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Two new web browser cores

Both Google and Mozilla have announced brand new browser cores, both on the same day. In simple terms, a browser core is the main bit of the browser, the bit that...
Matthew Watson posted this article 76 days ago
Internet Explorer Vulnerability may allow PC’s to be Hijacked

Microsoft confirmed that a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) could allow hackers to gain control of Windows PC’s and use them to host malicious websites. However, IE 9 & 10...
Matthew Watson posted this article 170 days ago
17.4 million devices activated on Christmas Day

A lot of people were waking up to tablets as Christmas presents on Tuesday, as figures released Flurry Analytics point at 17.4 million Android and iOS devices being activated on Tuesday....
Luke Mansell posted this article 171 days ago
Court approves FTC’s $22.5 million penalty for Google over Safari cookies

A Northern District of California federal court has approved the FTC’s proposed settlement, which sees Google pay a $22.5 million penalty in addition to altering its cookie behavior to respect privacy...
Mathu Ali posted this article 211 days ago
Hacker found guilty of massive AT&T-iPad site breach

A jury has convicted Andrew Auernheimer of unauthorized access and identity theft in connection with the theft of data belonging to more than 100,000 iPad users on AT&T’s 3G network. ...
Mathu Ali posted this article 211 days ago
Android Apps have some serious vulnerabilities

Researches say that some popular free Android Apps have serious SSL vulnerabilities, leaving them open to attack. Researchers from the Universities of Hannover and Marburg studied the 13,500 most popular free android...
Matthew Watson posted this article 240 days ago
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested

Gottfrid Svartholm, who disappeared while facing a 1-year jail sentence and a fine in Sweden, has been taken into custody in Cambodia. This news was announced on TorrentFreak, which says he...
Matthew Watson posted this article 291 days ago
Hackers say there’s more to come…

A group of hackers, who go by the name of Team GhostShell, have released a large amount of information – and warn that there’s more to come. The data, which has...
Matthew Watson posted this article 295 days ago