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Up to 900M Android phones vulnerable via newly discovered bugs
Researchers from security firm Check Point announced at this year’s DefCon security conference that up to 900 million smartphones may be vulnerable to a set of up to 4 vulnerabilities that appear in Qualcomm-powered devices. Discovered earlier this year and reported to the manufacturer, Qualcomm has since published fixes, but not all manufacturers have pushed
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Nineteen year-old bug could expose your credentials
Just when you think Microsoft might have its act together security-wise, some clever/persistent security researcher will do their damndest to shatter your fledgling comfort with the latest exotic bug. In this case, the bug has been around since 1997 – it’s so old it’s officially Bug #4 in Internet Explorer. As in the fourth bug
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Free Windows 10 upgrade ends this Friday
It’s time for Decision 2016, but unfortunately not the decision most of us would rather get out of the way to get on with our lives…or is it? Microsoft is ending its year-long offer this Friday of a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 machines to Windows 10. Though I may say with no small amount
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Do you have more data than you can backup?
Seagate recently announced a new hard drive that can store up to 10TB of data on a standard 3.5″ hard drive designed for consumer-class devices, raising the bar by two terabytes from their previous models. If you are having trouble visualizing how much data that is, think of it in these terms: A single terabyte
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Subscription model arrives for Windows 10
Recently I wrote about why Windows 10 has been offered for free to the millions and millions of Windows 7 and 8 users: profit. Get ’em hooked on your shiny new OS, and then reel them in when it comes time to start upgrading your businesses, all who employ people who have become familiar with
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BIOS zero-day impacts Lenovo
It wasn’t enough that one tech giant was making hot headlines because their products were literally a fire hazard, now computer manufacturer Lenovo is feeling the burn due to a recently disclosed vulnerability that could have a widespread impact on many of their computers. Dubbed “ThinkPwn” by its discoverer as a play on the popular
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