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Samsung WiFi Baby Monitor uploads your kids to YouTube

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung wants to help you look at children - preferably your own - with the new WiFi Baby Monitor, a compact wireless-enabled IP webcam that's designed to let cautious parents keep a streaming eye on their offspring. Fitting a 1.3-megapixel camera into a 3.15-inch diameter, 1.25-inch thick puck, the Samsung WiFi Baby Monitor streams direct to your laptop, smartphone, tablet or any other internet-connected browser. Read The Full Story

Lenovo S2 smartphone promises super-security

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

Lenovo has taken the wraps off of its S2 smartphone, an Android handset that the company reckons is significantly more secure than rival devices thanks to kernel-level encryption. That security protects personal information, helps avoid phishing apps and controls network and SMS traffic to prevent malware racking up your monthly bill; however, unlike the IdeaTab S2 10 tablet and K91 smart TV, the S2 only runs Gingerbread, not Ice Cream Sandwich. Read The Full Story

High-end peer-to-peer car rental service HiGear shuts down after thefts

Shane McGlaun, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

I have never thought that renting your own car out via a service that rents to those looking to borrow for a day or more was a good idea. It seems to me that proving whoever rented your ride broke something or burned up a $1,500 set of tires would be next to impossible. The other thing I wondered about was theft. It seems that the peer-to-peer car rental service HiGear found out the problems first hand. Read The Full Story

Facebook hands out VISA debit cards to security researchers

Shane McGlaun, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [2]

I have always thought that the "white hat security researchers" that find a flaw in a site or application that is commonly use and then go directly public so nefarious sorts can take advantage of the flaw before it is patched are doing it wrong. Facebook does too and if you want to get the big money that finding a flaw or security issue with Facebook pays out you have to keep the flaw secret until it is patched. Facebook is handing out debit cards to the researchers that find bugs. Read The Full Story

Stolen Stratfor member details put online by AntiSec

Shane McGlaun, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week we talked about the security breach that happened with anonymous hacked the servers at a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The breach resulted in a huge number of passwords and credit card details being stolen. Anonymous has claimed that a huge amount of money had been donated to charity using the stolen credit cards already. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks online military gear supplier

Shane McGlaun, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [7]

Anonymous has hit an online supplier of military goods operated by a former special forces Lt. Col. named Dave Thomas. The hacker group was able to infiltrate the server of the supplier and claims to have stolen about 20,000 credit card numbers and passwords from the servers of the website. Anonymous posted to Pastebin claiming the hacking victory. Read The Full Story

Stratfor users check if you’ve been hit by Anonymous now

Chris Burns, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

This week the customers of global intelligence firm Stratfor fell victim to the hacker amalgamation known as Anonymous, and starting today the folks at Dazzlepod have made a webpage available where you, the user, can check your email to make sure you weren't amongst those hit. The Dazzlepod collective has a searchable database which includes all of the information stolen and dumped by Anonymous over the past few attacks, this able to be searched by you to see if your email is amongst those compromised. A lovely service for those wishing to stay clean! Read The Full Story

Stratfor security firm hit by Anonymous

Shane McGlaun, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [6]

Hacker group anonymous has hit a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The hackers are alleging that they were able to gain access to the security firm's servers and steal detailed information on customers, including credit card details. Anonymous claims that they could steal the detailed information because Stratfor didn’t encrypt the data. Read The Full Story

Reviews

TP-LINK TL-SC4171G WiFi IP Camera Review

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [5]

Burglars rummaging through your holiday gifts; cats shedding hair on your favorite jumper; your in-laws pulling up in the drive – sometimes it would be nice to have another set of eyes, just in case. TP-LINK can’t graft extra eyeballs into your face, but its TL-SC4171G Pan/Tilt Surveillance Camera can give you real-time video monitoring with nothing more than mains power and a WiFi network. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Irish privacy commissioner calls on Facebook for better user controls

Michael Crider, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Facebook can't catch a break these days when it comes to privacy, but when you become the gatekeeper for info on hundreds of millions of users, that's hardly surprising. The latest in a long line of VIPs to sound the whistle is the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawkes. The BBC reports that he's asked Facebook to implement a series of changes giving users greater control over how their private information is used on Facebook, and who has access to it. Read The Full Story

NATO drone captured by Iranians using GPS hack?

Shane McGlaun, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [3]

The US fleet of aerial drones has been hit with a virus in the past that was very hard to remove. The virus was actually in the computer systems where the drones are controlled in the Predator and Reaper drone issue. A lost NATO stealth drone has been in the news a lot lately after it was captured in Iran. Read The Full Story

Square Enix hacked, 1.8M users affected

Shane McGlaun, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [4]

This has certainly been a year of hacks in the tech world. The biggest of all the hacks was the only on the Sony PSN that left millions of people wondering if their credit card data had been stolen. The PSN service was down for weeks before all the details came out and some claim Sony knew the scale of the hack before it announced it to customers. Details are now surfacing that the servers of Square Enix have been hacked, and 1.8 million user accounts were compromised. Read The Full Story