Inquirer.net |
Palace eyes mobile security checkpoints, instead of fixed ones …
Inquirer.net Malacañang yesterday said it would consider Sen. Panfilo Lacson's suggestion that mobile checkpoints be maintained even after President Duterte ordered the … |
BleepingComputer |
C&C Servers? Too Risky! Android Botnet Goes with Twitter Instead
BleepingComputer For the first time ever, researchers have detected an Android botnet leveraging a Twitter command-and-control (C&C) account to manage communications across all enslaved devices. Lukáš Štefanko, a malware researcher at Slovakian security firm ESET, … Android botnet relies on Twitter for commands Is your Android phone being controlled by a rogue Twitter account? Botnet is first to receive commands via tweets Twitter-Controlled Android Botnet Discovered |
Re/code |
What If San Bernardino Suspect Had Used an Android Instead of an iPhone?
Re/code In November, Android's security chief, Adrian Ludwig, wrote that Google is not able to tap open encrypted Androids even if it wanted to. And he said that inability extends to unencrypted phones where the users have entered a passcode — a statement … |
AT&T service technicians toting company-issued iPads instead of the laptops they once carried are ill-equipped to solve some customer problems, according to a parade of IT professionals criticizing what they say has been a wholesale switch to tablets.
Sparking a torrent of complaints on Reddit’s section devoted to networking was this anecdote:
“I work for a medium-large-sized networking company and I test and turn up new equipment on our various circuits. Today, the lady that sits next to me was on the phone for several hours with AT&T trying to get a resolution for an issue using a TeloIP device that combines the bandwidth of several DSL modems into one decent connection. … So we requested AT&T send a tech out.
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