Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure told Reuters on Thursday, that the nation’s fourth largest carrier would be a much tougher challenger to Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile if it were merged with a cable company. The recent acquisition of Cablevision doesn’t leave any more strong acquisition candidates in the industry, so telecommunication…
Hack Brief: Mobile Manager’s Security Hole Would Let Hackers Wipe Phones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS for mobile phones are supposed to make it easy for companies to wipe a device clean if it gets lost or stolen. But a vulnerability discovered in a popular remote management system used by thousands of businesses to…
Steve Jobs probably would have liked the Apple Pencil
It is very easy, and often quite fun, to rag on Apple for the many times it has said it would never do something only to turn around and do it anyway years later. It happened with the original iPhone; it happened with the iPad mini; and now, it has…
Given the opportunity, what would you get: a Galaxy Note5 or S6 edge+?
Despite the popularity of Samsung’s Note series, its newly-concocted Galaxy S6 edge+ is, for the most part, either more or as expensive to get than the Note5. Sure, that disparity in pricing differs, but in the US (where both are available), two out of the four major carriers charge more…
Poll results: Redmi Note 2 vs Galaxy A7 vs Meizu M2 Note, which one would you pick?
Xiaomi filled the airwaves yesterday with the arrival of its newest value-for-money blockbuster – the Redmi Note 2 – which carries the stunning price of 799 Chinese Yuan for the basic 16 GB version, translating to about $125 without any contract shenanigans. Xiaomi made its glory on such well-appointed phones…
Leak shows how a Google Nexus 6 with a fingerprint reader would have looked like
Back in January, Motorola’s former CEO, Dennis Woodside, confirmed that Motorola and Google originally planned to equip last year’s Google Nexus 6 with a fingerprint reader. If you’ve been wondering how a fingerprint-sensing Nexus 6 would have looked like, a new leak from China might help. As the former Motorola CEO…
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The federal government’s Office of Personnel Management apparently discovered in April amassive security breach of its systems in which the personally identifiable information at least 4 million government employees was rifled through by Chinese government hackers. The OPMwaited at least two…
Legislation Would Criminalize Revenge Porn; Allow Search Warrants for Cyber Crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans [AG Harris] – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a package of bills Monday that will increase protections for victims and provide tools for law enforcement to prosecute the growing number of cyber-exploitation cases in California. Cyber-exploitation, commonly known as revenge…
Washington State Bill Would Add Prison Time For Drone Crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If a drone aircraft is used for a crime, from running drugs to scoping a house for robbery, prosecutors would be able to seek an extra year in prison for the offenders under a bill now before…
Groups fear bill would allow free flow of data between private sector and NSA
A draft U.S. Senate bill aimed at making it easier for organizations to share cyberthreat information poses serious threats to personal privacy, several rights groups said in a letter to Congress on Thursday. View full post on Computerworld Cybercrime and Hacking News ________________ Other Sites You May Like: Read More…….
