Collaborate Disseminate
The Roaming Mantis group is targeting the States with a malware that can steal information, harvest financial data and send texts to self-propagate. Continue reading Wroba Mobile Banking Trojan Spreads to the U.S. via Texts
Larger SMBs are more likely to feel targeted by APTs. Continue reading ThreatList: 1 in 9 SMBs Believe Nation-State Actors Are Targeting Them
The sLoad downloader is an example of the stealthy, smart malware trend. Continue reading sLoad Banking Trojan Downloader Displays Sophisticated Recon and Targeting
The service gleans information from receipts, travel itineraries, trade confirmations for online brokerages, Uber messages, auto-loan confirmations, promotions and much more. Continue reading Yahoo Persists in Scanning Emails for In-Depth Ad-Targeting
The gang behind the Atlanta city shutdown and other attacks is selecting victims carefully and offering volume discounts to unlock whole organizations. Continue reading SamSam Ransomware Evolves Its Tactics Towards Targeting Whole Companies
Housing groups say they were able to create ads that discriminated against mothers, the disabled, and minorities. Continue reading Facebook Is Being Sued for Discriminatory Ad Targeting
Things rarely go well when humans mix with wildlife. The problems are exacerbated in the suburbs, where bears dine on bird feeders and garbage cans, raccoons take up residence in attics, and coyotes make off with the family cat. And in the suburbs, nuisance wildlife can be an intractable problem because the options for dealing with it are so limited.
Not to be dissuaded in the battle to protect his roses, [dlf.myyta] built this motion-activated sentry gun to apply some watery aversion therapy to marauding deer. Shown in action below against a bipedal co-conspirator, the sentry gun has pretty much …read more
Continue reading Auto-Tracking Sentry Gun Gives Deer a Super Soaking
Sometimes, a person has a reason to track a target. A popular way to do this these days is with a camera, a computer, and software to analyze the video. But, that lends itself more to automated systems, like sentries. What if you want to be able to target something by “painting” it with a laser?
That’s exactly what [Jeremy Leaf] wanted to do, and the results are pretty impressive. He was able to track a .06 milliwatt laser at 2 meters. His design does this using three photodiodes in order to determine the position of a laser spot using …read more
Is my social network using my inbuilt mic to spy on me? No, but it sure does feel that way. Continue reading Why the Rumor That Facebook Is Listening to Your Conversations Won’t Die
