Archive for October 2013

October 1, 2013

· Amazon to hire 70,000 seasonal workers in US warehouses
· Wearable Wireless Device Revenues to Exceed $6 Billion in 2018
· GTA V Online launches with expected problems
· NASA will no longer warn of "near earth" asteroids via Twitter
· Vulnerability discovered in Firefox app for Android potentially allows access to SD card files (VIDEO)
· UK looking for an army of hackers
· Yahoo pays out a whopping $12.50 bounty

October 2, 2013

· Windows 8.1 available for pre-order now
· Jimmy Kimmel solves the iOS7 motion sickness problem (NSFW VIDEO)
· R.I.P: Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Novelist of Military Thrillers, Dies at 66
· The FBI takes down Silk Road
· 16 year old boy arrested as part of an international cyber ring

October 3, 2013

· NY Obamacare site bombarded by possible DDoS attack?
· Walmart bringing more affordable LED bulbs to the masses
· Silk Road owner charged in second assassination plot
· Yahoo relents on bug program
· Cyber attacks leave hints to nation-state origins
· Adobe servers hacked; 2.9 million customer user names, passwords and credit card numbers compromised
· Anonymous? U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous

October 4, 2013

· HTC posts $3 billion loss for quarter 3, 2013
· Meet Susan Bennett, the original voice for Siri (VIDEO)
· McAfee: Obamacare is a hackers 'special' dream (VIDEO)
· Smell-o-Vision for your smartphone (VIDEO)
· Boston Dynamics unleashes free range "WildCat" robot (VIDEO)
· NSA tries to subvert TOR
· Iran's cyber chief shot dead

October 6, 2013

· Lavabit complies with NSA order, then shuts down

October 7, 2013

· Microsoft pays out bounties

October 8, 2013

· AVG, Whatsapp sites breached by Palestinian hackers
· Google's Schmidt claims Android is more secure then the iPhone, then avoids explaining how
· FBI unable to access Silk Road founder's Bitcoin treasure
· Blackhole exploit kit author reportedly arrested, changes already noticeable
· Samsung curved smartphone leaked?
· Microsoft pays out $100,000 for bug bounty
· Samsung GALAXY Round with curved Full HD display now official (Video)

October 9, 2013

· The layoffs have begun at BlackBerry
· Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records
· NSA can spy without oversight during shutdown
· Google rolls out its bug bounty program
· Plans to create Silk Road 2 in the works

October 10, 2013

· Best Buy will give you at least $100 towards a new iPhone 5s or 5c when you trade in your current smartphone
· Foxconn using forced student labor to build Sony’s PS4
· Libya's Glass desert reveals diamonds from comet
· Britain creates its own FBI and arrests first hacker
· 75 percent of all men are liars

October 11, 2013

· Google Chrome vulnerability leaves sensitive data at risk
· iPhone 5C sales estimates chopped by analyst
· A furloughed Federal IT cyber security worker sounds off
· Facebook privacy feature gone

October 12, 2013

· Zuckerberg likes his privacy to the tune of $30m
· Hacktivist use fax to compromise AVG, Avira and others

October 14, 2013

· Galaxy S4's Android 4.3 update leaks early, available to download
· ATM's vulnerable to new malware via CD
· App maker Onavo swallowed up by Facebook

October 15, 2013

· Test your knowledge with the Facebook Privacy Simulator
· Apple Announces October 22 Event: “We Still Have a Lot to Cover”
· NSA collecting address books
· Lavabit back up for 72 hours

October 16, 2013

· Malwarebytes launches free security app for Android
· Beware of phishing e-mails related to a failed "Patch Tuesday" update
· Bogus support scams targeting Mac's

October 17, 2013

· Android app will allow troops to call in airstikes
· Windows 8.1 now rolling out
· Google chrome to continue support for XP after MS abandons it
· Indonesia surpasses China in cyber attacks
· Retrobooster, an old school survival shooter demo version 0.7.8

October 18, 2013

· Microsoft releases Remote Desktop app for Android and iOS
· World's first walking, talking bionic man on display at Smithsonian (Video)
· Copyrighted software licensing agreement blatantly violated by Obamacare site

October 19, 2013

· Can Someone Lend Me 25 Grand?
· Watch Dog game release makes IT security folks nervous
· Bitcoin trader subjected to massive DDoS attack

October 21, 2013

· GarageBand for iOS 7 to Become Free with In-App Purchases
· Microsoft Releases Recovery Image for WinRT
· America: The land of spam
· New malware strain: CryptoLocker

October 22, 2013

· Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and new accessories available for purchase
· Greenway Games 'Helicopter Simulator: Search and Rescue' demo available - looking to get on Steam (Video)
· iPhone 5S puts Apple back on top in the US as Samsung slips in September
· The 216th anniversary of the very first parachute jump celebrated in a Google Doodle
· Apple to offer live video stream of today's media event
· The NSA isn't the only one to play the game.
· Half a million US ID's traded
· Facebook to allow beheading videos, elbows still banned

October 23, 2013

· Brit kids surf with the sharks
· Aviator available for MAC OS X

October 24, 2013

· Rent-To-Own dealer settles consumer spying allegations
· CougarLife.com ad banned in Australia for being too sexy and violent (Video)
· Official Captain America The Winter Soldier trailer (Video)
· Netgear urges patch
· The UK is looking for a few good hackers
· Instagram to begin advertisements within a week
· Microsoft earns $5.2 billion in Q1, Surface sales now $400 million

October 25, 2013

· Ultrasonic Haptic Display Lets You Feel Without Touching Screen
· Feds seize man's computer for merely calling himself a "hacker"
· PHP.net gets Google warning
· Asia hot spot for ransomware

October 26, 2013

· NSA site down, possible DDoS attack from Anonymous
· R.I.P: Marcia Wallace, Star of "Simpsons," "Bob Newhart" Dies at 70

October 27, 2013

· 12 year old admits exchanged "Anonymous" hacking for video games
· R.I.P: Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader, Music Legend Dies at 71

October 28, 2013

· My Favorite Free Halloween eBooks @ Me And My Kindle
· Slam Dunk: Samsung in $100 Million deal with NBA for courtside tech
· Syrian Electronic Army gains access to Obama's Twitter, campaign websites
· South Korea under seige
· Mevade malware starting to make the rounds

October 29, 2013

· Previously unseen Star Wars blooper reel found (Video)
· Flirting with the strippers in GTA V will make you famous (Vide-OH!)
· SEA hack President Obama's Twitter and Facebook accounts
· iPhone and iPad vulnerable

October 30, 2013

· Soluto acquired by Asurion for $130 Million
· Trick or Treat: Latest Android 4.4 Kit Kat teaser released (Video)
· Are the Chinese bugging Russia?
· Threat trackers call cyber-espionage groups as lame

October 31, 2013

· Commander of new US Navy destroyer.....Captain James Kirk (Video)
· Google Glass receives first "award" from San Diego PD
· Facebook eyeing cursor tracking technology
· FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics
· Minds of Google and Apple Team Up to Create Play-i, a Robot for Children that Teaches Programming
· NSA and the UK tap into fiber-optic transmission cables
· Lavabit and Silent Circle to create email serves that is hack proof