Telstra's new infosec cops will police all dev code
Meet Secure Code. Telstra is setting up a new application security and code review team with a global mandate to secure “every line of source code owned by Telstra”. The [...]
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Google’s AI watched thousands of hours of TV to learn how to read lips better than you
Researchers from Google’s UK-based artificial intelligence division DeepMind have collaborated with scientists from the University of Oxford to develop the world’s most [...]
Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they’ve been asked to do
Earlier this week, a post written by programmer and teacher Bill Sourour went viral. It’s called “Code I’m Still Ashamed Of.” In it he recounts a [...]
iPhone lock screen hack puts your contacts, messages and nude pics at risk
Your iPhone might not be as secure as you think – even when your device is locked and protected with a passcode. Popular tech YouTuber iDeviceHelp has uncovered a new [...]
New Hack: How to Bypass iPhone Passcode to Access Photos and Messages
Setting a passcode on your iPhone is the first line of defense to help prevent other people from accessing your personal details. However, it’s pretty much easy for [...]
Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phones
Almost three million Android phones, many of them used by people in the US, are vulnerable to code-execution attacks that remotely seize full control of the devices, [...]
FIFA coin hacker convicted of defrauding EA out of $16m
Anthony Clark, 24 from California, was convicted of wire fraud in a scheme that involved over $16m worth of FIFA coins. FIFA is so popular that the in-game currency, FIFA [...]
LinkedIn blocked by Russian authorities
Social network LinkedIn will be blocked in Russia, after a court found the company guilty of violating local data storage laws. Russia’s communications regulator [...]
Google Pixel hacked in under 60 seconds by Chinese team
Google’s new flagship just got hacked by a Chinese team at in under 60 seconds. At PwnFest, a hacking competition in Seoul, South Korea, a team of white-hat hackers known [...]
Feds Can Unlock Most Devices They Need To Get Into, FBI Admits
The FBI is able to unlock or access data on most of the phones and computers it encounters during its investigations, as well as those of local and state cops, according to [...]
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