Modified iPhone Lightning cable lets hackers remotely hijack a Mac In brief:Apple’s phones and computers have a reputation for offering better security than their Android and PC count ... TechSpot 2019-08-12
AT&T to begin call authentication to screen out fraudulent callers In brief:The battle against robocalls finally sees its first action from a carrier at an infrastructure level. While ... TechSpot 2019-07-10
Scientists store data in molecules smaller than DNA What just happened?In testing that was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA, the US Depart ... TechSpot 2019-07-08
Raspberry Pi used to steal 500MB of mission data from NASA lab What just happened?NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab was the target of a malicious hacker who used a Raspberry Pi computer t ... TechSpot 2019-06-25
Attacks on global telecoms companies point to Chinese hackers In brief:Hackers have stolen metadata from at least ten cellular carriers across the globe as part of a surveillance ... TechSpot 2019-06-25
Flaws in LTE can allow hackers to easily spoof presidential alerts Why it matters:The Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system is meant to allow the president to promptly broadcast alert ... TechSpot 2019-06-24
Analyst says iOS developers earn 64% more than their Android counterparts In brief:App stores are one of the key revenue streams for Apple and Google. They're also the bread and butter of ap ... TechSpot 2019-06-20
Pixxl Cube is a six-sided display powered by Raspberry Pi that can run a maze game Something different:One of the more unique items to come out of E3 2019 that you might have missed was the Pixxl Cub ... TechSpot 2019-06-20
Instagram is testing new ways to recover accounts stolen by hackers Through the looking glass:More security is always welcomed although in reality, it’s only going to marginally slow d ... TechSpot 2019-06-18
Samsung tells owners of its QLED TVs to manually scan for malware every few weeks What just happened?Do you own a Samsung QLED TV? If so, the company is advising that you regularly check for malware ... TechSpot 2019-06-17