Browsing the "tech" Tag

Cutting us off from Huawei is a security risk

June 8th, 2019 📆 | 7315 Views ⚑

Tagged with: consumer tech • cutting • google • huawei • security • smartphones • tech

Teen who hacked Apple told to use ‘gifts for good rather than evil’

June 3rd, 2019 📆 | 5225 Views ⚑

The kids who hacked Apple are getting off light with some probation and hopefully a lesson well learned. Image: Chip

Tagged with: apple • australia • big-tech-companies • cybersecurity • gifts • hacked • hacking • rather • tech

Samsung finally fixes design flaws on $2K foldable phone

May 17th, 2019 📆 | 8124 Views ⚑

Samsung has finally fixed its $2,000 foldable phone — and the solution is jaw-droppingly low-tech. The gadget-maker’s fix: to extend

Tagged with: design • finally • fixes • flaws • foldable • phone • samsung • smartphones • tech

Someone Is Hacking GitHub Repositories and Holding Code Ransom

May 11th, 2019 📆 | 5916 Views ⚑

Hackers are breaking into private code repositories, wiping them, and asking their owners for a ransom to restore their projects.

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Controversial iPhone hacking company signs deal with ICE

May 10th, 2019 📆 | 8420 Views ⚑

ICE has now spent more than $1 million on a tool that hacks into iPhones. Image: Jaap Arriens / NurPhoto

Tagged with: big-tech-companies • company • controversial • graykey • hacking • ice • immigration • immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agency • iphone • privacy • signs • tech

Hackers can take over heart devices, DHS warns

April 25th, 2019 📆 | 2725 Views ⚑

Any connected device these days is a potential target of hackers — and that now includes defibrillators. Implantable defibrillators made

Tagged with: Department of Homeland Security • devices • hackers • hacking • heart • tech • warns

These Passwords Are More Likely to Be Hacked

April 24th, 2019 📆 | 2357 Views ⚑

This brand-new study will make you think twice about the email password you created when you were in high school.

Tagged with: celebrity • entertainment • hacked • likely • music • News • passwords • tech • these • tv

Irish politician Matt Carthy hacked by own children

April 23rd, 2019 📆 | 6503 Views ⚑

Busted. Image: mediaphotos / getty By Jack Morse2019-04-23 20:23:32 UTC Hacking facial-recognition systems is so easy a kid could do

Tagged with: carthy • children • cybersecurity • facial recognition • hacked • hacking • irish • politician • tech

North Korea using cryptocurrency to fund nuclear weapons development, report warns

April 23rd, 2019 📆 | 8039 Views ⚑

North Korea is using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions and fund the development of nuclear weapons, according to a new study.

Tagged with: bitcoin • cryptocurrency • development • korea • Lifestyle • News • north • North Korea • nuclear • tech • using • weapons

The most hacked band password is ‘Blink-182’

April 22nd, 2019 📆 | 3172 Views ⚑

The world is awash in ’90s nostalgia — and it’s even showing up in our passwords. A new study from

Tagged with: blink • blink-182 • cybersecurity • hacked • music • password • passwords • tech

Sri Lanka blocks social media after attacks

April 22nd, 2019 📆 | 3653 Views ⚑

The shutdown, which the government said would be temporary, highlights the challenges the world's most powerful tech companies face in

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Can human mortality be hacked?

April 20th, 2019 📆 | 5351 Views ⚑

Sign Up for Our free email newsletters A fringe group of scientists and tech moguls think they’re closing in on

Tagged with: feature • hacked • human • mortality • science • tech

The Weather Channel knocked off air by ‘malicious software attack’

April 20th, 2019 📆 | 8293 Views ⚑

We live in an age where companies suffer data breaches and hacks of various types on a disturbingly regular basis.

Tagged with: attack • channel • hackers • hacking • knocked • malicious • software • tech • The Weather Channel • weather

Chipotle’s app users claim their accounts are being hacked

April 18th, 2019 📆 | 7454 Views ⚑

Photo: Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) As app-based ordering goes, Chipotle has been ahead of the curve for a while

Tagged with: accounts • being • Burritos • chipotle • claim • hacked • tech • The Takeout • their • users

Facebook accidentally scraped the email contacts of 1.5 million users

April 18th, 2019 📆 | 3356 Views ⚑

Facebook's password-related troubles continue. Image: Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2019-04-18 01:55:59 UTC Facebook has been embroiled

Tagged with: accidentally • contacts • cybersecurity • email • facebook • million • passwords • scraped • Social media • social-media-companies • tech • users

MoD agency hopes to hook new hackers with online game

April 15th, 2019 📆 | 2711 Views ⚑

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has launched an online game to recruit more than 60 staff. As part

Tagged with: agency • AI • AR • big • business • businesscloud • cloud • cybersecurity • data • edtech • entrepreneurs • fintech • hackers • healthtech • hopes • IoT • online • property • tech • technology • UK • VR • Wearables

Game of Thrones stream: Season 8 episode 1 streams and torrents host dangerous malware for people who watch for free

April 15th, 2019 📆 | 4604 Views ⚑

The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones is set to air on 14 April, bringing to a conclusion

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Internet Explorer exploit lets hackers steal data even if you never it

April 14th, 2019 📆 | 4179 Views ⚑

Even if you never open Internet Explorer, a newly discovered Windows security flaw found that hackers can use the old

Tagged with: big-tech-companies • cybersecurity • exploit • explorer • hackers • hacking • internet • Internet Explorer • microsoft • never • pc • security-flaw • steal • tech • Windows 10

Website linked to luxury train hacked – News – NHK WORLD

April 14th, 2019 📆 | 3868 Views ⚑

A railway operator in southern Japan says thousands of entries of customer data have been leaked from a website linked

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Huawei says its equipment as secure as any, pans U.S. campaign

April 12th, 2019 📆 | 4678 Views ⚑

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China’s Huawei Technologies said on Thursday the security of its telecoms network equipment was as tight as

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ can be tricked by a 3D-printed fingerprint

April 8th, 2019 📆 | 4509 Views ⚑

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Tagged with: 3d-printing • cybersecurity • fingerprint • Fingerprint Scanner • galaxy • hack • printed • samsung • smartphones • tech • tricked