AnandTech reports here on the Cerebras presentation at Hot Chips on their huge, 1.2 trillion processor for deep learning.
Coordinated Ransomware Attacks Against Texas Towns
CNBC reports here on a set of coordinated ransomware attacks against several towns in Texas.
Networking Device Security Has Not Improved
Securityledger.com reports here on a survey of the security characteristics of networking firmware conducted by Cyber Independent Testing Lab. The survey showed that the security characteristics of this firmware has not measurably improved over the past fifteen years.
Unintended Oven Preheating
Extremetech reports here on a smart oven that can turn itself on at night without the user’s intent, apparently due to misentry on the oven’s smartphone app.
Ransomware on DSLR
DP Review reports here on a demonstration of ransomware installed on a DSLR camera over WiFi.
Books by Marilyn Wolf 