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Dell stated that no products or services were affected by the incident. (Source: V3)

Dell's network affected by attempted hack

Dell has published a press release that will be of some concern to customers that use its network. The company suffered from a recent cyber attack, and although the attempted hack was apparently “detected and disrupted” it is poss...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 Nov 2018 23:00

It has been reported that technology related to the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Flex has been sold. (Source: PocketNow)

Samsung tech secrets sold to Chinese competitor

Nine people and two companies in South Korea have been charged with selling Samsung technology to a Chinese rival. It is believed bendable OLED technology, which is expected to be incorporated in the South Korean company’s upcomin...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 Nov 2018 19:42

Eurocom "Tune Up" program will make your laptop feel like new again regardless of brand

Launching for users in North America only for now, the Eurocom service promises to update your laptop software, BIOS, anti-virus, operating system, and more for a small fee. A "deep cleaning" of the fans, hinges, and motherboard i...

Allen Ngo, 29 Nov 2018 09:00

DriveSavers can now recover data from locked smartphones for a mere $3,900

DriveSavers, one of the world's leading data recovery companies, now offers a service for unlocking smartphones and tablets that have a locked passcode, including iPhones and iPads. DriveSavers claims to be the only company that o...

Sam Medley, 29 Nov 2018 05:53

Two weeks ahead of release, a full copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been leaked

A group known for Nintendo Switch piracy has obtained and distributed a full file dump of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, set to release in two weeks on December 7th. While early game leaks are not uncommon, a leak this far in advance...

Sam Medley, 27 Nov 2018 05:24

Mark Zuckerberg consented to facing the European Parliament in May 2018. (Source: CNBC/Gizmodo)

UK Parliament forces executive to hand over internal Facebook documents

The UK Parliament has seized important internal Facebook documents from an executive of the software start-up Six4Three. The unprecedented move is believed to be partly in response for Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to stand before Bri...

Daniel R Deakin, 25 Nov 2018 21:30

LinkedIn used 18 million non-user emails to buy targeted ads on Facebook

In a report published by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), it was revealed that LinkedIn has been using 18 million non-user emails to generate targeted ads on Facebook. It was also shown that LinkedIn has been using th...

Sam Medley, 25 Nov 2018 08:03

It's not the first time Google Play has suffered from malware issues. (Source: Tech Viral)

Google Play security exposed by malware hidden in fake driving games

According to malware researcher Lukas Stefanko, Google Play users have installed a number of driving game apps that are actually malware. The 13 affected apps, which all come from the same developer, had been downloaded and instal...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Nov 2018 21:24

The cryptocurrency market has been crashing lately. (Source: Daily Express)

Cryptocurrency crash: Leading cryptos suffer sizeable price falls

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and other leading cryptocurrencies have been experiencing sharp falls in their prices in the market recently. Bitcoin in particular has suffered a terrible week that will have owners feeling nervous ab...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Nov 2018 00:03

Tumblr kicked out from the App Store due to child pornography

Tumblr's disappearance from Apple's App Store finally has an official reason: what was first simply described as "an issue" was, in fact, child pornography that slipped through the filters — enough of it to make the app vanish. Th...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 20:16

Mark Zuckerberg's opinion on Apple's price crash has not yet been reported. (Source: NASDAQ/Newsfeed/edit)

Apple stock decline slows down; Zuckerberg not an iOS fan

Apple’s stock price seems to have stabilized and even briefly bounced back after days of steep decline. The NASDAQ community has offered a “bullish” rating for the stock, implying there is still plenty of optimism in the company’s...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 Nov 2018 22:35

Image via "DeepMasterPrints: Generating MasterPrints for Dictionary Attacks via Latent Variable Evolution"

NYU researchers developed an AI that can imitate fingerprints to bypass biometric readers

In a paper presented at a biometric securities conference, a research team from NYU showed off a new algorithm for cracking fingerprint readers. The system, named "DeepMasterPrints," operates in similar fashion to a dictionary att...

Sam Medley, 15 Nov 2018 21:15

The engineers behind HTTP/3 assert that it will make data transfers faster and easier. (Source: winfuture.de)

HTTP-over-QUIC officially acknowledged as HTTP/3 by IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has formally re-named HTTP-over-QUIC as HTTP/3. This means that it is the next generation in internet-traffic-enabling protocols. HTTP/3 essentially allows QUIC to supplant TCP, and may h...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Nov 2018 19:49

The Apple T2 chip has earned a lot of criticism from right-to-repair advocates. (Source: iFixit)

Apple's T2 chip could severely limit the possibilities of third-party Mac repair

Apple has confirmed to The Verge that its T2 chip will limit the ability to repair new Macs as it feels that the chip is crucial to enabling modern security features on Mac computers. However, critics are concerned that Apple's mo...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 13 Nov 2018 10:55

Image via CloudFlare (Google Play Store)

CloudFlare releases an Android app to change your phone's DNS

CloudFlare has released a new app that will route your Android device's internet traffic through its local services, effectively changing your phone's DNS. While this may be a boon for privacy advocates that bemoan the lack of DNS...

Sam Medley, 12 Nov 2018 02:11

A study by Valimail has found that US email users have trouble identifying fake messages. (Source: Valimail)

Most US adults can't tell real election-campaign emails from fake: new study

Valimail, a US authority in online authentication, has released the results of a study conducted on the ability to spot false election campaign material sent via email. It has found that only 20% of a group identifying as Republic...

Deirdre O Donnell, 03 Nov 2018 18:56

FB Messenger has reportedly been hacked, with thousands of private conversations stolen. (Source: Softonic)

Facebook messages from at least 81,000 accounts hacked & offered for sale online

The BBC has reported that the private messages associated with a minimum of 81,000 Facebook accounts have been stolen. This data was hacked using a browser extension, then offered for sale online. The security company Digital Shad...

Deirdre O Donnell, 03 Nov 2018 15:13

SMT allows for multi-threaded parallel processing, but has an apparent security flaw. (Source: Wikipedia)

New side-channel vulnerability confirmed in Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs

A new CVE may enable yet another side-channel exploit in Intel processors. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2018-5407 (or "PortSmash"), targets Hyper-Threading (or simultaneous multi-threading (SMT)). It is confirmed as effective ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 02 Nov 2018 17:22

Websites could battle more bots without interrupting users thanks to reCAPTCHA v3

Google's latest iteration of the reCAPTCHA system, reCAPTCHA v3, is now available to website administrators and webmasters. reCAPTCHA v3 runs in the background, tracking user behavior and assigning a risk score based on that behav...

Sam Medley, 31 Oct 2018 17:11

Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus get updated... to Android 8.1 Oreo

The Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus are now receiving an update to Android 8.1 Oreo. While receiving a year old update is bad enough, the phones are also receiving the June 2018 Android security patch, putting the devices' security four ...

Sam Medley, 29 Oct 2018 20:58

Paypal bans alternative social media site Gab due to posts of the Pittsburgh shooter

Gab, a social media alternative to the likes of Facebook and Twitter, has come under fire yet again for posts from its users. This time, anti-Semitic posts from the Pittsburgh shooter, who shot and killed 11 people in a synagogue ...

Sam Medley, 29 Oct 2018 00:50

A large part of the point of the IoT revolution was to automate the home. (Source: uxdesign.cc)

Less than 40% of IoT consumers consider themselves reliant on their connected devices

Most people who own connected devices appear not to need them in their everyday lives. This is one of the findings of a new study into IoT use in the home and similar settings. 29% of these users were unsure of how their data was ...

Deirdre O Donnell, 25 Oct 2018 18:18

Yahoo suffered from massive data breaches in 2013 and 2014. (Source: PYMNTS)

Yahoo to pay US$50 million in data breach damages

Web service provider Yahoo has agreed to pay out US$50 million in damages in response to the huge data breaches the company suffered from in 2013 and 2014. Once the settlement has been legally approved, Yahoo accountholders affect...

Daniel R Deakin, 24 Oct 2018 21:35

Huawei Mate 20 Pro colors, flagship not available in the US

No Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro for the US market

Google and Apple can celebrate because the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and its non-Pro sibling will not give them a hard time in the US. Unfortunately for Huawei's US fans, the Chinese company has just confirmed that these two devices will...

Codrut Nistor, 22 Oct 2018 22:42

China has been accused of installing spy chips in servers used by U.S. companies like Apple and Amazon. (Source: PCMag)

Supermicro to carry out internal review in Chinese spy chip case

Supermicro has sent out a letter to its customers to reassure them that the tech company will be carrying out a thorough internal review of its hardware in regard to allegations made by a Bloomberg article. The news item argued th...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Oct 2018 19:52

MIT's DAWG could easily be integrated in OS updates, and it is said to be less taxing on the overall system performance. (Source: Bit-Tech)

MIT provides alternative solution for Spectre-like CPU bugs

Intel may be implementing in-silicon solutions against Spectre and meltdown attacks, but not all threat variants can be identified this way. MIT's DAWG solution can detect all variants plus similar speculative attacks, and it can ...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Oct 2018 22:42

The Google Pixel 3 models feature the custom Titan M embeded security chip. (Source: Google)

Google details Titan M custom security chip in Pixel 3

Google has detailed what is so special about the new Titan M custom silicon it has baked into the Pixel 3 to help secure the device. In its latest blog post since the official launch of the device, Google has identified four key a...

Sanjiv Sathiah, 18 Oct 2018 11:04

Google+ is shutting down following a data breach. (Source: sharethis.com)

Google+ to shut down following hacking revelation

Google has admitted that its social media app, Google+, has been hacked. This data theft has affected approximately half a million profiles. The users in question may have had many points of important user data extracted from thei...

Deirdre O Donnell, 13 Oct 2018 17:47

The must-have fingerprint reader feature of this year may have competition already. (Source: Anandtech)

2019's in-display fingerprint reader may be considerably better than 2018's

There are some phones to be released later this year - as well as some that already have been - with in- or under-display fingerprint (FP) scanners. This technology is based on optical (or light) sensors that act to construct a 2D...

Deirdre O Donnell, 12 Oct 2018 14:30

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, grows daily searches by 50% to 30 million

DuckDuckGo is quickly becoming a popular alternative to Google's increasingly invasive search engine. The privacy-focused search tool just announced hitting 30 million searches a day. While this is a far cry from the 3.5+ billion ...

Sam Medley, 11 Oct 2018 23:42

The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL. (Source: Google)

Pixel 3 and 3 XL launch: any surprises are on the inside

The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL have been released. Their appearance will surprise nobody, as both phones look exactly as described in all their leaks. The Pixel 3 XL has a notch, but may also have a lot of interesting new Google feat...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Oct 2018 00:43

Bloomberg claims that almost 30 US companies were affected by the alleged Chinese spy chips. (Source ITPro)

US Homeland Security statement plays down Bloomberg spy chips claim

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement that seems to refute Bloomberg’s claim that a significant number of US companies had been compromised due to clandestine microchips reporting sensitive data back to Chi...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 Oct 2018 20:32

The T2 chip found in new MacBooks. (Source: macsales.com)

Can you fix your own 2018 MacBook? An internal Apple report says no, but iFixit says yes

An internal service document recently leaked from within Apple states that no-one but company staff and Authorized Apple Service Providers (AASPs) can repair or replace most MacBook 2018 and iMac Pro components without the devices...

Deirdre O Donnell, 06 Oct 2018 17:49

Pete Lau has revealed a few more details about the 6T. (Source: thehindu.com)

OnePlus CEO interview suggests that the 6T will cost more than the 6

Pete Lau, the CEO of the smartphone maker OnePlus, has been talking about the company's upcoming release in a new interview with CNET. Lau admitted that this phone, the 6T, is going to retail for more than its predecessor. Accordi...

Deirdre O Donnell, 02 Oct 2018 19:14

The video may have been intended to tease Screen Unlock. (Source: MSN)

OnePlus releases first official teaser video for the 6T

OnePlus has posted a teaser video for its upcoming 6T flagship update on Twitter. This clip, which is the first of its kind, may hint at the in-display fingerprint sensor confirmed to feature in the phone. The video also invites u...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 Oct 2018 16:56

50 million Facebook accounts were compromised due to a security flaw

A Facebook breach has compromised almost 50 million accounts. After discovering the breach on September 25, the company reset the access tokens of the 50 million affected accounts and 40 million others as a precautionary step. The...

Sam Medley, 30 Sep 2018 00:07

A render showing all the leaked color options for the Mate 20 Pro. (Source: gizmochina.com)

Huawei Mate 20 Pro may come with voice-based unlocking

Huawei is now rumored to be integrating a new form of device security, Voice Unlock, into its upcoming flagship, the Mate 20 Pro. This device may also have a 6.9-inch screen, as much as 6GB in RAM and an extra-large battery. Howev...

Deirdre O Donnell, 29 Sep 2018 17:26

Adbank is an Ethereum-based ad platform. (Source: Adbank)

Austrian national tourism body will use blockchain to protect its next ad campaign

The Austrian national tourist office (ANTO) is embracing blockchain in order to protect its upcoming advertisement investment. It is a digital campaign that ANTO will roll out in partnership with Adbank, an Ethereum-linked platfor...

Deirdre O Donnell, 27 Sep 2018 18:18

The Galaxy P30 may feature Samsung's first in-display fingerprint sensing. (Source: 123rf.com)

Rumored Samsung device could be first to get Galaxy P-series name and graded color scheme

Move over Galaxy S, Galaxy P is here. At least, this is what an increasing number of leaks say. The series is purported to kick off with the release of the Galaxy P30 and P30+. It is also possible that one of them will come with i...

Deirdre O Donnell, 26 Sep 2018 19:48

Chrome now automatically logs you into the browser without telling you

The latest version of Google's Chrome browser will now automatically log users in if they log into any Google service. This, in turn, opens the door for the user's browsing data to be accessed by Google. While this isn't the case ...

Sam Medley, 25 Sep 2018 23:40

Canonical extends security support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which is the basis for many cloud and enterprise services, is coming up on its end of life this April. Canonical will begin offering an Extended Security Maintenance service in April that will continue rolling ou...

Sam Medley, 22 Sep 2018 05:43

A new reports estimates the worth of the smart home market in 2025. (Source: medium.com)

Smart home market to exceed US$90 billion by 2025: new report

Smart home technology has definitely caught on by now, with many people automating or controlling their living spaces with new products designed to be integrated into them. A new market research report suggests that the market bui...

Deirdre O Donnell, 21 Sep 2018 19:14

Two prominent VPN providers have needed to push updates for vulnerabilities in their systems. (Source: danielmiessler.com)

NordVPN and ProtonVPN obliged to push updates to patch new CVEs

Two popular VPNs have been reported as subject to newly-discovered security issues discovered by Cisco Talos. These flaws apply to those using the services on Windows PCs, and could allow a hacker access through a 'Connect' comman...

Deirdre O Donnell, 11 Sep 2018 18:24

MediaTek believes that its new feature, Active Stereo, is a better form of face-unlocking than Apple's. (Source: Deccan Chronicle)

MediaTek claims that its new Active Stereo will beat Apple Face ID

Device unlocking using an owner's face has become quite popular. Unfortunately, offering truly secure, flexible and effective facial scanning in your product can get difficult and expensive. MediaTek claims that its new take on th...

Deirdre O Donnell, 07 Sep 2018 17:06

The Librem 5 has been delayed by 3 months due to hardware issues. (Image: Purism)

Purism plans to ship first batch of Librem 5 Linux smartphones in April 2019

Purism's upcoming Linux phone, the Librem 5, has run into some development delays that have pushed its release back 3 months to April 2019. Due to a flaw in the phone's CPU, the battery drains in less than an hour. Purism is worki...

Sam Medley, 04 Sep 2018 23:40

Mastercard has been accused of selling cardholder details in a deal worth millions (Source: pentagram.com)

Mastercard reportedly sold purchase data to Google - without telling customers

Bloomberg sources have alleged that Google and Mastercard have signed a deal in which the former gets access to the latter's users' data. This partnership has apparently been in effect throughout 2018, and lets advertisers track s...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 Sep 2018 23:29

devolo claim that their new line of Powerline-enabled Magic mesh adapters will speed up your home WiFi. (Source: devolo.co.uk)

IFA 2018 | devolo's new Magic line combines mesh WiFi and Powerline

devolo's new home networking solution, Magic, is a form of mesh WiFi that also uses Powerline technology. It does so using next-generation G.hn chips and new, AC-adapter mesh points. devolo claims that this combination can drastic...

Deirdre O Donnell, 01 Sep 2018 16:32

Yahoo reportedly sells its users' email data to advertisers. (Source: lifewire.com)

Yahoo is still profiting off your email data

Yahoo, which is now a part of Oath Inc., has been reported to persist in the sale of user email data to advertisers. This practice, which Google for one has sworn off in the past, may include the scanning of information concerning...

Deirdre O Donnell, 29 Aug 2018 23:30

ThinkPad T480s: Lenovo adds a ThinkPad Privacy Guard display option

Privacy and security are a major focus for business laptops. An in-built privacy filter like HP's SureView displays for its EliteBooks is very important for customers who work with sensitive information. To counter HP, Lenovo has ...

Benjamin Herzig, 29 Aug 2018 11:34

Security

Dell's network affected by attempted hack

Samsung tech secrets sold to Chinese competitor

Eurocom "Tune Up" program will make your laptop feel like new again regardless of brand

DriveSavers can now recover data from locked smartphones for a mere $3,900

Two weeks ahead of release, a full copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been leaked

UK Parliament forces executive to hand over internal Facebook documents

LinkedIn used 18 million non-user emails to buy targeted ads on Facebook

Google Play security exposed by malware hidden in fake driving games

Cryptocurrency crash: Leading cryptos suffer sizeable price falls

Tumblr kicked out from the App Store due to child pornography

Apple stock decline slows down; Zuckerberg not an iOS fan

NYU researchers developed an AI that can imitate fingerprints to bypass biometric readers

HTTP-over-QUIC officially acknowledged as HTTP/3 by IETF

Apple's T2 chip could severely limit the possibilities of third-party Mac repair

CloudFlare releases an Android app to change your phone's DNS

Most US adults can't tell real election-campaign emails from fake: new study

Facebook messages from at least 81,000 accounts hacked & offered for sale online

New side-channel vulnerability confirmed in Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs

Websites could battle more bots without interrupting users thanks to reCAPTCHA v3

Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus get updated... to Android 8.1 Oreo

Paypal bans alternative social media site Gab due to posts of the Pittsburgh shooter

Less than 40% of IoT consumers consider themselves reliant on their connected devices

Yahoo to pay US$50 million in data breach damages

No Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro for the US market

Supermicro to carry out internal review in Chinese spy chip case

MIT provides alternative solution for Spectre-like CPU bugs

Google details Titan M custom security chip in Pixel 3

Google+ to shut down following hacking revelation

2019's in-display fingerprint reader may be considerably better than 2018's

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, grows daily searches by 50% to 30 million

Pixel 3 and 3 XL launch: any surprises are on the inside

US Homeland Security statement plays down Bloomberg spy chips claim

Can you fix your own 2018 MacBook? An internal Apple report says no, but iFixit says yes

OnePlus CEO interview suggests that the 6T will cost more than the 6

OnePlus releases first official teaser video for the 6T

50 million Facebook accounts were compromised due to a security flaw

Huawei Mate 20 Pro may come with voice-based unlocking

Austrian national tourism body will use blockchain to protect its next ad campaign

Rumored Samsung device could be first to get Galaxy P-series name and graded color scheme

Chrome now automatically logs you into the browser without telling you

Canonical extends security support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Smart home market to exceed US$90 billion by 2025: new report

90% Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G6 2018 (i5-8350U, Full-HD Touch, 256GB) Laptop Review

NordVPN and ProtonVPN obliged to push updates to patch new CVEs

MediaTek claims that its new Active Stereo will beat Apple Face ID

Purism plans to ship first batch of Librem 5 Linux smartphones in April 2019

Mastercard reportedly sold purchase data to Google - without telling customers

IFA 2018 | devolo's new Magic line combines mesh WiFi and Powerline

Yahoo is still profiting off your email data

ThinkPad T480s: Lenovo adds a ThinkPad Privacy Guard display option

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