News in the Technology category

Horcrux Is a Password Manager Designed for Security and Paranoid Users

Two researchers from the University of Virginia have developed a new password manager prototype that works quite differently from existing password manager clients.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 04, 2017
- 05:33 PM
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Chrome Beats Edge in Independent Battery Life Test Despite Microsoft's Claims

A YouTuber has taken it into his hands to resolve the silent war over battery life benchmarks currently raging between Microsoft, Google, and Opera.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 26, 2017
- 01:12 PM
- 3
Chrome and Firefox Headless Modes May Spur New Adware & Clickfraud Tactics

During the past month, both Google and Mozilla developers have added support in their respective browsers for "headless mode," a mechanism that allows browsers to run silently in the OS background and with no visible GUI.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22, 2017
- 12:24 PM
- 8
FBI Arrests Vicious Criminal Who Uploaded "Deadpool" Movie on Facebook

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that the FBI had arrested a Fresno man for uploading a pirated copy of the Deadpool movie on Facebook.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 16, 2017
- 05:45 PM
- 3
Drone Crashes Into Power Lines, Leaves Silicon Valley Homes in the Dark

Mountain View police are looking for a white adult male with white hair that crashed a drone into high-voltage power lines on Thursday night, June 8, knocking out power to over 1,600 people.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 10, 2017
- 06:25 PM
- 0
Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers of Dutch Hosting Provider

Verelox, a provider of dedicated KVM and VPS servers based in The Hague, Netherlands, suffered a catastrophic outage after a former administrator deleted all customer data and wiped most of the company's servers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 09, 2017
- 07:40 PM
- 3
Researcher Wants to Protect Whistleblowers Against Hidden Printer Dots

Gabor Szathmari, a security researcher for CryptoAUSTRALIA, is working on a method of improving the security of leaked documents by removing hidden dots left behind by laser printers, which are usually used to watermark documents and track down leakers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 09, 2017
- 05:20 AM
- 7
Technical Glitch Triggers Nightmare Scenario for Filipino Bank

Chaos reigned in the Philippines yesterday as one of the country's main banks had to shut down ATM withdrawals and online transactions amid rumors of getting hacked.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 07, 2017
- 09:20 AM
- 0
Google Chrome 59 Released With a Material Design UI in the Settings Section

Google released today Google Chrome 59, a new version of the Chrome browser, which this month comes with a complete revamp of the Settings section.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 05, 2017
- 06:10 PM
- 0
Chrome Version with Built-In Ad Blocker to Launch in Early 2018

Google has just confirmed that a version of Chrome with built-in ad-blocking features is in the works, and the company hopes to release it in "early 2018."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 04, 2017
- 02:00 AM
- 2
The Way You Walk Could Be the Best Biometrics Authentication Solution as of Yet

A person's gait, or the motions of his feet and body as he walks, could be used as a very reliable authentication method for offline security systems.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 03, 2017
- 04:30 AM
- 0
Motorcycle Gang Busted for Hacking and Stealing Over 150 Jeep Wranglers

The FBI has arrested members of a motorcycle gang accused to have hacked and stolen over 150 Jeep Wranglers from Southern California, which they later crossed the border into Mexico to have stripped down for parts.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 31, 2017
- 06:30 AM
- 0
US Wants to Extend Laptop Ban to All International Flights

US Secretary of Homeland Security Gen. John Kelly revealed in an interview over the weekend that the US might expand its current laptop ban to all flights into the US in the near future.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 29, 2017
- 05:05 AM
- 1
British Airways Cancels All London Flights Following Catastrophic IT Failure

Earlier today, British Airways (BA) has canceled all flights out of London's two biggest airports, Gatwick and Heathrow, following what the company described as "catastrophic" and "a major IT system failure."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 27, 2017
- 01:45 PM
- 0
83% of Security Pros Waste Time Fixing Co-Workers Non-Security Problems

Security personnel in many organizations waste time every week helping co-workers with general IT problems, rather than doing their own work, which in the long run, costs companies tens of thousands of dollars per year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26, 2017
- 06:15 AM
- 1
Google Will Track Your Offline Credit Card Payments to Make Advertisers Happy

At the annual Google Marketing Next conference, the Mountain View search and advertising giant announced a new service that will let advertisers track and tie offline credit card payments with ongoing marketing campaigns.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 24, 2017
- 03:55 AM
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Judge: It's OK If Best Buy's Geek Squad Nerds Search Your PC for Illegal Content

A judge presiding over a child pornography case that was set in motion in 2012 has ruled that users have no legal expectation of privacy when they hand over their computers to Best Buy's Geek Squad IT technicians.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22, 2017
- 06:45 PM
- 3
Former IBM Engineer Admits He Stole Source Code for China

Xu Jiaqiang, 30, a former software engineer for IBM, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of economic espionage after the FBI had caught him attempting to sell IBM's source code, and later discovered he sold it to parties in China.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 22, 2017
- 05:25 AM
- 2
Firefox 55: Flash Will Become "Ask to Activate" for Everyone

Starting with the release of Firefox 55, the Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox will be set to "Ask to Activate" by default for all users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 18, 2017
- 08:15 AM
- 0
New Battery Technology Draws Energy Directly From Human Body

A team of eleven scientists from UCLA and the University of Connecticut has created a new energy-storing device that can draw electrical power from the human body.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 18, 2017
- 07:10 AM
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