Uber Gets Hefty Fine From The EU For Data Breach
In recent years we've seen several companies suffer from hacks of various magnitudes. Over time, we've witnessed the growth of what could be described as best practices in terms of how to ...
Hackers Target Users Of Google Maps With Bank Phone Scam
Google relies on crowd sourcing to help keep its maps up to date. There's no other approach that even comes close to being feasible. Sure, Google has employees on the job, roving ...
Update Patch From Microsoft Causing Issues With Outlook Users
Back in October, Microsoft issued an update for Windows 10 that was a bit of a disaster. It wound up deleting some user files and sparked a completely justified outrage. The company ...
Should I Shutdown My Computer Every Night?
Are you like me, where this question is routinely hanging out in the back of your mind every time you’re jumping on or off your computer? I finally broke down and ...
Amazon Accidentally Leaked Customer Names And Email Addresses
There's trouble brewing at Amazon, although details are sketchy about how much trouble there might be. Recently, the company sent the following message to some of its customers: "Hello, We're contacting you ...
Google Continues To Battle With Malware In Play Store
In recent months, Google has taken steps to tighten up its processes so that fewer poisoned apps find their way into the Google Play Store. In addition to that, the company has ...
Fraudulent Payments Are Hurting Venmo And Its Users
The mobile payment platform Venmo (owned by Paypal) has a fraud problem. That's not exactly new. The company has struggled with fraud issues for a long time, but recently, things have gotten ...
Are Graphics Processing Units Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks?
Bad news for computer users everywhere. Researchers at the University of California in Riverside have discovered that GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) are vulnerable to side-channel attacks like Spectre and Meltdown, which have ...
You Should Be Worried About Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
In the world of data security, cryptocurrency mining software is often overlooked or discounted as a threat because it doesn't do serious harm to the infected system. It bleeds off computing resources, ...
Officials Want To Know If Wireless Carriers Are Throttling Video
Remember earlier this year when net neutrality got killed off and everybody said it wouldn't matter? Well, it seems it might have mattered after all. Recently, three US Senators sent letters of ...
