Hundreds of wildfires burn across Florida and Georgia

Georgia and Florida are battling numerous wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced evacuations. On Wednesday, firefighters in Georgia had responded to 34 new blazes that had burned 75 acres statewide, according to the state’s Forestry Commission. The Pineland Road Fire in Clinch County has grown to nearly 30,000 acres and is only 10% contained….

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Researchers find sabotage malware that may predate Stuxnet • The Register

Black Hat Asia Infosec outfit SentinelOne found malware that tries to induce errors in engineering and physics simulation software and therefore represents an attempt at sabotage, and suggests it was created years before the Stuxnet worm that aimed to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment centrifuges. The company’s Vitaly Kamluk discussed the malware in a talk at…

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