KIRO-TV is accusing Office Depot staffers of charging consumers up to $200 to remove non-existent viruses
Mobile phone company 3 in “upgrade intercept scam” data breach
Got a cool new phone unexpectedly? If it seems too good to be true, it probably is
OK, so it’s called “BlackNurse”. But *why*? [Chet Chat Podcast 255]
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Not a Bad Quarter To Be a GPU Vendor
Jeremy Hellstrom, writing for PC Perspective (edited):Compared to Q2 2016, total GPU shipments including discrete and integral chips in the mobile and desktop markets increased by 20%; good but not enough to recover from the volume we saw in Q3…
Internet of Things Set To Change the Face of Dementia Care
The internet of things, also known as connected things, have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, but that doesn’t mean they are utterly rubbish. Smart bottles that dispense the correct dose of medication at the correct…
When a City Has Gigabit Internet, Prices For Slower Speed Tiers Drop: Study
A new industry-funded research study, titled “Broadband competition helps to lower prices and faster download speeds for U.S. residential consumers,” analyzed DSL, cable, and fiber broadband plans from the 100 largest designated market areas in the U.S. and found that…
IRS Demands Identities of All US Coinbase Traders Over Three Year Period
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: In bitcoin-related investigations, authorities will often follow the digital trail of an illegal transaction or suspicious user back to a specific account at a bitcoin trading company. From here, investigators will likely…
Slashdot Asks: Which Windows Laptop Could Replace a MacBook Pro?
Last month, Apple unveiled new MacBook Pros, featuring an OLED Touch Bar, Touch ID, and all-new form factor that shaves off roughly 3mm in thickness. There are three base versions of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5 processors…
Threatpost News Wrap, November 18, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including this week’s House hearing on the Internet of Things, Samy Kamkar’s PoisonTap tool, and Windows 10’s ransomware protections.
Qualcomm and HackerOne Partner on Bounty Program
Qualcomm and HackerOne are partnering for a bug bounty program that pays out up to $15,000 for vulnerabilities found in chipsets used in smartphones made by Samsung, LG and HTC.