May 3, 2016 New York Post says some of its Twitter accounts hacked A New York Post spokeswoman said some of the newspaper's Twitter accounts were briefly hacked Friday.
May 3, 2016 The modern hacker takes on a new role Perceptions of hackers have changed over the course of the last decade. While businesses once viewed hackers as dangerous threats that needed to be kept at arm’s length, today, they are highly sought after by everything from private companies to intelligence agencies.
May 3, 2016 Centcom hack: Military tightens password security The hack attack that seized the U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts on Monday has prompted the military to tighten its social media password security.
April 13, 2016 Distracted driving clampdown: Cops could get 'textalyzers' ‘Textalyzer’ phone scanners that tell cops whether drivers were texting at the time of an accident could be deployed in New York state if proposed legislation passes. However, the scanners, which would harness mobile forensic technology, have already attracted fierce criticism from civil liberties activists.
April 6, 2016 'The Next Rembrandt' 3D printed painting unveiled Although Rembrandt died in 1669, his artistic legacy lives on in the shape of an ambitious high-tech painting project. Unveiled in Amsterdam Tuesday “The Next Rembrandt” was crafted by an unlikely duo: technology and algorithms that were able to study, mimic, and then create a 3D printed painting based on the famous artist’s work.
March 29, 2016 Report: iOS 9.3 hyperlink bug crashes apps System stability issues plague Safari, Mail, and Messages, as well as third-party browsers like Google Chrome.
March 27, 2016 Study finds women are deemed better coders, with a big catch When a group of student computer scientists decided to test their hypothesis that software coding done by women doesn't get as much cred as that done by males, they came face to face with a couple of surprises.
March 24, 2016 Security software targets bomb makers Dfuze, a specially-built software for law enforcement and the intelligence community, aims to help investigators link bomb fragments to bomb makers.
March 24, 2016 Can Gamers help protect flights and airports? It’s the holiday season, which means getting on a plane goes from merely annoying to infuriating. Do you ever wonder whether those never-ending delays in baggage screening actually make you safer?
March 18, 2016 New malware can infect iPhones without requiring a jailbreak The iPhone is generally safer than Android when it comes to malware infections though Apple's smartphone isn't impervious to such threats.
