Rhett Jones
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Google Has Finally Killed The CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA’s are an irritating but necessary evil. The system that is used to verify whether or not a user is human has been around a while and it had to evolve because machines were getting better at reading the text than humans. With its latest iteration, Google says you’ll no longer have to input anything…
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Many Popular Printers Have Numerous Security Vulnerabilities: Report
A team of researchers claim to have discovered numerous security vulnerabilities in at least 20 network printer models by major name brands. According to the findings, one of the potential exploits could allow hackers to easily steal information that was only intended to be printed as a hard copy.
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ImageGate: Ransomware Spreading Via JPG Files On Social Networks
Who doesn’t love a good scary problem that has a “-gate” suffix? An Israeli security firm has dubbed a particularly nasty outbreak of ransomware “ImageGate” and that will help us all remember that if you receive a random image on your favourite social network, you probably shouldn’t click it.
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Safety Alert: Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7s Are Now Exploding Too
At least three replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7s have reportedly caught fire since Samsung issued a worldwide recall of the faulty product. The most recent incident occurred in Kentucky in the US and the details are pretty alarming. Not only did the device send the device’s owner to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, but…