Cyber attacks have increased 24% globally during the second quarter of 2017 compared with the first, with the electronics industry being the most heavily targeted. Around 91% of information breaches originate from phishing, making it a standout among cyber-attacks. Around 34% of phishing attacks are targeted toward electronic manufacturers, as threat actors perceive the prospective gains in attacking networks in this industry. Countries Affected By Phishing Attacks Source: Phishlabs...

Some new photos posted to Instagram from the set of the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic have given us our second look at star Michael Fassbender in the lead role as the Apple co-founder (via MacRumors). One of the photos, seen above from Instagram user “raqu3l” shows Fassbender as Jobs filming on a street outside the San Francisco Opera House. The second photo (seen below, via Instagram user “seannung”), features a prop poster from the same location....

Jean-Luc Picard is getting some new friends, as character breakdowns for the supporting cast of the as-yet-untitled CBS All Access Star Trek series have surfaced. After Patrick Stewart made the surprise announcement at a Star Trek convention that he was returning to the franchise that made him a household name for new adventures, further details were nowhere to be found. Stewart confirmed an approximate timeframe - about 20 years after the events of the final Star Trek: The Next Generation film, Star Trek: Nemesis - and suggested Picard would be a very different man, but beyond that little was known about the project until very recently....

Good news for Pokémon Go fans in Canada: the game has officially rolled out to the country. Bad news for fans of the game everywhere: the extra load seems to have killed the servers again. Niantic made the Canadian announcement on Twitter and on the game’s official Facebook page, but so far the company hasn’t responded to complaints that users are again unable to login. It did acknowledge the server problems experienced over the weekend …...

360° DVD Theater 50" 42" SDA stands for Stereo Dimensional Array, a patented Polk Audio exclusive*. Matthew Polk describes SDA Surround Technology as “a mixture of acoustical engineering, psychoacoustic principles and a little magic.” Read Matt Polk’s SDA Whitepaper for an even more in depth explanation on SDA Surround Technology. If you want an easy all-in-one integrated system, and don’t plan on using or don’t have an existing amplifier, SurroundBar 360º DVD Theater is an all-inclusive Home Theater system that includes a DVD player, AM/FM tuner with integrated amplifier, and universal remote control....

Simply use your phone’s camera to snap a photo of the print and the app will crop and color correct the image. Sounds quick and easy, right? It was, but soon you will need to find another way to update your photo collection. As of August 1, 2017, the Heirloom app will be shut down. So if you have any photos saved in this app then you need to find another place to store them by July 31, 2017!...

POW! Entertainment, after having been sued for intellectual property rights by J.C. Lee on Sept. 26, issues a statement in response. Lee is, of course, the daughter and only living heir of Stan Lee, famed Creative Lead at Marvel Comics through its formative years. Lee co-created many of Marvel’s most iconic superheroes, including Spider-Man, The Hulk, Captain America, the X-Men, and Thor. POW! Entertainment is a company Lee co-founded with Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman to develop film, television and video game properties, after having stepped away from his general duties at Marvel in the 1990s....

The Philips Hue brand has established itself as a frontrunner in the world of HomeKit smart lighting. And it looks to be continuing to push the envelope in 2020 with a new lineup of outdoor products, thanks to leaked product catalog found by Hueblog.de. These new light solutions will likely be officially announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. But thanks to Hueblog, we can get an early sneak peek....

Introduction A phishing attack is a complex combination of technology and psychology. There are numerous ways in which people are being made fools and they can be conned by hitting on unsecured website links. Especially with the growth of the marketing industry, these types of attacks are rising. A 2007 case study shows that phishing attackers were collecting and purchasing Google AdWords in order to install RAT on victim’s systems....

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been in China the past few days meeting with senior officials from both companies and the Chinese government. He has already been spotted at an Apple Store in China, and now Apple has confirmed that Cook went on a personal tour inside of a Foxconn plant. Cook reportedly visited a newly instated iPhone manufacturing section within Foxconn. Foxconn has been the source of many Apple product-production based controversies as of late, and Cook, notably, emailed his staff a lengthy response addressing concerns of worker safety and other topics....

Xiaomi recently announced that Poco will be a standalone brand. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer had started Poco to offer an affordable flagship phone. Xiaomi was expected to come up with Pocophone F2, however, the company has announced Poco X2 in India. The new device will be launched on February 4 in India. Poco took to twitter to announce the launch date. Furthermore, the tweet is accompanied by an image that highlights the display refresh rate on Poco X2 with a quirky subheading that reads “Smooth AF....

Niantic’s Pokémon GO mobile app was an instant hit when it launched in the summer of 2016. Augmented reality-driven gameplay let players interact with familiar characters in an immersive way using the camera and screen on our phones. Unpredicted growth saw Niantic’s servers regularly struggle to keep up with the number of new players coming online around the world. Those growing pains are now a thing of the past, and Niantic has added features like battling between players and in-game missions to keep players coming back....

Spektacom Technology, which Kumble founded last year, has developed Power Bat with an aim to help batsmen understand their game at a level higher than what video analytics can provide. Weighing less than 5 grams, the sticker has some sensors to track things like bat speed, power generated, impact made with the ball and more. Using Artificial Intelligence, the connected app can provide meaningful insights into every shot played for the fans, coaches and batsmen themselves....

Powerbeats Pro were officially announced earlier this month as the first real competitor to AirPods. Now, Beats is hyping the launch of its truly wireless earphones with a star-studded advertisement entitled “Unleashed.” In the ad, countless athletes can be seen wearing Powerbeats Pro – offering a great look at the truly wireless earbuds in action. The ad is set to “Saw Lightning,” a new track by Beck. The ad showcases the sporty design of Powerbeats Pro, physical controls on the side, and more....

There’s a new money-stealing scam that you need to watch for. It ditches the traditional method of attaching malware to an email or cold-calling you with some bogus scam. Instead, the scammers expect you to call them. Keep reading to learn how this tricky scam works so you can avoid falling victim. Here’s the backstory Phishing emails typically follow the blueprint of including malicious links or attachments that, if clicked, will infect your device with malware....

Why target banking? One word: money. Access to a bank account or to the internal network of a financial institution is akin to striking gold. Unlike the “old days,” where breaking into a bank involved digging tunnels and having a highly skilled team that included a safecracker, cyber-thieves can do much more damage remotely with very little skill and much less risk; now there are groups operating in the dark web that create malware or password-cracking apps and share or sell them to others....

As we all remember, Peter Sunde, the co-owner of the pirate bay, has been in a severe problem for the prior few years due to his attachments to his site; the foremost reason behind this is that he is exceedingly rich to entertain the giants. But this was not the end of his story because he had just delivered. The awe-inspiring gadget can produce 100 copies of the song in MP3 format in a second....

Ahead of the Pixelmator Pro version 2.1 launch, the Pixelmator team has given another sneak peek of a feature coming to the macOS photo editor: the ML Crop function. In April, the developers shared two new features coming to version 2 .1 of Pixelmator Pro: the ability to quickly see and set the primary and secondary colors and a way to change the color of any object in the document using drag and drop....

The website Plays.org has over 2,000 different free and interesting online games that may be accessed directly from the browser. The website is jam-packed with web browser-enabled games; there are no fancy applications to download, no need to use up your phone’s memory, and best of all, no money is necessary to proceed with the games. All of the games are free and full-length, making them appropriate for both children and adults....

Now that Apple’s new MacBook Pros are out… which model do you plan on picking up? As expected, Apple officially unveiled all-new MacBook Pros today including new 13-inch and 15-inch models. The highlight new feature of the devices is the Touch Bar, a thin Retina touchscreen that replaces the function key row on the keyboard and offers contextually sensitive buttons and gestures. But the company did have one somewhat of a surprise: it introduced a less expensive 13-inch entry-level model that doesn’t include the Touch Bar and a couple less Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports....