Fake Flash updates upgrade software, but install crypto-mining malware

The researchers were searching the internet for fake Flash updates, and found Windows executable files starting with AdobeFlashPlayer. The team found 113 examples of malware meeting their search criteria. The team ran tests on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and found that the operating system […]

FCC resorts to the usual malarkey defending itself against Mozilla lawsuit

Mozilla filed a lawsuit in August alleging the FCC had unlawfully overturned 2015’s net neutrality rules, by among other things “fundamentally mischaracteriz[ing] how internet access works.” The FCC has filed its official response, and as you might expect it has doubled down on those fundamental […]

Reportage. 70 migranti approdati a Lampedusa: la lunga notte dei soccorsi

La nave italiana Mare Jonio ha ricevuto un sos trasmesso dalla Guardia Costiera maltese riguardo un gommone a rischio naufragio. Malta non interviene, Roma nega l'invio di soccorsi. La nave Mare Jonio controlla i barchini di salvataggio. Sono tutti i … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]