Month: June 2017

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:16:31 +0000

The spread of the WannaCry ransomware was aided in part by the millions of people stuck on Windows XP.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 19:27:31 +0000

The ransomware that swept the internet isn’t dead yet. But one researcher managed to at least slow it down.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 12:00:27 +0000

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:03:02 +0000

It’s not just British hospitals. A nasty strain of ransomware is sweeping the world.

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 23:40:47 +0000

Drafting sane tech policy is hard. But that’s no excuse for not doing it, as Comey’s tenure as FBI director proves.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 23:25:05 +0000

A Russian photographer in the White House has raised suspicions of surveillance. But the real issue is Trump’s lack of security care.

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 00:11:46 +0000

The president has fired the FBI director in charge of investigating him. But that won’t slow the Russia probe.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 20:09:14 +0000

A newly fixed flaw in Microsoft’s malware protection could have been bad news for a whole lot of PCs.