If, that is, your phone has updated to the Android 9 operating system, otherwise known as Pie. If so, say hi to the Titan chip!
Monthly Archives: October 2018
How to buy (and set up) a safe and secure baby monitor
Wi-Fi enabled or not? Digital or analog? Here are the features to look for, and how to secure your baby monitor out of the box.
Facebook opens up about data breach details
Two weeks after Facebook’s first serious data breach, and the social network has shared what it has figured out so far.
Beware sextortionists spoofing your own email address
In the past, they’ve pretended to have your passwords – now they’re pretending to send email from your “hacked” account, too.
Literary-minded phishers are trying to pilfer publishers’ manuscripts
In a twist on Business Email Compromise, they’re spoofing literary agents and going after manuscripts at Penguin Random House and Pan Macmillan.
What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes
Pulling out an iPhone XS to show the assembled throng a picture of the hydrogen-powered aircraft that “our president should be flying in,” West casually unlocked it using the passcode ‘000000’.
35 state attorney generals tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls
The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.
Experian credit-freeze PINs could be revealed by a simple trick
The credit bureaus’ struggles with PINs continue…
Payment skimmers sneaking on to websites via third party code
Whatever Magecart is, it’s been blamed for several high-profile payment card breaches this summer.
Instagram tests sharing your location history with Facebook
Instagram is testing Facebook Location History – which allows the tracking of precise locations from your device – in its app.