Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The federal government has poached Atlassian’s head of security Craig Davies to lead its new Cyber Security Growth Centre (CSGC). Davies, who has spent more than a decade in high-growth tech ventures, is also the former chief of security at The…
Ex-Cardinal executive gets stiff sentence for hacking Astros
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Former St. Louis Cardinals executive Christopher Correa was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison for illegal incursions into the Astros’ computer database, wrapping up a case of sports-related cybercrime that a federal judge summed up as plain, old-fashioned theft. Correa,…
Chinese aerospace executive charged with hacking for China
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Chinese head of a yet-unnamed aviation company has been sentenced to four years in prison for hacking into rival defence contractors in an effort to acquire military defence intelligence. Su Bin, 51, also known as Stephen Subin, admitted to a…
Two ACLU Defeats Highlight Judiciary’s Lopsided Deference to Executive Branch Secrecy
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The American Civil Liberties Union suffered major defeats on Friday, when two of its cases involving clear violations of civil rights and civil liberties were dismissed, both undone by the judiciary’s deference to executive-branch secrecy. A dramatically divided three-judge panel on…
OnePlus X name confirmed by OnePlus executive; phone could be unveiled October 12th
The third OnePlus handset, the one that co-founder Carl Pei said would be out around Christmas, has been dubbed the OnePlus X. Now, a teaser found on the Weibo page of company CEO Liu Zuohu seems to confirm the name. The teaser shows a screenshot of a map, with four…
Don’t expect HTC to promise monthly security updates says company executive Jason Mackenzie
With rival smartphone manufacturers like LG and Samsung promising monthly security updates along with Google (for its Nexus devices), HTC Americas president Jason Mackenzie sent out a tweet yesterday that called such updates “unrealistic.” The monthly updates were a response to the Stagefright vulnerability, which first started getting noticed in…
ZTE executive calls Google Nexus 6P a ripoff of ZTE Grand S
ZTE blames Google of copying its design, claims Nexus 6P is a clone of ZTE Grand S (Anthena) It took only a few days for ZTE to make a claim that Google and Huawei copied of its smartphone design after the Nexus 6P was announced. Google had unveiled two Nexus…
Next OnePlus phone will be a mid-range model says company executive
The upcoming OnePlus handset that company co-founder Carl Pei said would launch before Christmas, is a mid-range model that will be priced in a range between $180-$300. That comes from a report in today’s Economic Times, which quotes OnePlus India GM Vikas Agarwal as saying that the device is going…
Apple Music to be improved through the rest of the year says iTunes executive
Oliver Schusser, a Vice President at iTunes International, says that the Apple Music team is continuing to work on fixes to the feature that offers streaming music. The executive says that Apple needs to work on its playlists and on editorial content. Apple Music also was blamed for messing with…
Moto 360 2 worn by Lenovo executive in Indonesia; watch will launch this year
We’ve seen more photos this past week of the unannounced Motorola Moto 360 2 than of Ben Affleck’s nanny. That could be a tip off that the Android Wear powered timepiece is soon going to be unveiled. After all, next month will be the first anniversary of the smartwatch’s appearance,…