All the stories tagged with security
Mother’s Day Email Scams: 5 Ways to Prevent Them
05/10/2013, If you haven’t figured out how you’re going to show mom how much you care, it’s not too late. Emails from brands you trust and the Web can help you shop, ship and rest easy knowing that your gift will [...]
A Camera-less Blackberry Q10 Is Possible, But It’s Up To Carrier Demand
05/10/2013, Smartphones these days all come with a camera. In fact it is more or less expected, with some companies such as Nokia touting their cameras as being the main selling point. However while it is more or less expected that [...]
Anonymous Threatens To Wipe U.S “Off The Cybermap”
05/07/2013, The hacking collective Anonymous was in the news last month for “Operation Free Korea,” in which it hacked North Korea’s Flicker and Twitter account as well as launched an attack on a number of North Korean websites. Their next target isn’t [...]
Facebook Rolls Out ‘Trusted Contacts’ To Give Friends Power Over Your Account
05/02/2013, If you’re the kind of person who relies on your friends and family to get you into your home as you misplace your keys on a regular basis, then getting into Facebook is probably as difficult if you don’t automatically [...]
Microsoft Accounts Receive Two-Step Verification To Help Keep Secure
04/17/2013, The online world has become a little less safe considering how many companies have their services hacked, which results in the user having to change a perfectly good password in fear their account will be accessed by an unauthorized user. [...]
Hacker Claims To Have Developed Android App That Can Hack Into Aircrafts
04/11/2013, Our smartphone apps these days can perform a fair number of tasks, ranging from simple reminders, to more complex such as tracking our location, places we’ve run, how far we’ve run and etc. However an app that could in theory [...]
Cyberattack alert! Car and candy companies are not spared
03/11/2013, Over the last few months, 40 known companies have been identified as victims of cyberattacks. As more details are being revealed, it turns out that these attacks are not only targeted at tech companies such as Apple or Twitter but [...]
Japanese Researchers Come Up With New Way To Protect Your Password From Prying Eyes
03/07/2013, Don’t you just hate it when you’re trying to log on from a public computer, or sending an email or chatting with a friend, there’s some stranger behind you looking at what you’re doing? Granted sometimes this stranger means no [...]
Samsung KNOX Provides Privacy To BYOD Users
02/25/2013, Samsung has just announced KNOX, a security solution for its Android smartphones that provides a secure container that completely separates data from work and life, giving the user complete control over his/her “private” data, while letting its company manage the [...]
Jawbone MyTalk Experiences Limited Hack
02/13/2013, Jawbone has announced that a small number of accounts had been compromised by cyber-attacks. The company did not mention how many, but did use the word “limited” to describe the scope of the attack. In any case, some user data [...]
Apple Patent Suggests Image Identification Security Measure On iOS, Mac
02/07/2013, A new Apple patent application has been uncovered that could make it possible for iOS and Mac users to authenticate their identity without requiring the use passcodes, third-party software or blood samples in order to unlock their Apple product. According [...]
Twitter Hacked! 250,000 Accounts At Risk
02/01/2013, Twitter has confirmed that approximately 250,000 users are affected in the recent hack but denied that the hack is related to the outage yesterday. As security measure, Twitter did reset all affected passwords and revoked all session tokens from affected [...]
DNA Bullet Marks Suspects For Arrest
01/23/2013, SelectDNA, a UK company, has created a non-lethal high-velocity projectile that will leave a DNA marker on a suspect so that he or she can be identified at a later time. At first, it may sound like the projectile marks [...]
