The manufacturing industry’s security epidemic needs a zero-trust cure

Manufacturers’ tech stacks and industrial control systems (ICS) were designed to deliver speed and transaction efficiency first, with security as a secondary goal. Nearly one in four attacks targeted manufacturers in the last year. Ransomware is the most popular attack strategy, and 61% of breaches targeted operational technology (OT)–connect…Read MoreRead More

Elon Musk is firing Twitter employees even when they criticize him in private

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images After purging half of Twitter’s staff with a snap of his fingers and firing as many as 5,500 additional contract employees without so much as a goodbye, “free speech” maximalist Elon Musk is now additionally getting rid of anyone who dares criticize him, both on Twitter…

Walter Hamada is joining Paramount Pictures following his Warner Bros. Discovery exit

Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Following his recent departure from the studio formerly known as DC Films, Walter Hamada is heading over to Paramount Pictures to head up the studio’s upcoming horror projects. Paramount Pictures announced today that it’s entered an exclusive multiyear deal with Hamada that will see him heading up all of its…

State-sponsored hackers in China compromise certificate authority

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nation-state hackers based in China recently infected a certificate authority and several government and defense agencies with a potent malware cocktail for burrowing inside a network and stealing sensitive information, researchers said on Tuesday. The successful compromise of the unnamed certificate authority is potentially serious, because these entities are trusted by…

Is tonight the night that NASA’s massive SLS rocket finally takes flight?

Enlarge / NASA’s rocket has been rolled out to the launch pad in Florida four times now this year. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—After writing about NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for a dozen years—certainly well into the hundreds of thousands of words—I’ve run out of things to say about the big, orange…

Amazon telehealth service goes live in 32 US states

Amazon Clinic is available in 32 states already. Deposit Photos Amazon’s ongoing campaign into the multibillion dollar healthcare industry entered its newest phase today with the announcement of Amazon Clinic, the company’s own telehealth service. Per an official statement posted this morning, Amazon Clinic is already available in 32 states, and can connect consumers with…

Unit’s banking-as-a-service platform is getting into the charge card game

If the banking-as-a-service fintech Unit does its job right, it will be ubiquitous among businesses and simultaneously have a name unknown to the end user. The company gives companies a way to embed financial services into their product — and after already launching debit cards, Unit is officially breaking into the charge card game. Unit…