Ball, director of The Maze Runner, has been signed to direct. The movie will probably take as much time to...
Technology and data science have infiltrated every industry. Every industry is using data to figure out what everyone else is charging and push prices on consumers as high as the market will bear. The latest clash between market dynamics, data science, and consumers is going on right now. Minnesota, California, Tennessee, and First News on...
Ever since I watched Ronnie Bell drive one in the NE Heartbreak video, I’ve wanted a scooter. Cruising through sunny locales on two small wheels equals freedom, my friend. Mopeds and motor scooters help urbanites break free of gridlock while exploring everything a city has to offer. Every generation becomes infatuated with the scooter. Even...