Tag: Hacking

Facebook Will Now Alert You If A Country Is Trying To Hack You

Social Media

Facebook will now send you a warning notice if it thinks your account has been “targeted or compromised by an attacker” associated with a nation-state. The world's largest social network notes that if this happens, it's not because Facebook's own security systems have been compromised but that the user's computer or mobile phone has malware on it. Facebook recommends that users outright rebuild or replace their affected

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New Hacks Strike at Heart of Mobile Innovations

Mobile Tech

As fierce competition leads to rapid innovation in the smartphone market, hackers have pounced on cracks in defences of developments on devices at the heart of modern lifestyles, experts say. Smartphones have become increasingly targets for cybercriminals as people cram the gadgets with troves of personal information and go on to use them for work. “Mobile devices are taking a

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Hackers Threaten Phone in Your Pocket, Experts Warn

Mobile Tech

The boom in smartphones among often careless users has made happy hunting for hackers, whose virus attacks and hijacking of unprotected mobiles are multiplying, experts warn. Security analysts and companies at this week’s Mobile World Congress, a top wireless telecom fair in Barcelona, Spain, said phone makers and users must be on guard to stop hackers getting into your pocket.

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Sony Hacking Highlights Challenge to CEO Hirai’s ‘One Sony’ Vision

Mobile Tech

Leaked emails reveal a cultural gulf between Japan’s Sony Corp and Hollywood subsidiary Sony Pictures Entertainment, highlighting the challenge of CEO Kazuo Hirai to turn around the money-losing company under the slogan One Sony. The Japanese conglomerate is heading for its fifth net loss in six years, raising questions about its ability to hold on to businesses ranging from making

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