Weather Channel, Shopify, & SAC – Hack Naked News #221

    This week, SUPRA Smart TV flaw lets attackers hijack screens with no video, 20,000 Linksys routers leak historic record of every device ever connected, a new attack creates ghost taps on Android smartphones, and an Australian teenager that hacked i… Continue reading Weather Channel, Shopify, & SAC – Hack Naked News #221

Ransomware Takes Weather Channel Live Broadcast Offline

The FBI is investigating a ransomware attack that shut down the Weather Channel’s program for an hour on Thursday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The early morning live broadcast was interrupted for some 90 minutes, forcing the c… Continue reading Ransomware Takes Weather Channel Live Broadcast Offline

Amid a legal fight in LA, IBM’s Weather Company launches hyperlocal weather forecasts globally

While IBM is getting sued by the city of Los Angeles, accusing it of covertly mining user data in the Weather Channel app in the US, it’s testing the waters for another hyperlocal weather feature that — coincidentally — relies on data that it picks up from sensors on app users’ smartphones, among other devices, […] Continue reading Amid a legal fight in LA, IBM’s Weather Company launches hyperlocal weather forecasts globally