T-Mobile’s rise in recent years has been thanks to the disruptive nature of its business model. Various plans and offers, including the ‘Un-Carrier’ initiative, have seen T-Mo gather a strong army of apparently loyal users. Indeed, the last we heard, the firm led by John Legere was outdoing AT&T, Sprint…
Samsung says its mobile payments data is safe despite hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Samsung Electronics has said its mobile payment system is safe after a hacking attack against its US-based subsidiary LoopPay. An article in the New York Times on Wednesday said the hacking incident had occurred against LoopPay’s network in March. LoopPay, acquired…
Real world 5G field test produces data speed of 3.6Gbps
As fast as 4G LTE data is, 5G speeds are much faster. Huawei’s networking division teamed up with Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, to conduct a field test for 5G wireless service in Japan. Using a band below 6GHz, the partners were able to hit peak data speeds of 3.6Gbps. What…
Top European Court Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Unsafe For Data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The European Union no longer considers the United States a “safe harbor” for data because the National Security Agency surveillance exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden “enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons.” The EU’s highest…
Cyber Security Threat 2015: Crowdfunding Site Patreon Targeted by Hackers; Large Amount of User Data Leaked Online
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Patreon, the crowdfunding site designed for artists and creators, was recently targeted in a massive cyber attack. The data breach led to around 15GB of users’ information being stolen by the hackers and leaked online. The attack on the site was…
Data indicates that Android picked up global market share from iOS last month
Tracking mobile web traffic, NetMarketShare computes the market share for mobile operating systems. Based on the data from last month, Android was able to widen its gap over iOS globally. Considering that the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus weren’t launched until September 25th, the recently released phones…
Transferring data from smaller-screened models is causing a problem on the new iPhones
There have been a number of problems following the launch of the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus, just as there are every year when the latest models are released. We told you that some iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus owners are complaining about the Touch ID/Home…
T-Mobile partner gets hacked, hands over the personal data of 15 million T-Mobile subscribers
T-Mobile has just announced that Experian, the company that processes its credit applications, was hacked. According to preliminary estimates from both companies, it looks like the hackers gained access to the personal data of about 15 million T-Mobile subscribers. T-Mobile and Experian said that the hack affects new T-Mobile applicants…
5.6M fingerprints stolen in US personnel data hack: government
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday. During an ongoing analysis of…
iOS 9 comes with a feature (Wi-Fi Assist) that might be eating your cellular data, here’s how to disable it
iOS 9, being an evolutionary step in Apple’s mobile OS, comes with a wealth of features that greatly expand the feature mix of Apple’s operating system. Low Power mode, Siri’s gained proactive powers, and the numerous performance improvements are just some of the more important iOS 9 highlights, but there…