Category: News

Source: Intel Discloses New ‘Variant 4’ Spectre-Like Vulnerability

Source: Google and Microsoft disclose new CPU flaw, and the fix can slow machines down – The Verge

The cloud, IoT and AI are turning the whole world into one great big computing opportunity, says Microsoft’s chief executive.

Source: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: The whole world is now a computer | ZDNet

Security researchers have found a backdoor account in the firmware of D-Link DIR-620 routers that allows hackers to take over any device reachable via the Internet.

Source: Backdoor Account Found in D-Link DIR-620 Routers

A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon’s Alexa — the voice-controlled smart speaker — and that the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list.

Source: Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact