Are DRAM Prices Falling Again
There are already shedloads of DRAM in the supply chain and prices are pretty low already. That oversupply is expected to continue into the first and second quarters of the next calendar year.
View ArticleWill The Galaxy Fold Succeed On Its Second Outing
These improvements include extending the screen's protective layer beyond the bezel to making it clearer that it is an integral part of the display structure and strengthening the hinge area with...
View ArticleHackers Discover Exploit In Visa Card System
Leigh-Anne Galloway, head of cybersecurity resilience at Positive Technologies, added: "While some terminals have random checks, these have to be programmed by the merchant, so it is entirely down to...
View ArticleAre Canon Camera Safe From Ransomware
The good news is that while Check Point has shown ransomware on cameras to be technically possible, it's still a pretty unlikely hack to be pulled off in the wild. For starters, while most modern DSLR...
View ArticleCan Uranium Ditelluride Help Develop Better Chips
"Exploring it further might give us insight into what stabilises parallel-spin superconductors," says Butch.
View ArticleIs RISC V Going Carbon-Nano
The key insight by the researchers behind the new chip was that certain logical functions are less sensitive to metallic nanotubes than others and they modified an open source RISC design tool.
View ArticleLinux Gets Locked Down
This is one of the biggest commitments to security in Linux for some time, and when activated will even block access to root users.
View ArticleDid Zynga’s Word With Friends Expose Player Data
The statement, posted to its website, reads: "An investigation was immediately commenced, leading third-party forensics firms were retained to assist, and we have contacted law enforcement.
View ArticleCisco Removes Static Encryption Keys Shared By Popular Small Business Routers
Security researchers discovered that the firmware for several Cisco small-business routers contains numerous security issues. The problems include hardcoded password hashes as well as static X.509...
View ArticleIs Google Moving Toward A Linux Kernel
As of February 2018, the Android common kernel (which OEMs make additional changes to) has over 32,000 insertions and over 1,500 deletions compared to mainline Linux 4.14.0.
View ArticleTwitter Finally Embraces 2FA
It's still not perfect, though. A Twitter engineer explains that if you decide to use a security key such as Yubikey, you're still required to add a second method of authentication due to the fact that...
View ArticleVISA Warns Of Malware On Gas Pumps
Payments processor VISA has warned that North American merchants who operate gas stations and gas pumps are facing a rash of attacks from cybercrime groups wanting to deploy point-of-sale (POS) malware...
View ArticleSecurity Experts Warn RSA Certificates Are Vulnerable To Hacking
A security vulnerability has been uncovered in RSA certificates that could compromise one in every 172 certificates currently in active use. At the First IEEE Conference on Trust, Privacy, and Security...
View ArticleShould The US Expect A Cyber-Attack From Iran
Kellerman told GlobalData’s technology editor Lucy Ingham: “I think [cyber attacks] very likely in terms of the impact on US civilians and US critical infrastructure. I don’t think it will be limited...
View ArticleAmazon Fired Employees Over Inappropriate Access To Ring Doorbell Data
Amazon has revealed that it dismissed four employees over the past four years for improperly accessing video data from users’ Ring security doorbells. The company has detailed the sackings in its...
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