A jury has ruled that Apple infringed on a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm, and could be forced to pay as much as $862 million in damages. The patent covers a method used to make processors run more efficiently, and was found to be used by…
Study finds that Android lock patterns tend to be too simple, just like passwords
A study conduced by a woman named Marte Løge, a graduate of Norwegian University of Science and Technology, found that Android users choose to set similar lock patterns that might be too easy for others to figure out. The study looked at 4000 patterns created and discovered that 77% of…
Georgia Tech Finds 11 Deep Security Flaws in Chrome, Firefox
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The security researchers developed a new cyber-security analysis method that discovered the holes buried deeper in the systems. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing earlier this year found 11 previously undiscovered flaws in two of the most…
European Commission reportedly finds no evidence of collusion between Apple and record labels
Apple Music has certainly cast a spotlight on Apple over antitrust concerns, but a new report claims that European regulators have looked into the tech giant’s deals with music labels and found no evidence of collusion. From Re/Code: Investigators examined whether the labels conspired with one another or with Apple…
Risk Evaluation Report Finds Mobile Banking Leaves Some Banks More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans While mobile banking is no doubt convenient for customers – and banks – there’s a significant downside to the fact that more and more financial institutions are using the technology: an increased risk that your personal information will fall in the…
Hacker finds vulnerability in Facebook, can delete your photo albums
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Like it or not, Facebook has become almost ubiquitous in today’s world. Most people you know, both young and old, are on there. Worse, some folks keep memories of their lives stored on the service, including precious photos that, in some…
Apple Hacker Finds Undocumented iOS Backdoors
A well-known iPhone hacker and app developer has found a range of undocumented functions in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system that make it possible to grab data off devices wirelessly or via USB connections, without entering passwords or personal identification […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Illegal immigration costs California taxpayers more than $25 billion a year, finds FAIR
Top Priority Sector: border_security A new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social and government services to illegal aliens and their dependents costs Californians $25. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post…
Research Finds MAC Address Hashing Not a Fix for Privacy Problems
research project done by a graduate student at Stanford on the security of hashed MAC addresses in retail analytics software has shown that to be true once again. One of the things that has raised the hackles of privacy advocates in recent years is the rise of passive tracking of…
Couple finds racial slur on key chain tag
A Georgia couple says they’re still in shock after they were the target of racism at a popular local restaurant. Photo: WSB-TV EAST POINT, Ga. — A Georgia couple says they’re still in shock after they were the target of racism at a popular local restaurant. A U.S. Army sergeant major…
