Google users had a collective panic attack this week when someone put together a massive phishing attack that used malicious links to a non-Google-Docs app that was.named “Google Docs”. Diabolical. About 1 million users were affected, and although Google was on top of the issue within about an hour, some interesting things are cropping up in the aftermath — including claims that it was “just research” …?
That massive Google Docs phishing attack has taken a weird turn https://t.co/qz73w9ZD18 pic.twitter.com/aXL18c0iCz
— Forbes Tech (@ForbesTech) May 5, 2017
Was the instigator of today's Google "phishing scam" @EugenePupov and was it just an accident? pic.twitter.com/fI8yPV2V5o
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) May 4, 2017
More from Jason Cox over at Motherboard.
Verizon decided to plunk down $21 million for the right to stream a single National Football League game — a match-up between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens to be held in London. Apparently that one is not to be missed.
https://twitter.com/OOYUZNFLNEWS/status/860420403478622212
In obligatory May the Fourth tweets, Ericsson discusses making the Death Star indestructible. Who knew that cloud computing and software-defined networking would have helped the Empire maintain its intergalactic stranglehold? Nobody tell Kylo Ren.
If the Death Star had platforms, blockchain, software-defined infrastructure & cloud tech… https://t.co/3C356R0v8r #StarWarsDay #RHSummit pic.twitter.com/JTOZJOYNZE
— Ericsson Digital (@EricssonDigital) May 4, 2017
For those in need of still more early-tech nostalgia, Dan Bader over at Android Central says that the new BlackBerry KEYone feels like home:
I ended up liking the BlackBerry KEYone way more than I thought. My full review: https://t.co/65oeYGjFEA pic.twitter.com/hublkzXOdC
— Daniel Bader (@journeydan) May 4, 2017
If you’re looking for a techy way to pass time on a Friday, Sports Illustrated just launched the first virtual reality project that has seemed even vaguely interesting to me: a virtual climb of Mount Everest.
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/859843334503886849
Alternatively, start-up SceneThere can take you to North Korea. Your choice.
'North Korea VR' is an extraordinary glimpse of the world's most oppressive country https://t.co/Ry3HHvqS8X @Robert_E_Kelly @SceneThere pic.twitter.com/DNP0q5cHPT
— Gianluca Mezzofiore (@GianlucaMezzo) May 5, 2017
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