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The deadline to pass the piece of legislation that would allow Congress to overturn the repeal of net neutrality is quickly approaching, yet many Democrats are staying mum. Continue reading House Democrats Who Haven’t Supported Net Neutrality Yet Have All Taken Money from Telecoms
Research suggests wireless carriers routinely throttle video to sell more expensive plans—the kind of financially-motivated restrictions net neutrality was supposed to prevent. Continue reading Senators Question Wireless Carriers Over YouTube, Netflix Throttling
Apple’s new dual-SIM function, which lets iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR owners use two cellular subscriptions at once, will come to new phones today. But the current implementation will have a huge negative impact on Verizon subscribers who choose to use d… Continue reading Apple’s Dual-SIM Tech Ruins Verizon Coverage
Abandoned web applications used by FT 500 Global Companies have exploitable flaws and weaknesses. Continue reading ThreatList: Dead Web Apps Haunt 70 Percent of FT 500 Firms
The 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report digs deep into data-driven findings about the state of global cybersecurity across a number of industries that include manufacturing, healthcare, financial and public administration. Verizon’s 11th annua… Continue reading 5 Insights From the 2018 Verizon DBIR
Yahoo, Inc. has agreed to pay up to $85 million, including $50 million for a fund to reimburse consumers’ claims, to settle class action lawsuits tied to the company’s massive data breaches. The settlement, filed in federal court Monday in California, is one of the largest data breach settlements in U.S. history. Yahoo revealed in 2016 that the company had suffered two massive breaches in 2013 and 2014. When one breach was revealed in December, the company stated that over 1 billion user accounts were impacted. The company later revised that number, saying all 3 billion of Yahoo’s users were affected. The other hack, disclosed in September 2016, hit over 500 million users. The company discovered it internally in 2014, but did not disclose the incident for two years. In addition to the fund, the company has agreed to provide credit monitoring and identity theft protection to participants of the suit, as well as up to […]
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Palm is releasing a $350 companion phone that’s effectively pointless.
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Jared Goetz’s credit card was fraudulently charged, his phone cut-off, and his email account hacked. But in an extraordinary phone call, Goetz managed to talk the hacker down, and get his digital life back. Continue reading ‘I Could Ruin Your Business Right Now’: Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom
No one is really sure who to believe after Businessweek’s bombshell story on an alleged Chinese supply chain attack against Apple, Amazon, and others. Continue reading The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories
Verizon Communications is offering buyout packages to as many as 44,000 management employees as part of a cost-cutting drive, potentially eliminating more than a fourth of its workforce. From a report: The offer, which excludes executives in sales or c… Continue reading Verizon is Offering Buyout Packages To as Many as 44,000 Management Employees, Potentially Eliminating More Than a Fourth of Its Workforce