Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans As many as 21.5 million federal employees’ security clearance data has been hacked. The United States government has so far not intimated any of the federal employees whose security clearance data were hacked and the hacking has taken place more than…
John Sculley talks about the Steve Jobs that he knew
In a new interview, former Apple CEO John Sculley spoke at length about his relationship with Steve Jobs. Sculley, who served as CEO from 1983 to 1993, after coming over from Pepsi, talked about his friendship with Jobs, and how the late Apple co-founder is often mis-characterized in popular culture….
How Your Credit Card Is About to Change Forever
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans New cards are coming — here’s what you should know Called “chip-and-PIN” cards thanks to the microchip found on them, these new credit and debit cards promise to make your retail transactions far more secure than the magnetic stripe-based cards you’re…
How the government can spy on you, and what you can do about it
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Technology has brought great advances and conveniences, but it also comes with the cost of privacy. You;ve seen many examples in the news. The NSA has been caught spying on German chancellor Angela Merkel and her closest advisers for years. WikiLeaks co-founder…
ATT Promoting NSA Spying on You is All About a Boot Licking Brown Nose Money Grab
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AT&T didn’t just willingly hand over millions of phone records to the National Security Agency (NSA) without getting something in return. It’s been reported that each of the major carriers received $300 million a year from the NSA in return for…
Motorola Moto X Play now available in Canada, prices start at about $300
Just as expected, this Friday, Motorola released the Moto X Play in Canada, which seems the be the first country in the world to get the new smartphone. Right now, Canadian customers can buy the Moto X Play from five carriers. Videotron and SaskTel are the ones that are selling…
Latest “If it’s not an iPhone” ad is all about Apple Pay
Apple’s “If it’s not an iPhone” series of ads has been trying to show consumers that not all smartphones are the same. While the tag line used for the ads does seem rather obvious, there are some people who are not as well-versed about intelligent handsets as our readers are….
6 Things Washington Doesn’t Get About Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For a forthcoming book (shameless plug: preorder now!), I spent the last several years interviewing over 100 security researchers, usually self-described as “hackers,” attending security conferences, and watching how these professionals uncovered vulnerabilities and shortcomings in software, computer systems, and everyday…
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ Q&A: ask us anything about the new edgy phablet in town
Earlier today, we gave you the opportunity to ask us anything that you might want to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note5. Of course, we have preemptively answered some of the more vital and fundamental questions in our review of the S Pen phablet, but alas, there’s always the chance…
What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans NEW EDWARD SNOWDEN documents revealed on Saturday in the New York Times detail a decade-long secret partnership between the NSA and AT&T, which provided the spy agency with metadata on billions of emails. Although the Timesstory has garnered a lot of…
