Google is taking additional steps to bolster user privacy and better secure the data of the company's legions of Android device owners. The company recently announced a change to the Android Backup Service that will encrypt all user backup data stored on its cloud servers, such that even Google itself can't read it.
Malicious Messages In PlayStation Can Cause It To Crash
Gamers take the games they play seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they're not above resorting to dirty tricks to score a win.
Recently, social media has been abuzz with reports of a messaging app bug on Sony's PlayStation devices. Specifically, there's a bug in both the Android and iOS messaging apps that allow malicious gamers to send a poisoned character via group chat that will brick your gaming console.
IP Spoofing Attacks Show Significant Increase
Gaming and Gambling are huge industries with a truly global footprint. It's no surprise then, that these industries have become an increasingly popular target for hackers.
Interestingly, according to the latest report issued by ThreatMatrix, the attack vector of choice when it comes to these industries is IP Spoofing.
Some iOS Users Report Call Issues After Latest Update
This hasn't been a great month for two of the titans of tech. Both Apple and Microsoft have been plagued with bug-riddled updates to their operating systems. In Apple's case, their new iOS 12 had to be patched just three weeks after its release because of all the bugs the company's burgeoning user base discovered almost immediately after updating.
Another Data Breach, This Time At The Pentagon
As many as 30,000 people made up of a mix of both civilian and military personnel have had their personal and financial information exposed. This exposure is what has been reported as a major security breach of the Pentagon.
This is proof positive that no organization is safe from watchful hackers scattered all around the world.
New Windows 10 Update Pulled For Unintended Data Deletion
Microsoft is having problems, and those problems are spilling out onto the company's massive user base. In a highly unusual move, the company pulled its latest Windows 10 update after receiving numerous complaints from users about missing files.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time the company has had problems with updates to their OS. Back in April, the company delayed a planned update because at the last minute, Blue Screen of Death issues were discovered.
Newest WiFi Version Will Be Called WiFi 6
Most people don't know what the latest version of WiFi is called. That's the fault of the Wi-Fi Alliance, the group that manages the implementation of WiFi. Since their earliest days, the group has insisted on a highly unconventional version numbering scheme.
Spectre Security Built Into New Intel Chip Hardware
By now, almost everyone has heard of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws that have been making headlines for more than a year. They're serious flaws with dire implications for tens of millions of users around the world who have an intel-based PC.
The saga surrounding the fixes for these issues has been a long one and filled with twists and turns.
Major Facebook Breach May Have Affected Your Account
Facebook got hit hard by a currently unknown group of hackers. If you recently found yourself inexplicably logged out of the social media site, Facebook did it in response to the breach.
The breach resulted in the theft of data pertaining to more than fifty million of the site's users.
Apple Update Fixes A Number Of Issues with iOS12
The new iOS 12 was released just three weeks ago, but security flaws have already been discovered. Some of them are quite serious. This event prompted Apple to release the first update to the OS.
The 12.0.1 update is available to all users with iOS 12. If you're not set up to receive automatic updates, just go to Settings - General - and Software Update.