Security
The iOS 11.4.1 update carries the USB Restricted Mode. But could law enforcement work around it? That dominated news about the feature on Tuesday. Let's see what the feature is all about and how it has been, of sorts, outsmarted.
Consumer & Gadgets
In George Orwell's novel "1984," Big Brother watches citizens through two-way, TV-like telescreens to surveil citizens without any cameras. In a similar fashion, our current smart devices contain ambient light sensors, which ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Software
In mobile application development, server-side storage of the application's data remains top priority. In particular, many developers have begun using backend APIs that enable their apps to query a server for information ...
Internet
It's 7:15 am on a Friday morning, and Jordan wants to download an application to their laptop. They know the app by name, or so they think; they open a new tab in their Internet browser and mistype the app's name. The error ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Software
It's being called nasty—oh, the reinfection of it all— and sneaky for good reason: It's all of that, known to headache-watchers as xHelper, which turns out to be of no help at all once infected. The malware xHelper was identified ...
Hardware
An inexpensive piece of hardware integrated with solar panel controllers can protect isolated power networks from cyberattacks.
Nov 25, 2022
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Computer Sciences
With devices listening everywhere you go, privacy concerns are endemic to advancing technology. Especially sensitive are different techniques powered by audio from your smartphones and speakers, putting consumers in a constant ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Security
Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated in the U.S. by offices lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday ...
Jul 3, 2021
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Security
Although Windows 10 users are used to complaining about bugs and upgrades, they may be surprised to learn that Android and Linux have more vulnerabilities.
Software
On March 9, 2021, Microsoft patched a zero-day security vulnerability related to memory corruption in its browser, Internet Explorer.
