We’ve seen a lot of hacking attacks so far this year, but the successful breach of SVR Tracking may take the prize as the most invasive attack of 2017.
If you’re not familiar with the company, SVR Tracking provides a vehicle tracking service.
Bill Gates’ One Windows Regret: CTRL, ALT, DELETE
Control-Alt-Delete.
It’s a series of keystrokes that pretty much everyone who has ever used a Windows PC knows well. It is, after all, your escape hatch. When the program starts misbehaving, it’s a user’s go-to keystroke command to force-quit the issue, and surprisingly, Bill Gates said in a recent interview that it’s one of his few regrets.
Apple Safari Browser May Have Security Issues According To Google
Google’s Project Zero Team has created a new tool for testing web browsers in order to gauge how secure they are.
The team recently conducted an extensive test on the top five web browsers in use today:
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Edge
• Internet Explorer
The results weren’t pretty.
More Medical Devices Are Found To Be Vulnerable To Hacking
Things continue to worsen on the smart medical device front.
Recently, the USDA issued a recall order on six different models of pacemakers, all of which were vulnerable to hacks that would have allowed the hackers to literally kill the patients who relied on them.
Glass May Replace Aluminum In Future Spinning Hard Drives
Manufacturers of hard disks are in trouble and they know it. They have been since the development of SSDs, and as these newer disks grow in capacity and continue to see their prices fall, the outlook is increasingly bleaker for conventional hard disk manufacturers.
Malware Is Being Loaded On Computers To Mine For CryptoCurrencies
Since the development of BitCoin, cyrptocurrencies have seen a tremendous surge in popularity. In fact, in recent months, the value of all the major cryptocurrencies currently available has spiked, fueling even greater interest and speculation.
That growing interest is also fueling something else: the marked increase of currency mining software clandestinely installed on an unwitting user’s machine.
Display Widgets WordPress Plugin Gives Hackers Access
WordPress is the most popular CMS on the planet. It has been the reigning king of websites for years, and all indications are that it will continue to be so. Unfortunately, there’s trouble brewing in the kingdom.
If you used WordPress to build your company’s site, then you undoubtedly know that you can extend and expand the CMS’s basic functionality via third-party plugins.
Bashware Is A Major Concern For Windows 10 PCs
If you haven’t heard the term “Bashware,” you’re not alone, but in the weeks and months ahead, you can bet you’ll be hearing more about it.
The reason?
Recently, Microsoft rolled out a new feature for Windows 10 users called WSL, which is a Windows Subsystem for Linux.
New MicroSD Card Can Hold Up To 400GB Of Data
Technophiles rejoice! SanDisk has just announced a new 400GB microSD card, which is good news for just about everyone.
Let’s face it, even if you’re not a technophile, you probably hate the idea of deleting photos or videos you’ve taken.
Latin Social Network Taringa Breach Could Affect 28 Million Users
A highly popular Latin social media company called “Taringa” recently suffered a massive data breach that impacted some 28 million users, which is essentially its entire user base. The breach revealed two fundamental issues, one the responsibility of the company, and the other the fault of their users.