BlackBerry will refocus on the enterprise as it looks to recover from declining sales of its handsets, but the firm is also looking to expand into the Internet of Things with its real-time operating system.
Awareness of contactless payments in the UK has made big strides, according to new research.
Wil Rockall, director in KPMG’s cyber security team, comments on the news that Google will produce its own fleet of driverless cars. He highlights that the move could herald improvements in road safety, but warns that the potential for ‘spam jams’ and hacker-driven congestion might affect consumers’ driving experiences.
Google is mulling a bid for home security system DropCam as the internet giant continues to expand into the much vaunted ‘Internet of Things’, according to a news report.
Ebay has asked its users to alter their passwords following a cyberattack that compromised the online marketplace’s database.
Wil Rockall, director in KPMG’s cyber security team, comments on the news that the open seas are the next playground for hackers. He highlights that the cyber security of maritime control systems controlled by engineers and not CISOs and CIOs are making these systems vulnerable to pirates, the new hackers.
The founder of Russia’s biggest social networking site VKontakte has been fired following an alleged censorship and surveillance row with the Russian government, with claims that allies of President Putin have now taken over his site.
Google’s computers have solved the company’s own CAPTCHA technology used to detect whether a user is human or a spam bot.
US Airways has apologised after a pornographic photo was sent from its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint.
In one of the biggest global web security risks yet seen, a huge flaw in network protection software may have let hackers steal the user data it’s meant to guard, leaving around two thirds of the entire internet (and most of its users) at risk.