A third of pirated movie sites spread malicious software, report says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans You might want to think twice before you try to watch a pirated copy of of the new Star Wars movie online. Aside from the fact that the film will probably be way better on a big screen with surround sound, a new report finds that […]
Third party tracking ‘still legal,’ according to FCC
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Third-party web tracking is still legal, a new ruling has found. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has dismissed a petitionby Consumer Watchdog that would forbid Internet companies from tracking consumers. According to the FCC, the petition was inconsistent with its rules on Internet bias. The petition […]
90 Percent of Websites Leak User Data to Third Parties: Study
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Internet users’ being tracked by particular websites is not a recent development and has been reported by several studies. However, a new study tries to show the magnitude of user data tracking by some popular websites. It further claims that not only did some of the […]
Hacker/troll “weev” was charged in the wrong federal court – say The Third US Circuit Court of Appeals
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A federal appeals court Friday reversed and vacated the conviction and sentence of hacker and Internet troll Andrew “weev” Auernheimer. The case against Auernheimer, who has often been in solitary confinement for obtaining and disclosing personal data of about 140,000 iPad owners from a publicly available […]
Yahoo Mail app gets a major update; password no longer required, third party accounts supported
Yahoo announced yesterday a major update to the Yahoo Mail app. Included is a new feature called “Yahoo Account Key,” which allows you to sign into the app without using a password. Instead, the app will send a notification to the smartphone that is associated with the account. The message asks the user to either […]
Third party apps for Pebble Time, Pebble Time Steel and Pebble Time Round will support dictation
New software development tools being released today to third-party app developers, will allow voice dictation to be used with apps for the Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel smartwatches. The same capability will be offered to developers for the upcoming Time Round, on November 8th. The dictation API is based on Nuance’s voice recognition technology, […]
Microsoft will now certify third party accessories for Lumia models
Microsoft might not be interested in manufacturing accessories for the recently unveiled Microsoft Lumia 950 and Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. But the company still wants to make sure that Lumia owners are buying accessories that will work with their new Microsoft handsets. With that in mind, the software giant has launched a certification program for […]
Adventure game fans – grab all 3 Blackwell Legacy games for a third of the price! (iOS)
The Blackwell Legacy is a point-and-click adventure, which currently spans across three games, with the fourth one on the way. The titles have the graphical style of ’90s questing games, but are supplemented by a soundtrack and voice acting, which reek of modern-age quality standards. The gameplay is a mix of all the classic ingredients […]
Third suspect in Northampton credit card fraud arrested, cops say
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Northampton Borough police have arrested the third person sought in a credit card fraud scheme, and they say he also broke into a vehicle and stole belongings. Cullen C. Konya, 19, of the 1700 block of Lincoln Avenue in Northampton, remained Friday in Northampton County Prison […]
Cyborgs, third ears and body hacking: How the future of technology is inside us
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Science fiction is full of stories in which the machines take over and humans are left subservient to their own creations, but according to some artists and experimenters, that need not be our future. The work of Neil Harbisson, an Irish-born human cyborg, and Stelarc, an […]