Brian Ridpath has 419 problems, but the potentially fictional Lisa Johnson ain't one A lonely beancounter has been jailed after he fell for what appears to be a classic Nigerian email scam, and conned £150,000 out of a friend so he could bankroll hi…
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Lees meerBishop Fox says Merlin@Home vulns are real and deadly St Jude Medical has suffered another setback in its lawsuit against Muddy Waters and security company MedSec.…
Lees meerPatch to drop 1400 UTC, Tuesday. And the haste of its release suggests this is scary The world's second-favourite content management system, Joomla!, is warning of a critical security hole so bad its developers aren't saying what it fixes.…
Lees meerBig Blue in compensation talks with Australian government IBM has tried to explain why trivially-small denial-of-service attacks took out the systems it provided for Australia's Census, causing a 40-hour outage.…
Lees meer♬ 'Cause tonight is the night when two become one ♬ IBM has started sublimating the SoftLayer brand and will henceforth put its own Bluemix brand front and centre.…
Lees meerPlaypen Tor pedos win a concession The judge hearing an FBI “Playpen case” has told the Feds to reveal whether or not their investigative hacking was okayed by the White House.…
Lees meerHead of chip giant's VC arm bullish about exits Pretty much everyone can agree that 2016 has been awful all round, but hey here's something we can look forward come January 1: 2017 is going to be the year of new tech IPOs, according to the CEO of In…
Lees meerLowell McAdam talks acquisitions, 5G and IoT Verizon is going to decide how much it is willing to pay for Yahoo! next month when an investigation into its massive security breach is completed.…
Lees meerUnsuspecting investors given full Brazilian from TelexFree scam operation The CEO of VoIP telephone service TelexFree has confessed that his company was a front for a $1.8bn pyramid scam.…
Lees meerRussia hoping to block accused miscreant's extradition The US Department of Justice has unsealed its indictment against a Russian bloke accused of hacking high-profile websites.…
Lees meerGet patching now Apple has posted a fresh round of security updates to address remote-code execution holes in iOS, macOS, Safari, and the firmware for Apple Watch and AppleTV.…
Lees meerApple still rules the roost, but it's not a popular perch The latest figures on smartwatch shipments have shown a dramatic decline in interest among consumers.…
Lees meerChip giant puts $38m into next generation of digital tech Intel has launched a new group to cozy up to pro-sports, aimed at working with the major leagues to introduce the next wave of technology from virtual reality to data analytics, tracking and …
Lees meerPresidential hopefuls and congresscritters alike vow to oppose merger AT&T's proposed $84.5bn acquisition of Time Warner is already facing a gauntlet of opposition from government officials and activists.…
Lees meerBut babies can start video chatting early The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its recommendations for children's use of electronic media, and has cut the overall time it recommends that tots spend on-screen.…
Lees meerHardware vuln strikes 18 of 27 tested mobes Security researchers have demonstrated how to gain root privileges from a normal Android app without relying on any software bug.…
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