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Flight Sim Labs is a company dedicated to “specializing in various add-on products and services for the Microsoft Flight Simulator and Enterprise Simulator Platform (ESP) families.” That’s a specialized market, to be sure — flight […]
Security researchers at Appsecure found a way to access anyone’s Tinder account via their phone number. The exploit took advantage of a software flaw in both the dating app’s login process as well as the […]
Germany’s military hardware woes continue worsen: the German Parliament has announced that none of the German Navy’s submarines are in operational condition. The navy maintains six submarines, but accidents and wear and tear have rendered […]
Salon is now using their reader’s spare computing power to mine cryptocurrency. Salon, a popular progressive website, has introduced a new feature that harnesses the spare computing power of its reader’s devices to mine cryptocurrency. […]
We found Apple’s long-awaited HomePod belts out good sound for casual listeners so long as they’d already bought in to the iOS ecosystem (it needs an iPhone or iPad to work. Woof). But on top […]
An unpatched application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in WordPress websites could help hackers take down nearly any WordPress website A simple yet serious application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress […]
Data about exercise routes shared online by soldiers can be used to pinpoint overseas facilities Sensitive information about the location and staffing of military bases and spy outposts around the world has been revealed by […]
The Smominru miner has infected at least half a million machines — mostly consisting of Windows servers — and spreads using the EternalBlue exploit. Source: A giant botnet is forcing Windows servers to mine cryptocurrency […]
Game publisher Electronic Arts took it on the chin late last year when fans vehemently objected to the use of microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II. The backlash was so bad EA temporarily removed paid […]
Monthly stipends for 11,000 disabled student veterans are delayed this month, potentially causing the former troops to be late paying rent, food and other pressing bills. The money from the program known as Vocational Rehabilitation […]