Hundreds of Android Apps Track Users Through Ultrasound Beacons
It is never good to learn Android applications pose a security and privacy risk to users right now. A total of 234 apps have been discovered, all of which …
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142 Teams Will Compete for the US$5m IBM Watson AI Xprize
May 5, 2017
News, Technology
In order for artificial intelligence solutions to evolve over the coming years, some form of competition is needed. IBM Has been thinking along those same lines, as they announced the …
NSA Collected 151 Million Phone Records in 2016
May 5, 2017
News, Technology
By the look of things, the NSA will not give up its habits of collecting data about consumers anytime soon. Although a new law has gone into effect in …
Bitcoin Generates Over US$1bn In Trading Volume, Mainly Thanks to Altcoin Trades
The past few days have been an incredible rollercoaster for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The value of Bitcoin has surged to a new all-time high, and it appears …
Bitcoin Price Reaches ATH of $1600 then Retracts over $100
The past few days have been one of the most exciting in Bitcoin markets. Yesterday, the price climbed over $100 in under 24 hours. Today, the price kept climbing …
Survey Shows Americans Have a Poor Understanding of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity awareness is crucial, as one wrong click can lead to a whole network being compromised. A lot of people seem to not have a great understanding of cybersecurity, …
Average DDoS Attack Causes Over a Million Dollars in Damages
Even though distributed denial-of-service attacks are nothing new under the sun, the repercussions are often underestimated. Such an attack will cause a major outage for the service in question, …
Malware Hunter Search Engine Sniffs out Malware Command-and-control Servers
It looks like security researchers have reached an important milestone in the ongoing war against malware. A new search engine has been revealed which can be used to sniff …
China Wants to Compete With Wikipedia With Carefully Curated Content Platform
May 4, 2017
News, Technology
It is not entirely surprising to learn some countries do not take kindly to platforms such as Wikipedia. This is especially true in regions where censorship is enforced quite …