Today’s Tech Sightings: APAC Users Not Confident Their Online Data Is Properly Secured A new survey released by the Internet Society shows cybersecurity is a top concern for consumers in the Asia-Pacific, with more than 70 percent saying they believe their online personal data is not properly secured. Up to 55 percent said they were […]
Cybersecurity Key Concern for APAC; Google Preps for ‘Future of Work’
Posted July 26th, 2017 at 1:03 pm (UTC-5)
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Facebook Rejects Pakistan Policy Change; ‘GhostCtrl’ Malware Returns
Posted July 18th, 2017 at 12:01 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Denies Pakistan Policy Change Request Facebook informed the Pakistani government it was not interested in complying with its request to change authentication policies from email addresses to telephone numbers. Last week, Pakistan asked Facebook to make the change in order to track fake account owners and those who engage in hate […]
Report: AI Will Deepen Social Divides; India Leads Global Facebook Use
Posted July 13th, 2017 at 12:33 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: New Report Says Robots, AI Will Make Social Inequality Even Worse A new report from UK charity Sutton warns that developments in automation and artificial intelligence will deepen the divide between rich and poor in the UK unless the government takes action. The report suggests it will be easier for richer people […]
Millions of Verizon Records Leaked; Tech Giants Rally for Net Neutrality
Posted July 12th, 2017 at 12:51 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Millions of Verizon Customer Records Exposed in Security Lapse Up to 14 million Verizon subscriber records were left unprotected on an Amazon storage server in Israel. An employee of Israel-based NICE Systems left the information unsecured on the server and available for download with little difficulty. The leak includes sensitive records of […]
Apple’s iPhone Turns 10; New Details Emerge About ‘Petya’ Data Wiper
Posted June 29th, 2017 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Here’s Everything the iPhone Has Replaced in the Last 10 Years On June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was born. It had a unique feel to it that continues to permeate new iterations of the device. And despite a bumpy start, connectivity limitations, and battery issues, it was an instant hit that […]
‘Petya’ Spreads as Questions Mount; Facebook’s Hate Speech Rules
Posted June 28th, 2017 at 1:57 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Massive Cyberattack Has Spread to More Than 64 Countries Ukraine has managed to control the latest ransomware strain known as “Petya” or “NotPetya” that started Tuesday and spread to more than 64 countries. Petya showed up last year, but this updated strain has new capabilities. Its predecessor, WannaCry, wreaked global havoc in […]
Ransomware Attack Hits Europe; Microsoft Turns to AI to Fight Malware
Posted June 27th, 2017 at 1:53 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: New Ransomware Attack Hits European Firms, Infrastructure A massive cyberattack first reported in Ukraine has spread to Russia, Denmark, Britain and other countries. Hackers are targeting major companies, government agencies and infrastructure, banks, utilities, airports, and many others. In Ukraine, government agencies were unable to access their computers. In Britain, an advertising […]
Facebook Changes Mission Statement; Hackers Altered US Voter Data
Posted June 22nd, 2017 at 1:11 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Changes Mission Statement to ‘Bring the World Closer Together’ Facebook’s original mission statement was “making the world more open and connected.” But as the company approaches two billion monthly users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared a new mission statement: to “give people the power to build community and bring the world closer […]
The Future, According to Jack Ma; Uber CEO Resigns
Posted June 21st, 2017 at 12:18 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Alibaba’s Jack Ma: AI Could Lead to 4-hour Workdays and World War III Adding his voice to a chorus of visionaries warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), Alibaba Founder and CEO Jack Ma told CNBC AI automation could allow people more free time, perhaps leading to four-day work weeks in […]
Mobile Phishing’s New Tricks; Older Samsung Devices Left Vulnerable
Posted June 15th, 2017 at 12:32 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Login-stealing Phishing Sites Hide Their Evil With Lots of Hyphens in URL Malicious websites are using mobile-focused phishing attacks that are adding enough hyphens to their original domain names so that they are too long to be visible in the address bar. Researchers with security firm PhishLabs say the emerging trend is […]