Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Just published a few days apart, Stieg Larsson sequel The Girl in the Spider’s Web and Jonathan Franzen’s Purity show how far the hacker has come in fiction: a 30-year journey from cult SF, via world-conquering book and movie trilogies, to post-WikiLeaks literary novels…
Greater Manchester Police website brought down by cyber attack from Lithuanian hacker
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Lithuanian hacker has claimed responsibility for a cyber hack which brought a UK police force website down. The Greater Manchester Police site crashed last night but officers believed it was a minor technical issue and got it back up-and-running. But…
Uber hires hackers: Semi-famous duo keeps driverless vehicles safe from hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Uber has hired hackers and why not, who better than skilled hackers to ward off unsolicited hackers in the future for their driverless cars? The Uber folks have confirmed that they did indeed hire security researchers who are known for their…
How Indian financial outfits have been facing numerous cyber attacks from Pakistan
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans MUMBAI: A month before Pakistan’s ceasefire violation on the eve of Independence Day, a silent battle was raging in Mumbai’s financial district. Two large private banks, a retail brokerage and a state-owned lender faced a cyber attack from hackers across the…
From the Editor’s Desk: A decade later …
There’s a 200-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast that shares an incredible amount of culture and history. It starts, of course, with New Orleans, then ventures a little more than 100 miles east to Mobile, Ala., (pronounced mo-BEEL if you’ve never been down here), and finally another 45 miles or…
Counting on government to protect cars from hackers isn’t our best option
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Recently, a number of media outlets, including Wired magazine and theWashington Post, reported how two hackers wirelessly took over a Jeep Cherokee, including at one point on a Missouri highway. The culprits — who staged the “hijacking” for reporters — forced…
Court rules that Samsung stole trade secrets from TSMC
The top court in Taiwan has ruled that Samsung stole trade secrets from TSMC. At the heart of the allegations and suit is Liang Mong-song, a former senior director of R&D at TSMC. In July 2011, Liang joined Samsung’s LSI division and is alleged to have revealed TSMC trade secrets…
Teasers from Huawei promote ‘Incredible Touch’ and Force Touch for the Huawei Mate S
Which handset will be known forever as the first smartphone to launch with the Force Touch feature? A couple of months ago, the smart money would have gone with the Apple iPhone 6s and the Apple iPhone 6s Plus. While Apple has yet to unveil its next-generation models, there has…
Verizon “DROID” branded back covers from the Motorola DROID MAXX 2 leak
Last week, we passed along a very interesting rumor about the Motorola DROID MAXX 2. There is speculation that this phone will be a re-branded Motorola Moto X Play. Even though that model is not supposedly coming to the states, it could end up being a Verizon exclusive under the…
BlackBerry India has only 15 employees left, down over 75% from last year
Head count at BlackBerry’s Indian operations has been shrinking, and the number of employees sill working for the company in India is down to 15. Last year at this time, about 70 people were employed by the company in the country. Many of the top managers have left for greener…