The unequal struggle between software giant Oracle and services company Terix has finally concluded with the latter’s CEO and co-founder Bernd Appleby being handed two years in jail.
Monthly Archives: April 2018
5 Facebook facepalms (just last week)
Facebook has been in the news of late for all the wrong reasons, and it’s only getting worse.
Hacker mines up to $1 million in Verge after exploiting major bug
According to a forum post, a malicious miner appeared to have found a way to subject Verge to a widely-hypothesised blockchain takeover called a “51% attack”.
Thousands of Google employees call for company to cancel Pentagon work
Google’s helping the Pentagon to build AI for drones, and a vocal group of employees have asked the company to drop the project.
Crooks are swapping out chips on payment cards, says US Secret Service
The crooks don’t steal your whole card, which you’d probably notice, but just the chip from it…
Facebook’s new fake news strategy is… decide for yourself!
Facebook is getting rid of fact-checkers and leaving it up to readers to decide what’s real
Intel won’t fix Spectre flaws in older chips
If your PC runs one of Intel’s older microprocessors, bad news
Washington DC “awash” with fake cell towers
DHS has detected IMSI catchers that track phones and intercept calls
WhatsApp phishing – how it works, and what to do [VIDEO]
When you think of phishing, you probably think of email – but the crooks know how to abuse closed messaging systems like WhatsApp, too.
Sears Holdings, Delta and others leak credit cards in “multibreach”
If a third party leaks credit card numbers they were holding on your behalf… it’s still your neck on the block.