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WhatsApp is still secure and isn’t vulnerable to a ‘backdoor’

January 20, 2017

The Guardian very erroneously ran a piece yesterday that called to attention a vulnerability in WhatsApp and the public-key cryptographic methods that it makes use of. It caused a bit of a panic, saying rather ... Read More...

Synology® Unveils Surveillance Station 8.0

Darren

January 20, 2017

Press Releases

Optimized performance and smart multiple streaming technology BELLEVUE, Wash.—January 18, 2017—Synology® Inc. today announced the official release of Surveillance Station 8.0, delivering a new and efficient de... Read More...

Tesco Bank gets hacked, money stolen from 20,000 accounts

Jeff Williams

November 7, 2016

News

Tesco Bank has had to completely suspend all online processing of transactions after they found some startling criminal activity that occurred over the weekend. Some 20,000 accounts had money stolen while 40,00... Read More...

We shouldn’t shy away from IoT just because of some initial vulnerabilities

Jeff Williams

October 29, 2016

Editorials

The Internet of Things, or IoT, as a lot to offer us in the future in terms of convenience and some fairly cool concepts. But in it's infancy, which it has been for the past few years as we've focused and refin... Read More...

DDoS attacks are on the rise again, up 139%

Jeff Williams

September 19, 2016

IT/Enterprise, News

The distributed denial of service attack is one of the premier methods of denying internet services and applications to the general public and business alike. In fact, it seems that the use of the DDoS has rise... Read More...

Intel and TPG to Collaborate to Establish McAfee as Leading Independent Cybersecurity Company Valued at $4.2 Billion

Jeff Williams

September 8, 2016

Press Releases

September 07, 2016 04:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO & FORT WORTH, Texas--Intel Corporation and TPG today announced a definitive agreement under which the two parties... Read More...

MIT creates anonymity network that can retain privacy

Jeff Williams

July 12, 2016

IT/Enterprise, News

The TOR anonymity network is a great tool for those looking to simply remain anonymous while browsing, among other less desirable activities. They're intended use is still a big market, but the problem is that ... Read More...

Most magnificent PlayStation 4 phishing site appears

Jeff Williams

July 8, 2016

News

"Good luck with your games!" The site tells you as it casually asks for your PlayStation Network login details. The domain (since disappeared) playstation4gamesfree(dot)weebly(dot)com is hilarious. PlayStati... Read More...

Android full disk encryption is flawed, but only on Qualcomm devices

Jeff Williams

July 5, 2016

IT/Enterprise

Any encryption method can theoretically be brute-force attacked successfully, but only with enough compute resources and time. A vulnerability in how Qualcomm chipsets handled Androids FDE (full disk encryption... Read More...

The new Mitsubishi Outlander was just easily hacked

Jeff Williams

June 6, 2016

IT/Enterprise, News

The latest version of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, their hybrid edition of the new compact SUV, is proving to be an easy target for hackers. You're, apparently, easily able to connect to it, hack it and manip... Read More...

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