Articles by John P. Mello Jr.

Samsung on Thursday assured users that their information is safe following a computer intrusion of a key company linked to its mobile payment system The intrusion ofLoopPay by a gang of hackers known as the Codoso or Sunshock Group may have occurred as early as March, according to a report in The New York Times....

Amazon has become the first stop for nearly half of online shoppers researching potential purchases, according to a report BloomReach released Tuesday Nearly half (44 percent) of some 2,000 survey participants said they go directly to Amazon to search for products.

Distributed denial of service attacks have evolved from protest tool to criminal weapon More than one in three DDoS attacks are used to plant malware or a virus on company systems, and 40 percent of them result in data theft, according toNeuStar's semiannual DDoS attack and protection report released last week....

Adobe on Monday raised the curtain on two mobile apps and a basket of product upgrades at its MAX conference in Los Angeles Both new apps -- Photoshop Fix and Capture CC -- are free, but they initially will be available only to users of Apple's mobile devices....

Improved performance and some app enhancements to boost productivity highlight the latest version of Apple's desktop operating system, OS X 10.11 El Capitan Apple on Wednesday made El Capitan available for download to its users from the Mac App Store....

Sonos on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its top-of-the-line Play:5 speaker The redesigned speaker includes three mid-woofers and three tweeters, and it can be set up in three orientations: by itself, or paired with another speaker -- either vertically for tight sound, or horizontally for a more immersive experience, the company said....

Zerodium last week posted a million-dollar bounty for juicy iOS 9 bugs or jailbreaks Zerodium runs a market where exploits and vulnerabilities are bought and sold, according toDamballa....

Apple on Wednesday released the first update to its new iOS 9 operating system to clean up some bugs in the original version of the software Bugs addressed in the update, iOS 9.0.1, include a system freeze on the slide to update screen, alarms and timers that would fail to go off, and frame distortion in paused videos. One bug Apple didn't address ...

Notices for the new iPhones have started appearing, and Apple's hardware once again is being bathed in critical acclaim, with just a few cries of discontent here and there The new capabilities in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus may appear underwhelming to some observers, but not to Re/code's Walt Mossberg.

Russia has been a prime suspect in recent cyberattacks launched against U.S. government targets. However, Russia has been poked with the other end of the hacker stick For more than two months, hacker attacks originating in China have bedeviled Russia's military and telecom sectors, researchers at Proofpoint revealed last week....

Developers who unknowingly used a malicious tool to code their programs uploaded hundreds of malware-infected apps to the iTunes App Store, according to multiple reports China-based iOS developers reportedly discovered the malware infection last week, and security researchers around the world have analyzed it....

Apple on Thursday released iOS 9, the latest version of its mobile operating system. Although more evolutionary than revolutionary, it has some useful additions.The good news is that iOS 9 works on much of Apple's existing hardware. If your device can run iOS 8, it should be able to run iOS 9. However, some of the software's features are available...

The FBI on Monday warned businesses and consumers to be careful when deploying devices that connect to the Internet of Things As more companies and consumers use IoT devices to improve efficiency and convenience, their connection to the Internet creates opportunities for cybercriminals, the FBI said in a public service announcement....

A New York healthcare provider, California's higher education system and the U.S. Department of Energy have become the latest targets of data bandits The latest massive data breach at a healthcare provider took place at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, which last week revealed that the personal data of more than 10 million people was at risk due to a...

Apple on Monday trumpeted the figures for its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus preorders, saying it's on track to beat last year's first-weekend iPhone sales record of 10 million units, according to multiple press reports Last year's models included Apple's first large screen smartphone, the iPhone 6 Plus....

Netflix reportedly is in the process of dumping its antivirus software and placing all its faith in an alternative solution to protect its more than 60 million subscribers from online nastiness, a move that prompted one pundit to pronounce the death of antivirus software yet again By dropping its service, Netflix was hammering the last nail in anti...

Will size matter? That was the question in many minds on Wednesday, when Apple introduced its new 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablet "This is the iPad Pro," announced Apple CEO Tim Cook before an cheering throng at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. "It's the most capable and powerful iPad that we've ever created."

Verizon on Tuesday announced that it was accelerating its efforts to boost wireless connections to 50 times faster than current offerings The company has begun putting the components in place to enable it to begin field testing a new, speedier wireless technology, known as "5G," next year....

Samsung last week plunged into the Internet of Things for the home market, unveiling a new hub to control connected gadgets, home and sleep monitors, and a smart washing machine. The company made the announcements at IFA 2015, a large European trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances ...

When the giant data breach at infidelity website Ashley Madison made headlines last month, the CEO of the site's owner was quick to claim the caper was an inside job He had the attacker's profile and work credentials, Avid Life Media's CEO Noel Biderman told ace cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs. Though not an employee, the individual had accessed ...