• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-08-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Iran-based hackers may be tracking dissidents and activists, Symantec says

Hackers based in Iran have been using malware to spy on individuals, including potentially dissidents and activists in the country, according to new research from Symantec.The attacks aren’t particularly sophisticated, but the hackers have had access to their targets’ computers for more than […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Google patches critical media processing and rooting vulnerabilities in Android

Google has released a new batch of security fixes for its Nexus smartphones and tablets, addressing flaws that could allow attackers to compromise the Android devices via rogue emails, Web pages, and MMS messages.Firmware updates are being rolled out to […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Internet-connected Hello Barbie doll can be hacked

In news that should surprise no one, connecting a toy to the Internet invites the risk of hacking.
So it went with Hello Barbie, which lets children converse with the doll over a cloud server connection. As reported by the Wall […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Internet-connected Hello Barbie doll can be hacked

In news that should surprise no one, connecting a toy to the Internet invites the risk of hacking.
So it went with Hello Barbie, which lets children converse with the doll over a cloud server connection. As reported by the Wall […]