• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-07-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Android gets patches for critical OpenSSL, media server and kernel driver flaws

A five-month-old flaw in Android’s SSL cryptographic libraries is among the 35 critical vulnerabilities Google fixed in its March security patches for the mobile OS.The first set of patches, known as patch level 2017-03-01, is common to all patched phones […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-07-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much

Nearly two-thirds of consumers are worried about home IoT devices listening in on their conversations, according to a Gartner survey released Monday.
Those jitters aren’t too surprising after recent news items about TV announcers inadvertently activating viewers’ Amazon Echos, or about […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much

Nearly two-thirds of consumers are worried about home IoT devices listening in on their conversations, according to a Gartner survey released Monday.
Those jitters aren’t too surprising after recent news items about TV announcers inadvertently activating viewers’ Amazon Echos, or about […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Consumer Reports to grade tech products on security, privacy

Consumer Reports, a major source for gadget and appliance reviews in the U.S., plans to start rating products on data security and privacy.On Monday, the non-profit publication unveiled a set of new testing standards it hopes will push the tech […]