This week Dave and Gunnar talk about holding your TV for ransom, unwitting cryptocurrency miners, writing email with military precision.

 

2017 FIRST Robotics Competition STEAMWORKS Game Animation
1Password
HealthKit
Hacker’s Company Handing Out Code That Can Turn Any Car Into A Self-Driving Vehicle
New Scheme: Spread Popcorn Time Ransomware, get chance of free Decryption Key
Android Ransomware Infects LG Smart TV

Almost related: LG's latest audio product is a speaker you wear around your neck

You Could Be Mining This Cryptocurrency Without Knowing It
From September: Malware Infects 70% of Seagate Central NAS Drives, Earns $86,400
L.A. County targeted in phishing cyberattack; private information of 750,000 people compromised

Turn on 2FA (tell your friends)

“Secure the News” Grades Media Sites on HTTPS—And Most Fail

How to Write Email with Military Precision

@TheDuckTalks says: I have a friend who inspired others to use it. The Navy has many examples of it; here's the Army's take

 

Cutting Room Floor

Scammers Ran A Fake U.S. Embassy In Ghana For A Decade Before Being Shut Down
Blade Runner Gets Re-Created, Shot for Shot, Using Only Microsoft Paint
Getting WAY Too Excited About Computers: Open-Mouthed Wonderment in 80s Tech Adverts
This Prohibition-Era Alarm Was For Catching No-Good Soda Pop Thieves
Get Deliciously Crafty With a Cheese-Filled Hot Glue Gun
A slow Atari 2600 emulator is now inside Minecraft—and it’s pretty cool
Science fiction vintage Japanese matchbox art mashup prints
For the cybersecurity person who has everything: Stuxnet in scarf form
A keyboard with a keyboard: Creative Prodikeys combined both types of keyboard in one
Piggybacking Robots: Overtrust in Human-robot Security Dynamics
Drone Sweaters
Paper Airplane Machine Gun

 

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