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-5)
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The Cost of Sharing WhatsApp’s Data; APT3 Hackers Linked to Beijing
Posted May 18th, 2017 at 1:02 pm (UTC-5)
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-5)
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-5)
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 […]