A demonstration at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas over the weekend showed that body cameras that are increasingly becoming popular with U.S. police forces can be hacked and footage stolen or replaced. The revelation came via security researcher Josh Mitchell, who analyzed five body camera models from five different companies: Vievu LLC, Patrol Eyes, Fire ...

Google LLC has been discovered to track and record the location of users across multiple apps even when they’ve turned tracking off, according to a new report from The Associated Press. It’s well-known that Google and its apps track where users are located at any given point of time, with geolocation data being used for a variety ...

Remarkably in 2018 some people still use fax machines. For those under the age of 40, they’re devices that allow users to send copies of documents using a telephone line. Now, a new security report suggests that it might be time for those hanging on to the outdated technology to retire them. A new report ...

The price of bitcoin recovered slightly over the weekend after a tumultuous week that saw its price drop to one month lows of nearly $6,000 on Saturday. The apparent reason was a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision to delay consideration of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. An ETF is a tradable security that tracks an index, ...

Google LLC may be planning a surprise move in supporting Windows 10 on Chromebook laptops, at least according to an analysis published today of code undertaken by XDA-Developers. The move to support alternative operating software comes under the name of Campfire. It was first detected in code uploaded from the Google Pixelbook earlier this year ...

A newly discovered flaw in the way Android stores data allows hackers to use external storage as a way to access data, according to new research published today. Discovered by security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the hack vector, a so-called “man-in-the-disk” attack, takes advantage of careless Android app security when dealing with external ...

The Professional Golfers Association of America is the latest victim of ransomware, which has crippled the organization’s computer network ahead of its PGA Championship event at Bellerive Country Club. First reported Wednesday by Golfweek — probably the first and possibly the last time a golfing news site will be linked to by the tech press — the ransomware ...

Data exposures caused by misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud storage instances have become so common it’s hard to put a number on them, but in a twist this time, an error by an AWS employee has exposed confidential information from GoDaddy Inc. The exposure, first uncovered by security firm UpGuard Inc., involved GoDaddy data found ...

Amazon.com Inc. has doubled down on its Alexa everywhere strategy by releasing an auto software development kit today that will allow vehicle manufacturers to add Alexa to their cars and trucks. The Alexa Auto SDK is claimed to simplify the integration of Alexa into in-vehicle “infotainment systems,” a term that describes smart stereos, facilitating automotive-specific ...

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. have uncovered disturbing vulnerabilities in the Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp that allow malicious actors to intercept and manipulate group and individual messages. The vulnerabilities, all of which involve social engineering tactics to fool users, can allow an attacker to alter the text of someone else’s reply. They also ...