Apple unwraps faster, sleeker iPad, iPad mini and Apple Watch

Today is Apple Christmas Day, and while the shiny new iPhones are the presents most eyes are fixed on, there are always new iPads, iPad minis and Apple Watches under the tree as well. The company has now unwrapped the latest generations of those device… Continue reading Apple unwraps faster, sleeker iPad, iPad mini and Apple Watch

Google unveils Pixel 5a with 5G, its quietly capable mid-range phone

Google has quietly unveiled its new midrange phone for 2021, the Pixel 5a with 5G. As usual for this A series, it takes some of the best stuff from last year’s flagship, like the meaty cameras and battery, and trims the price down.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Google unveils Pixel 5a with 5G, its quietly capable mid-range phone

Doogee’s latest low-cost leather-bound phone lasts three days on a charge

It’s getting harder and harder to justify spending a grand or more on a phone when the budget and midrange models are becoming so good. Doogee has now unveiled its latest entry-level phone, the N40 Pro, which packs pretty high-end specs into a low-cost… Continue reading Doogee’s latest low-cost leather-bound phone lasts three days on a charge

Ultra-thin graphite films soak up heat to keep smartphones cool

Making every micrometer count is a key consideration for designers and engineers working on modern smartphones, and a new material could free up some valuable space. Scientists have developed a nanometer-thick form of graphite that helps keep electroni… Continue reading Ultra-thin graphite films soak up heat to keep smartphones cool

UPDATE: Canon Ransomware Attack Results in Leaked Data, Report

The consumer-electronics giant had suffered partial outages across its U.S. website and internal systems reportedly, thanks to the Maze gang. Continue reading UPDATE: Canon Ransomware Attack Results in Leaked Data, Report

Samsung ramps up its B2B partner and developer efforts

Chances are you mostly think of Samsung as a consumer-focused electronics company, but it actually has a very sizable B2B business as well, which serves over 15,000 large enterprises and hundreds of thousands of SMB entrepreneurs via its partners. At its developer conference this week, it’s putting the spotlight squarely on this side of its […] Continue reading Samsung ramps up its B2B partner and developer efforts

‘Critical’ flaw in apps for Sennheiser headphones allows certificate access

Two applications developed by German electronics company Sennheiser contain vulnerabilities that could make it possible for hackers to forge digital certificates and impersonate legitimate websites. Sennheiser’s two apps, HeadSetup and HeadSetup Pro, installed certificates on users’ computers then failed to secure the key, according to a vulnerability report published Wednesday by the German security consulting firm Secorvo. The mistake means that hackers could decrypt the key and use the certificate, a means of digital authentication, to monitor victims’ traffic and launch main-in-the-middle attacks. “We found — caused by a critical implementation flaw — the secret signing key of one of the clandestine planted root certificates can be easily obtained by an attacker,” the Secorvo report states. “This allows him or her to sign up and issue technically trustworthy certificates. Users affected by this implementation bug can become victim of such a certificate forgery, allowing an attacker to send e.g. trustworthy signed […]

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Hackers Steal Customers’ Credit Cards From Newegg Electronics Retailer

The notorious hacking group behind the Ticketmaster and British Airways data breaches has now victimized popular computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg.

Magecart hacking group managed to infiltrate the Newegg website and steal the … Continue reading Hackers Steal Customers’ Credit Cards From Newegg Electronics Retailer

Dixons Carphone Data Breach Affects 10 Million Customers

Dixons Carphone’s 2017 data breach was worse than initially anticipated.

In an announcement on Monday, Dixons Carphone, one of the largest consumer electronics and telecommunication retailers in Europe, admitted that the breach affected around 10 mill… Continue reading Dixons Carphone Data Breach Affects 10 Million Customers