Today, the Winter Olympics will kick off in Beijing. China has recently had its own, national sporting event: On September 15, 2021, the National Games of China began in the Chinese city of Shaanxi. This is an event similar to the Olympics,…
In the early 1980’s, CBS aired a show called Whiz Kids, a science fiction adventure following a group of teenage detectives who also happen to be…wait for it…computer experts. In one episode, they hack into the California traffic informatio…
Nineteen-year-old David Columbo, a security researcher in Germany, was able to take over most of the functions of more than 25 Teslas around the world by hacking into their third-party software. Checking the security of the network ports fr…
Who doesn’t want to relax on the couch after a long day? For many of us, it’s a common ritual: getting comfortable on the couch and turning on Netflix (or another streaming service) and choosing our favorite series.
Earlier this week, Avast Threat Labs released the Q4 2021 Threat Report, which provides extensive coverage of major trends and events within the cybersecurity landscape that took place from October to December 2021.
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has recently announced that it has a new idea to replace tracking cookies. Previously, they had floated the idea of FLoC which they claimed would increase privacy. However this was not accepted by pri…
A new report on how to protect your networks from attack can be a helpful document that covers a lot of different bases within the cybersecurity landscape. The report, Proactive Preparation and Hardening to Protect Against Destructive Attac…
If you have an iPhone, you may have added your Covid-19 vaccine card to your Apple Wallet. It’s verified, scannable, and right there behind a quick face scan or PIN. It’s a convenient way to have your vaccination status on hand, whether you…
Wearable fitness trackers have widened their scope of health readings and seem to be heading in a direction where they can offer more personalized, substantial health data to users. Along with measuring steps and heart rate, fitness tracker…
A record number of call, text message, and email phishing scams have been reported this year. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australians have reported over 62,000 phishing scams this year, with a rec…