Starbucks has acknowledged that visitors to one of its branches were unwittingly recruited into a crypto-currency mining operation.
The wi-fi service provided by a branch of the company’s Buenos Aires outlets, who hijacked connected computers to use their processing power to create digital cash.
Starbucks said that it had taken “swift action” to address the problem.
But one […]
The bug appeared in the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system iOS 11.2, and could have let criminals unlock internet-connected doors.
Apple said it had now disabled remote HomeKit access for shared users, as a temporary solution to the problem.
The company’s HomeKit framework lets iOS devices control internet-connected gadgets made by a variety of manufacturers.
Customers […]
For the second time this year, HP has had to create a patch for its laptops, after a security researcher found a driver-level keylogger – and this time, customers might have to check their own products, even if they’re not made by HP.
The debug trace was in the Synaptics Touchpad driver used almost across-the-board in […]
The twin brothers who sued Mark Zuckerberg claiming he stole the idea for Facebook are worth more than $1bn after capitalizing on the astonishing rise in Bitcoin.
An $11m investment in Bitcoin made by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss over four years ago has ballooned by almost 10,000pc after last week’s price surge. It is believed to […]
The British government has issued a warning about the security risks of using a Russian anti-virus software.
The National Cyber Security Centre is to write to all government departments warning against using the products for systems related to cyber security.
The UK cyber-security agency say the software could be exploited by the Russian government.
Security firm Kaspersky Labs, […]
Apple has said it is working to fix a serious bug within its Mac operating system.
The flaw in MacOS High Sierra – the most recent version – makes it possible to gain entry to the machine without a password, and also have access to powerful administrator rights.
“We are working on a software update to address […]
Uber has given a figure for the number of UK-based riders and drivers affected by its massive mess up: 2.7 million.
The taxi hire firm has been slammed by regulators all over the world for keeping the hack, which happened in October 2016, quiet for the best part of a year, by paying the hackers.
To make […]
On Friday, Vietnamese security firm Bkav released a blog post showing they’d cracked Face ID with a composite mask of 3-D-printed plastic, silicone, makeup, and simple paper cutouts, which in combination tricked an iPhone X into unlocking. That demonstration, which has yet to be confirmed publicly by other security researchers, could poke a hole in […]
Apple’s $1,000 iPhone X may have trouble operating that new “Super Retina HD” screen in the winter weather.
This is according to multiple complaints from owners and an admission from the Cupertino idiot-tax operation itself that, in cold temperatures, the OLED touchscreen on the shiny new handsets can become unresponsive.
We’re told that, when taking an iPhone […]
Crooks have come up with a strain of Android ransomware that both encrypts user data and locks victims out of compromised devices by changing PINs.
DoubleLocker combines a cunning infection mechanism with two powerful tools for extorting money from its victims.
“Its payload can change the device’s PIN, preventing the victim from accessing their device and encrypts […]
