By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday there was a (slightly amusing) hack on Burger King’s Twitter account in which the hackers decided to rebrand it as McDonalds. We already opined on the risks of using social media for branding (despite the clear benefit), especially if certain security measures aren’t taken…
By Todd Haselton |
Twitter has sent out emails asking several of its users (the total amount is unclear at this point) to change their passwords. “Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter,” the email says. Twitter doesn’t…
By Killian Bell |
A security researcher has discovered a major flaw in Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface that leaves Galaxy smartphones open to data wipes and SIM locks. The most worrying thing about this issue is that clicking on a simple URL is all that’s needed to trigger it.…
By Todd Haselton |
GoDaddy was offline for a good part of the afternoon yesterday and, as a result, the website hosting service took down millions of sites with it. The service is now back online. The hacker collective Anonymous took credit for taking the site down, but GoDaddy said…
By Killian Bell |
Did you know your Google Nexus 7 tablet has the ability to recording 720p video with its front-facing camera? The problem is, Google forgot to (or just chose not to) install the media profile required to tell the tablet it’s capable of such things. Fortunately…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon shares his thoughts on the rumored $200 price point for Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet, and the impact that it might have. Jon also compares the…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Blizzard Entertainment notified users today via their website that Blizzard’s network was breached this week. The first question on everyone’s mind is the one about the credit cards, and Blizzard addresses that right away: At this time, we’ve found no evidence that financial information such…
