• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-12-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Lenovo’s Service Engine marks yet another bloatware blunder for the company

Lenovo isn’t doing its reputation any favors with the discovery of another security issue around its pre-loaded PC software.
The latest issue relates to a “feature” in Lenovo’s BIOS firmware that automatically downloads Lenovo software and services, even if the user […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-12-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How texting a Corvette could stop it in its tracks

As if recent research on car hacking wasn’t frightening enough, a new study shows yet another danger to increasingly networked vehicles.This time around, academics with the University of California analyzed small, third-party devices that are sometimes plugged into a car’s […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-12-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How texting a Corvette could stop it in its tracks

As if recent research on car hacking wasn’t frightening enough, a new study shows yet another danger to increasingly networked vehicles.This time around, academics with the University of California analyzed small, third-party devices that are sometimes plugged into a car’s […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-12-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Mobile banking apps in developing nations have weak security

The developing world is increasingly using mobile banking apps to move money, but new research shows those apps are often poorly coded and pose security risks.Researchers with the University of Florida looked at dozens of apps used for mobile money […]