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…
UK government reneges on censorship-free web promise; Plans to ban ‘cyber-criminals’ from the web
While the UK government maintains its stance that the British web should remain open and uncensored, measures are to be introduced to ban cyber-criminals from the web. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking Gergory…
Hacker Ring Appears to Make Good on Promise to Expose Celebrities
A ring of hackers that boastingly pledged to pry into celebrities’ phones and computers appears to have delivered on that promise — with reported hacks of actresses Scarlett Johannson and Mila Kunis leading to racy photos being posted on the web. The FBI is reportedly investigating the alleged hack of…