Microsoft Edge Browser Coming To Android And IOS

October 25th, 2017

Since ditching its beleaguered Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft’s latest offering, Edge, which is bundled with Windows 10, has been struggling to gain a foothold in the market.

Yes, it comes preloaded on Windows 10 machines, and that fact alone has prompted significant use.

Sonic Drive-In Latest Company With Credit Card Breach

October 24th, 2017

Another week, another data breach, and this time, popular fast food chain Sonic found itself in the crosshairs.

The breach came to light when a Brian Krebs, a journalist for Infosec, spotted a large batch of credit card data for sale on an underground website.

Google Has Announced Earbuds That Translate Language In Real Time

October 23rd, 2017

Google Labs has produced some amazing ideas. Some of them have found their way to the market, and many others have not. The one thing they have in common, though, is that they’re all intriguing and exciting.

That’s especially true of Google’s latest offering, Google Pixel Buds.

Firefox Will End Support For XP, and Vista Users In 2018

October 21st, 2017

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP and Vista quite some time ago., Butbut so far, Firefox has been hanging tough, continuing to provide updates to their browser’s users on both platforms, doing at least something to extend their useful life a bit longer.

Several Security Issues Found In Solutions That Use DNSmasq

October 20th, 2017

Open source tools offer a lot of compelling advantages, with one of the biggest and most important being that they tend to have relatively fewer bugs and security flaws. The reason is that they’re open source initiatives, and anyone can dig into the source code and tweak it to make it better.

Even Minimal Exposure Can Result In Huge Fines

October 19th, 2017

Data security is no laughing matter, and even small exposures can lead to hefty fines, no matter the size of your company.

Last year, the federal government sent shockwaves through the industry when they began an aggressive campaign of investigating and punishing companies for HIPAA infractions, logging more than a dozen high profile settlements.

Update: WiFi Security Issue That Could Impact Most Routers, Smartphones

October 18th, 2017

Recently, we wrote an urgent article about a serious security flaw in the current WiFi standard that could impact almost every wireless router and smartphone on the planet.

Dubbed the “Krack Attack,” this flaw allows a hacker to make a carbon copy of your WPA2-encrypted network, spoof its MAC address, change the WiFi channel and reroute all network traffic through the clone that they control.

New WiFi Issue Could Affect Millions Of Users And Devices

October 17th, 2017

Security researchers have found a new critical security flaw dubbed “Krack” (Key Reinstallation Attacks) that affects literally every WiFi router and smart phone in use today. The reason? The security flaw resides in the WiFi standard itself, rather than in a third-party product.

Microsoft Drops Groove Music Pass Sending Customers To Spotify

October 16th, 2017

Groove Music has had a short, troubled life.

It started out as Zune Music, but Microsoft bought it in 2012, promptly rebranding it as Xbox Music before changing its name again to Groove. Now, the company has decided to get out of the music business altogether, and is sending all of its paying customers over to Spotify.

ATMs Continue To Be Huge Target For Hackers

October 14th, 2017

Hackers are the new bank robbers in a very literal sense. Increasingly, hackers have taken to infiltrating bank networks specifically for the purpose of infecting ATMs attached to their network with malicious code that makes stealing from them a snap.