Today’s Tech Sightings: WannaCry Ransom Note Analysis Points to Chinese-speaking Perpetrator Cybersecurity experts continue to comb through evidence to identify the criminals who launched the global ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack. While initial speculation linked the attackers to North Korea, researchers at cybersecurity firm Flashpoint now say Chinese speakers could be behind the English and Chinese versions […]
‘WannaCry’ Clues Point to China as New Vulnerability Raises Red Flags
Posted May 25th, 2017 at 1:32 pm (UTC-4)
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Social Media Access Urged After UK Attack; New Ransomware Detected
Posted May 24th, 2017 at 2:10 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: UK Takes on Social Media Giants After Manchester Terror Attack U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd has urged social media services like Facebook and Twitter to tackle terrorism posts and give law enforcement access to encrypted messages. The appeal followed an Islamic State terrorist attack at a Manchester pop concert that left 22 […]
Junub Games Reaches for Peace as South Sudan Wages War
Posted May 19th, 2017 at 11:30 am (UTC-4)
Political feuds and ethnic violence in South Sudan have displaced more than 1.5 million people. Among them is a software engineer determined to push past hate to promote peace through games. “Hate is one of the things that is inciting violence in South Sudan right now,” Lual Mayen, a game developer from Juba, South Sudan, […]
The Cost of Sharing WhatsApp’s Data; APT3 Hackers Linked to Beijing
Posted May 18th, 2017 at 1:02 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Fined $122M in Europe for Misleading WhatsApp Filing European Commission antitrust regulators slapped Facebook Thursday with $122 million in fines for providing “inaccurate or misleading” information for the vetting of its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. The Commission said Facebook claimed it could not automatically match WhatsApp user accounts on […]
Apple Starts Production in India; WannaCry Infects Medical Devices
Posted May 17th, 2017 at 11:12 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Apple Starts Assembling iPhones in India Apple has confirmed it is beginning initial production of its iPhone SE models in Bengaluru, India. The first batch will start shipping to local customers this month. Apple has been courting India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market, for some time in an effort to retake a […]
WannaCry Blame Game Points to North Korea
Posted May 16th, 2017 at 1:55 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The finger-pointing is underway in the massive WannaCry or WannaCrypt ransomware attack that affected nearly 150 countries, with security researchers suggesting North Korean hackers might be behind it and Microsoft blaming the U.S. government. The hackers allegedly used tools leaked by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to exploit a vulnerability in […]
‘Smart Cities’ Are Not Just About Technology
Posted May 12th, 2017 at 11:30 am (UTC-4)
‘Smart cities’ or high-tech communities are popping up in parts of the developing world to connect citizens, spur economic development, and provide better services. But some experts caution that these smart hubs are more about sustainability and quality of life than the technology that supports them. ‘Smart cities’ is hardly a term everyone agrees on […]
Keylogger Found on HP Laptops; Is Facebook Out of Touch?
Posted May 11th, 2017 at 12:43 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: ‘Keylogger’ Found on Several HP Laptops A security researcher at Swiss firm Modzero has uncovered an audio driver on HP laptops with a keylogger feature that records every keystroke. Anyone with local access to the affected computer could comprise passwords and other data. The logging activity was discovered in the Conexant HD […]
Microsoft Conference Digs Deep Into AI; Malawi First to Use OpenTrial
Posted May 10th, 2017 at 12:30 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Fully Dives Into Artificial Intelligence CEO Satya Nadela kicked off Microsoft’s Build 2017 developer conference in Seattle, Washington, Wednesday, with a call for technological empowerment. The Azure cloud platform and artificial intelligence are part of the company’s push to create smarter interactions between technology and users across multiple devices. The three-day […]