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High-rise office blocks can be attacked by printer-hacking drones

Printers in high-rise office buildings could potentially be hijacked by hackers using drones to pilfer confidential documents. First reported by Wired, Singapore-based researchers demonstrated how malicious actors armed with a drone and mobile phone are able to intercept documents sent to a Wi-Fi printer that’s otherwise inaccessible to the outside world. The setup consists of a drone that’s used to transport a mobile phone on which there are two different

Facebook's 'Like' button set to get more emotive

The social network said on Thursday it is launching a pilot test of “Reactions”, which will allow users to express a range of emotions including love, happiness, anger and sadness. The feedback from the pilot test will be used to improve the feature and the company hopes “to roll it out to everyone soon,” Cox wrote in the post.

Exclusive: Uber checks connections between hacker and Lyft

By Dan Levine and Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Eight months after disclosing a major data breach, ride service Uber [UBER.UL] is focusing its legal efforts on learning more about an internet address that it has persuaded a court could lead to identifying the hacker. In February, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been improperly downloaded, and the company filed

Alibaba's Ma says concerns about China consumption overdone

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Chairman Jack Ma said he doesn’t think consumption will decline in China as the economy slows, terming such concerns an “overreaction.” “We predict that over 50 percent of China’s consumption will be conducted online within 10 years, and that means massive potential for the e‑commerce market,” Ma said in a letter to shareholders. (http://bit.ly/1LnRAqt) (Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

Hackers in China, South Korea, Germany targeted Clinton's server: AP

Computer hackers in China, South Korea and Germany tried to attack Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server after she left the U.S. State Department in February 2013, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. “It was not immediately clear whether the attempted intrusions into Clinton’s server were serious espionage threats or the sort of nuisance attacks that hit computer servers the world over,” the AP said, citing a congressional