US mobile giant AT&T suffers fresh massive data theft
US mobile operator AT&T reported Friday that hackers had stolen call and message data from virtually all of its customers for six months in 2022—around 90 million people.
Jul 12, 2024
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US mobile operator AT&T reported Friday that hackers had stolen call and message data from virtually all of its customers for six months in 2022—around 90 million people.
Jul 12, 2024
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Internet
Your next router will know where you're sitting. A team of researchers from two Madrid universities—Polytechnic (UPM) and Carlos III (UC3M)—has developed a prototype router with high positioning accuracy that allows them ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Add one more threat to the list of risks you take when you use your phone to conduct business at the local coffee shop.
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Wi-Fi routers continuously broadcast radio frequencies that your phones, tablets and computers pick up and use to get you online. As the invisible frequencies travel, they bounce off or pass through everything around them—the ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Security
The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday.
Aug 18, 2021
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Software
Google's new Wi-Fi Aware functionality, also known as Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN), allows devices running on Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher to detect and directly connect to each other without any secondary ...
Hardware
A bug in a protocol used by virtually all Internet of Things devices exposes millions of users to potential attack, a researcher reported Monday. The fault centers on the Universal Plug and Play protocol, a 12-year-old implementation ...
Telecom
An article published in the advanced online edition of the journal Computer Communications shows that machine learning can improve the operation and performance of the future Wi-Fi networks of the 5G/6G ecosystem. The research ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Frustrated with spotty WiFi connection? Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a "smart surface" that could make signal available in dead spots—and also make the existing connection twice as ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Internet
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment. This has placed greater demand on our network infrastructure, ...
Apr 2, 2020
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