After rumors of a March 15th event, Apple has pushed the date back by a week and made it official, sending out the invites. Industry insiders expect the company to unveil a new, and smaller, 4-inch iPhone model, as well as a refreshed 9.7-inch iPad and a handful of Apple Watch accessories.
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Palo Alto Networks, the Santa Clara, CA based network security firm, is warning admins of vulnerabilities found in their mobile security solution GlobalProtect. The flaws, which were discovered by Palo Alto last night, can cause GlobalProtech to crash open devices to penetration.
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Windows 10 is enjoying a big boost, thanks to the US Department of Defense. This week, the DoD announced a new initiative for all Department agencies using Microsoft Operating Systems, which aims to begin deploying Windows 10 as a standard OS. Approximately four million systems will be moved to Windows 10 over the next 12 months.
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Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles has been facing an ongoing cyberattack for over a week. On February 5th, intruders took control of the hospital’s network and are demanding 9,000 Bitcoin, about $3.6 million, to unlock it.
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A piece of malware written for Android has been making its way around the underground Russian hacking networks for months, but it has just recently surfaced to Android security specialists. The interesting feature of the program: if it detects that the device is located in Russia, it stops installing itself.
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A Seattle law firm has filed a class action suit in California against Apple, claiming that keeping a device with a malfunctioning touch sensor from working is “abusive” to owners.
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Robert Schaeffer, Senior Editor
Jamie Welch, Senior Editor