Coder Leaves Chick-Fil-A for $90,000 Programming Job

July 22, 2015 at 12:33 pm By

If you’re a young person in the United States, working at a fast food restaurant is no big deal, just a way to earn some money. For others it’s actually what they make their living off of but Jordan Collier a determined former employee of Chick-Fil-A broke the mold and found his way to a $90,000 job as a computer…

Wired Exposes Jeep Cherokee Hack

July 21, 2015 at 1:01 pm By

Imagine driving down the highway in a nice Jeep Cherokee with not a care in the world, only to have it start behaving like Bumblebee from the “Transformers” film and not in a good way. This however could be the case for any vehicle, not just a Jeep Cherokee.

IBM Introduces Bluemix For Developers

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As the PROMO cloud coding competition nears, The Register and IBM introduced a new way for developers to create applications using a cloud based platform with Bluemix.

Facebook Provides Service for Identifying Malware on Macs

July 20, 2015 at 5:30 pm By

In response to the Hacking Team malware that leaked documents revealed to be on computers all over the world, Facebook has released a “query pack” for users to detect the company’s malware on Mac OS X.

Hacking Team Uses Wi-fi Hardware With Drones

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After Hacking Team had their own systems hacked, it exposed a world of cyber wrongdoing and now it looks like the team of hackers were also using drones to aid in Wi-Fi based hacking software that could cripple computers and mobile devices.

Hackers Score User Data From Ashley Madison Affair Site

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There literally isn’t a website that is safe from the threat of hackers, even the ones you least expect to get hacker. Over 37 million registered users from the marital affair site Ashley Madison have had their personal information compromised by hackers.

U.K. High Court Rules Emergency Surveillance Unlawful

July 17, 2015 at 1:42 pm By

Countries all over the world have been rushing to tighten up the security and surveillance of their countries online community but a recent U.K. High Court ruling might be a minor setback for officials. The High Court ruled that emergency surveillance is unlawful.

Lights Out for Cybercriminal Forum ‘Darkode’

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The FBI and US Department of Justice had turned out the lights on a cybercriminal forum that doubled as a marketplace for hackers to buy and sell malicious data called “Darkode.”

Automakers Unite to Create Center for Addressing Cyber Security Concerns

July 16, 2015 at 6:12 pm By

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a unity of twelve different automakers, announced that it will be creating an information and analysis center through which the companies will be able to address cyber security threats targeting vehicle software. 

Hacker Gets 1 Million Miles From United Airlines

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Jordan Wiens, the man who exposed a severe bug on the United Airlines website, is now rich, well, rich in airline miles that is. He’s been rewarded 1 million miles for helping them fix a bug that could have caused major damaged if it was exploited.