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Officials Want To Know If Wireless Carriers Are Throttling Video
Remember earlier this year when net neutrality got killed off and everybody said it wouldn't matter? Well, it seems it might have mattered after all. Recently, three US Senators sent letters of inquiry...
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You Should Be Worried About Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
In the world of data security, cryptocurrency mining software is often overlooked or discounted as a threat because it doesn't do serious harm to the infected system. It bleeds off computing resources,...
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Are Graphics Processing Units Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks?
Bad news for computer users everywhere. Researchers at the University of California in Riverside have discovered that GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are vulnerable to side-channel attacks like...
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Fraudulent Payments Are Hurting Venmo And Its Users
The mobile payment platform Venmo (owned by Paypal) has a fraud problem. That's not exactly new. The company has struggled with fraud issues for a long time, but recently, things have gotten out of...
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Google Continues To Battle With Malware In Play Store
In recent months, Google has taken steps to tighten up its processes so that fewer poisoned apps find their way into the Google Play Store. In addition to that, the company has stepped up its efforts...
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Amazon Accidentally Leaked Customer Names And Email Addresses
There's trouble brewing at Amazon, although details are sketchy about how much trouble there might be. Recently, the company sent the following message to some of its customers: "Hello, We're...
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Update Patch From Microsoft Causing Issues With Outlook Users
Back in October, Microsoft issued an update for Windows 10 that was a bit of a disaster. It wound up deleting some user files and sparked a completely justified outrage. The company pulled the update...
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Hackers Target Users Of Google Maps With Bank Phone Scam
Google relies on crowd sourcing to help keep its maps up to date. There's no other approach that even comes close to being feasible. Sure, Google has employees on the job, roving the nation's...
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Uber Gets Hefty Fine From The EU For Data Breach
In recent years we've seen several companies suffer from hacks of various magnitudes. Over time, we've witnessed the growth of what could be described as best practices in terms of how to respond. The...
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USPS Vulnerability May Have Exposed Millions of Users
Do you have an account on USPS.com? If so, you're not alone. Tens of millions of Americans use it daily for a variety of purposes. Unfortunately, if you do have an account, it may have been...
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Data On Millions Of Americans Leaked Through Open Server
Bob Diachenko, the Director of Cyber Risk Research for Hacken, recently made a disturbing discovery. He found an ElasticSearch server open and vulnerable on the internet, without so much as a password...
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Hackers Are Exploiting Home And Small Office Routers
Akamai has discovered a nasty new hack that's allowing cybercriminals to move beyond simply compromising routers, but also, in some instances, to use the compromised routers to take control of other...
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Microsoft Is Bringing Augmented Reality To The Military
Microsoft just won a huge military contract worth $480 million to bring 100,000 customized AR (Augmented Reality) headsets, based on their HoloLens technology, to the US Army. The army's plan is to...
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Windows 10 Will Notify Users When Apps Use Their Microphone
In recent months, security researchers have unearthed all sorts of new hardware vulnerabilities. Several of them allow hackers to quietly assume control of your PC's built-in camera or microphone,...
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Dell May Have Been Hacked So User Passwords Are Resetting
Have you ever created an account on Dell's website to purchase computer equipment? If so, your account may have been compromised. As a precaution, Dell has forced password resets for every account on...
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Browser Security Symbols Don’t Mean Websites Are Legitimate
Most people use Google Chrome. In fact, according to the latest statistics, Chrome has more than half the browser market share, with the rest dividing the smaller portion of the market between them....
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Apple Music Will Soon Play Nice With Amazon Echo
Apple doesn't tend to share well with other corporations, but they have made a few efforts to expand their services to the platforms of their competitors. You can, for instance, download Apple Music...
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Making Ransomware Payments Can Get You In Legal Trouble
It's no secret that ransomware attacks have been on the rise over the last couple of years. Many companies, desperate to get their files back, have resorted to simply paying the ransom and hoping the...
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Devices May Communicate Through Sound In The Near Future
IoT startup Trillbit has a big idea with profound implications for the Internet of Things, and by extension, for all of us. The company is currently designing a system called "Trill Tones" that will...
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Dunkin Donuts Rewards Users May Have Had Their Data Accessed
Are you one of the legions of Americans who run on Dunkin'? If so, be advised that your DD Perks Reward Account may have been compromised. The company reported that they were recently breached by a...
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