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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Microsoft Fixes October Windows 10 Update
As you probably heard, Microsoft’s October update of Windows 10 was a bit of a disaster. Sure, it updated your OS, but unfortunately for many users, it also deleted a […]
Most Travelers Are Oblivious To Security Risks During Travel
Over the course of the holiday season this year, more than half of the working adults in the United States will be traveling with one or more of their work […]
Having Issues With Your iPhone X Touchscreen?
If you own an iPhone X and have been experiencing problems with the touch responsiveness of your display, you’re not alone. Apple has acknowledged that faulty components in an unspecified […]
FCC Increasing Wireless Spectrum For More Bandwidth Options
The wheels of government bureaucracy turn slowly, but they do turn. Currently, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is slowly pressing forward with an expansion of the available spectrum, on a […]
Are Banner Ads Coming To Some Windows 10 Apps Soon?
Given how unpopular ads are, you wouldn’t think that Microsoft would be experimenting with ways of displaying more of them. Unfortunately, that’s the direction the company is headed. Currently, members […]
Target’s Twitter Gets Hacked And Hackers Post A Scam Tweet
Target is the latest company to fall victim to a simple but effective Twitter-Bitcoin scam. The scam is about as straightforward as it gets: A tweet gets sent out by […]