New iPhone X May Be Susceptible To Burn-In

November 21st, 2017

Apple's new iPhone X is a technological marvel that boasts the best display in the industry today, featuring Super Retina OLED display technology and offering a mind boggling 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratio.

Unfortunately, there's a problem, as revealed by a new support document the company released on the iPhone X. In it, Apples states that users may experience shifts in hue and color, and burn-in with the new display, especially if they maximize the phone's brightness and keep the same image displayed for long periods of time.

Many Businesses Found To Be Running Old Microsoft Office Versions

November 20th, 2017

When an operating system reaches the end of its supported life, such as Windows XP, NT and Vista have, it's big news. It makes headlines. When other forms of software reach the end of the line, there's just not as much fanfare. It's not that it's not important; it's just not something people think or care very much about.

Latest iOS Version May Have Bug That Changes Your Letters

November 18th, 2017

If you're using an Apple device running iOS 11.0.3 or 11.1, you may have noticed some oddities when sending text messages. For reasons that aren't quite clear, the letter "I" is being replaced by the characters "A[?]." It's not a game-breaking bug, but it is annoying, and if you're not paying attention, it can make for some rather mystifying text messages.

Android Gets Fix For KRACK WiFi Vulnerability

November 17th, 2017

Last month, a new WiFi security vulnerability known as "Krack" was discovered by a security researcher named Mathy Vanhoef. It was about as serious as a security flaw could be, enabling hackers to clone a router and funnel traffic through it, either monitoring all the activity on the network, or, if they wanted to be more destructive, conducting all manner of "man in the middle" attacks against anyone on the network.

Facebook Has A Major Problem With Fake Accounts

November 16th, 2017

Facebook has been in hot water with evidence mounting that hordes of fake accounts were used to spread misinformation about the recent presidential election.

In addition to sparking congressional hearings, it also prompted Facebook and the other major social media companies to do a deep dive into their own active accounts and get a better sense of just how large and pervasive the problem was.

Touch And Vibration May Be The Fingerprints Of The Future

November 15th, 2017

Researchers at Rutgers University have hit upon a novel idea that could be a game-changer in terms of biometric identification. The team published a paper entitled "VibWrite: Towards Finger-input Authentication on Ubiquitous Surfaces via Physical Vibration," and demonstrated a prototype of the device at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conference in Dallas, Texas.

New Ransomware “BadRabbit” Starting To See Infections In The US

November 14th, 2017

You may not have heard of the new strain of ransomware known as BadRabbit. If you haven't, it's because the overwhelming percentage of BadRabbit attacks have been occurring in Russia, which accounts for 71 percent of all known infections at present. Unfortunately, there have been a few infections reported in the United States, which may be a harbinger of things to come.

Report Shows Small Percentage Of Employees Know About Ransomware

November 11th, 2017

The statistics are alarming. Ransomware is fast becoming the favored hobby horse of hackers worldwide. Barely a week goes by that a new strain isn't introduced into the wild, with expensive, and often tragic consequences. Right now, the average amount paid by office workers impacted by a ransomware attack is $1400, a figure that continues to creep higher.

Data Breach Costs Hilton $700,000 In Settlement

November 10th, 2017

Hilton Hotels is in hot water, having recently been fined a hefty $700,000 in an agreement with the states of New York and Vermont over the company's mishandling of a pair of recent data breaches.

According to official statements released by investigators, the company was found to have made two glaring errors: failing to maintain reasonable data security, and failing to notify victims of the data breach in a timely manner.