Today’s Tech Sightings: Who the Russian Hackers Targeted When They Stole Yahoo Emails Russian spies and cybercriminals charged for allegedly hacking into more than 500 million Yahoo accounts in 2014 targeted diplomats, executives and an investigative reporter, according to U.S. Department of Justice documents. They also searched millions of accounts for credit cards, financial information […]
How Yahoo Was Hacked; Android 7.1.1 Nougat for Nexus 6 Downgraded
Posted March 16th, 2017 at 12:18 pm (UTC-5)
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Google Wi-Fi Goes to India; Stuxnet-like Malware Spreading Worldwide
Posted February 9th, 2017 at 11:51 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Wi-Fi Station Project Is Coming to India First Google Station, a project that aims to bring fast Wi-Fi connectivity to railway stations and other public places, will launch for the first time in Pune, a city southeast of Mumbai, India. The project is a collaboration between several local and international tech […]
Beware These New Cyber Scams; the Augmented Future of Shopping
Posted January 31st, 2017 at 12:39 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Five Ways Fraudsters Could Make a Fool of You Criminals are constantly refining malware and finding new ways to fleece consumers, from phishing emails to adding followers that stalk you on social media to get you to click on a malicious link. Writer Tom Cheshire takes a look at some of the newest […]
Android Pattern Lock Vulnerable to Attack; the Age of IoT Botnets
Posted January 24th, 2017 at 2:04 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Android Pattern Lock Might Be Vulnerable to (Very Determined) Thieves The chances of this happening are low, but if you are unlocking your Android smartphone with Pattern Lock in a public place and someone videotapes or watches the motions, then that hacker might be able to replicate the password and gain access […]
New Malware Targets Google Services; Pokemon GO Goes to Davos
Posted January 18th, 2017 at 1:18 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Cybercrime Gang Uses Google Services for Malware Command and Control An organized criminal group known as Carabank is using Google services and office documents to distribute malware to turn their victims’ computers into command and control devices. This in turn enables them to launch further attacks. The notorious group has been in […]
Malicious Ads Put Millions at Risk; the Trouble With Smart Cities
Posted December 7th, 2016 at 1:03 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Malicious Online Ads Expose Millions to Possible Hack Cybersecurity firm ESET says infected banner ads have put millions of internet users at risk of installing Trojans and spyware on their computers since October. The company said Stegano, as the attack campaign is called, has spread from malicious ads on several reputable sites, […]
New Hard Drive Uses Chlorine Atoms; Protecting Privacy With Snapchat
Posted July 19th, 2016 at 12:21 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: World’s Smallest Hard Disk Stores Data Using Chlorine Atoms Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the world’s smallest hard drive – a rewritable device that stores up to 500 terabits per square inch. This is enough room to store all the books ever written. The technique uses chlorine […]
Millions of SE Asian Jobs at Risk; Protecting Biometric Data
Posted July 7th, 2016 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: ILO: Millions of SE Asian Jobs May Be Lost to Automation in Next Two Decades A new study from the International Labor Organization says more than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries could lose their jobs within the next two decades as a result of automation. The report warns that […]