Category: Computer Security

Most Android phones at risk from simple text hack, researcher says – CNET

Last year, more than 1 billion Android devices shipped around the globe. Security firm Zimperium says this vulnerability could affect 95 percent of them. Source: >>>

Posted: July 27, 2015 in Computer, Security

Déjà-vu, new theory says dark matter acts like well-known particle

A new theory says dark matter acts remarkably similar to pions, subatomic particles known to science since the 1930s. Source: Déjà-vu, new theory says dark >>>

Posted: July 26, 2015 in Cosmology

World’s first malaria vaccination approved

European regulators give Mosquirix the green light to be used on babies at risk of the mosquito-borne disease in Africa. Source: World’s first malaria vaccination >>>

Posted: July 24, 2015 in Biological

After Jeep Hack, Chrysler Recalls 1.4M Vehicles for Bug Fix

Welcome to the age of hackable automobiles, when two security researchers can cause a 1.4 million product recall. Source: After Jeep Hack, Chrysler Recalls 1.4M >>>

Posted: July 24, 2015 in Computer, Security

Four-legged fossil suggests snakes evolved from burrowing ancestors

The discovery of a four-legged fossil of a snake hints that this suborder may have evolved from burrowing, rather than marine, ancestors. Source: Four-legged fossil >>>

Posted: July 23, 2015 in Biological

Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts

Source: Scientists have developed an eye drop that can dissolve cataracts

Posted: July 23, 2015 in Biological

F.T.C. Accuses LifeLock of Violating Settlement – The New York Times

The F.T.C. said that from 2012 to 2014, LifeLock failed to alert customers as soon as their identities were used by thieves and also failed >>>

Posted: July 22, 2015 in Computer, Security

First Americans came from Siberia 23,000 years ago | Business Standard News

The original Americans came from Siberia in a single wave no more than 23,000 years ago, at the height of the last Ice Age, a >>>

Posted: July 22, 2015 in Social

Hacking Drones Close to Being Drawn up by Boeing and Hacking Team

Leaked emails between Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team and Boeing subsidiary Insitu revealed that drones carrying malware to infect targeted computers via Wi-Fi by flying >>>

Posted: July 22, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users

Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google after a long battle between the company and >>>

Posted: July 21, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Operating Systems, Social, Software