Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the Guardian, has accused Fleet Street of behaving like a private club with a bunker mentality, during both the phone-hacking scandal and following threats to civil liberties. In a wide-ranging speech at the Society of…
This crazy Chrome extension lets your friends take over your browser
Shove Chrome extension lets you hijack your friend’s browser Shove, a browser extension for Chrome that was officially released late last month, allows users to immediately open tabs on one another’s browsers without any warnings or prompts. Not only that, the other person can also do the same to you….
Outside of the U.S. and Italy, iOS picked up ground on Android over the course of a year
In the U.S., the three months that ended this August were not good for Apple. According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the market share of iOS was as its lowest point since August 2014. There actually was a good reason for the decline. Consumers were waiting for the Apple iPhone 6s…
Targeted strike: Drone drops anti-spying leaflets over NSA complex in Germany
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Adopting a propaganda technique from the WWII, German activists used a drone to drop anti-spying leaflets over the National Security Agency complex in Germany, hoping they would encourage intelligence workers to quit in protest over mass surveillance. The leaflet drop, which…
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…
Microsoft and Google end patent dispute over Xbox and smartphones
Google and Microsoft have agreed to a settlement of sorts in a long-running patent dispute between the two tech giants. View full post on MobileNations
Google allows Project Fi subscribers to finance the Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P over 24 months
Move over Nexus 6. As soon as they are released, the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P will be compatible with Google’s Project Fi wireless service, along with the Motorola built 6-inch stock Android phone. A hybrid carrier, Project Fi allows Nexus 6 users to make and take calls and go…
Police: Home Depot Employees Arrested for Over $200,000 in Credit Card Fraud
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Two men who worked at a Hempstead Home Depot stole more than $200,000 from the store by using stolen credit card information to purchase gift cards, police said. According to detectives, Frederick D. Harris Jr, 22, of Baldwin, and Steve D….
OnePlus’ #InviteCarnival to offer 3000 invitations in India over two days
Those potential OnePlus 2 buyers in India who have been waiting for the required invitation to buy the phone, finally have some good news. Starting Tuesday at noon Indian time, OnePlus is holding an event it calls #InviteCarnival with 3000 invitations to be given away. To try to win one…
AT&T SUES EX-EMPLOYEES OVER PHONE UNLOCKING & HACKING MALWARE
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AT&T has brought a lawsuit against three of its former employees and an Anaheim-based IT company, alleging that the group conspired to install malware on company computers that would illicitly generate unlock codes for customer phones. According to the suit, Anaheim’s…