March 23, 2017 Tractor Hack: Farmers are harnessing hacked software for John Deere repairs Farming was simple once. It was hard, backbreaking work, but it followed a basic formula: You plant it, you grow it, you harvest it.
March 18, 2017 How to block spam on your phone Ting! You’ve received a new message. You put down your shopping bags, dig into your pocket and pull out your smartphone — and then you frown, because it’s from a phone number you’ve never seen in your life, and the message reads: “REAL ROLEX 90% OFF!”
March 17, 2017 Russian hackers targeted just one Yahoo employee in order to breach 500M accounts More details about the activities that led to one of the biggest data breaches in history are coming to light now that the Department of Justice has indicted four suspects for the 2014 Yahoo hack that affected more than 500 million accounts.
March 16, 2017 Military personnel data leaked in Dun & Bradstreet database The huge leak of a Dun & Bradstreet database containing the details of almost 33.7 million people includes over 100,000 military personnel according to the security researcher who reported the leak.
March 16, 2017 McDonald's Twitter account hacked, blasts Trump A hacker used McDonald's Twitter account to attack President Donald Trump in an extremely derogatory tweet early Thursday.
March 16, 2017 Warning: Dangerous new Gmail phishing attack can easily steal your Google login Why are the Windows and Android platforms always targeted by malware and other malicious attacks from nefarious hackers?
March 15, 2017 Hackers to be charged in Yahoo security breach U.S. officials are planning to unveil charges Wednesday related to the theft of personal data that affected hundreds of millions of Yahoo users and disrupted the company’s sale to Verizon, according to people familiar with the matter.
March 15, 2017 Hackers hijack Twitter accounts with Swastikas, 'Nazi Holland' messages A slew of high-profile Twitter accounts, including Amnesty International, BBC News North America and the European Parliament were hijacked by hackers early Wednesday. The tweets in Turkish, which included Swastikas, appear to be a reference to the growing diplomatic tensions between Turkey, Holland and Germany.
March 15, 2017 Apple quietly hires renowned iPhone security expert In a blog post today, famous iPhone security expert Jonathan Zdziarski announced that he's going to work for Apple.
March 15, 2017 Scientists create 'lip password' that IDs users by their lips' movements A team of researchers in Hong Kong have created the 'lip password', a method of biometric authentication that verifies a person's identity by analyzing their lips' movements and texture. The researchers have already patented the method.