Brutally Efficient Phishing Scam Takes Advantage Of PayPal's Awfulness
Phishing scams that use fake login pages to steal account usernames and passwords are nothing new. The trick for hackers is to fool customers into…
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Netflix Phishing Scam Looks To Steal Credit Card Details From iPhone Users
Whether or not you have active Netflix or Apple accounts makes no difference to hackers looking to steal precious personal data. But you should be aware…
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Researcher Uses Apple's 'Live Photos' Feature To Hack Into Two Mobile Banking Apps
Biometric authentication systems have been around for ages, but it wasn't until Apple released Touch ID alongside the iPhone 5s that it entered the mainstream.…
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Researchers Can Hack Apple's iMessages, But You're Already Safe
In mid-March, during the FBI vs. Apple scandal surrounding the encrypted San Bernardino iPhone, a report revealed that security researchers from Johns Hopkins University were…
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Hacking Companies Are Willing To Pay A Lot More Than Apple For Flaws In iOS
At the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas last week, Apple introduced its first bug bounty program. Whereas Apple has historically relied upon security researchers…
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Hacker Uses Fake Boarding Pass To Get Into Every Airline Lounge For Free
It sounds way too good to be true. "One Weird Trick Can Get You Into Any Airline Lounge You Want!" But as Wired reports, one ethical hacker…
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Watch Out For A Walmart Phishing Scam, Coming Soon
Over the past couple of days, Walmart users have been seeing unsolicited password recovery emails pop up in their inboxes. There's clearly something fishy going…
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Someone Is Trying To Steal Accounts From Walmart.com Customers
According to hundreds of reports on social media, people across the US have been receiving password reset emails for their Walmart.com accounts, indicating that someone…
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Warning: Some People Using The New iPhone Jailbreak Are Seeing Credit Card, PayPal Account Breaches
Savvy Apple fans around the world were elated to learn that a tool had finally been released to jailbreak iOS 9.3.3 and other recent iOS builds on…
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iCloud Hacker Who Leaked Celebrity Nudes Pleads Guilty, Could Face 5 Years In Prison
In August of 2014, private photos and videos stolen from private online accounts from a number of celebrities were released online. Once authorities began to investigate,…
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You Should Care About This Facebook Messenger Security Flaw No Matter What Facebook Says
Yes, Facebook says that anyone can see any of the three million links that are shared every hour in private conversations. That's a feature, not…
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Google Just Shamed The Antivirus Software You Probably Use, So Update Immediately
Whether you're looking to protect your PC or an entire fleet of computers, chances are you've either considered or have ended up purchasing products from Symantec. The…
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Tale Of The Tape: Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Smart To Cover His Webcam
Webcam security was thrust into the spotlight this week when a photo of Mark Zuckerberg appeared to show the camera and microphone on his MacBook covered…
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The Russians Have Stolen The Democrat's Dirt On Trump
According to a report in the Washington Post, Russian government-sponsored hackers have penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee. Rather than stealing user data,…
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Pirates Exposed By uTorrent Security Breach
Torrenting TV shows isn't a particularly risky activity, but most pirates tend to prefer to keep their identity a secret. That's why a security breach…
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Mark Zuckerberg's Social Media Has Been Hacked, Because No One Is Safe
If there's one person you'd think would use good security to protect social media accounts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be a good bet. But…
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Hackers Can Read Your WhatsApp And Telegram Chats If They Wanted To
WhatsApp has recently announced that all its chats are protected by end-to-end encryption, meaning that only the sender and receiver will be able to read the…
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Hackers Are Using Remote-Control Software Teamviewer To Hijack PCs And Drain PayPal Accounts
Teamviewer, a piece of software that people can use to remote-control PCs, appears to have been hacked. Numerous user reports have indicated that unknown third…
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Newly Discovered Zero-Day Exploit Affects Almost Every Version Of Windows
Researchers from Trustwave's SpiderLabs research team recently discovered a new zero-day exploit that affects all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 all the way up…
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2 New Craigslist Scams You Need To Watch Out For
Craigslist's heyday may be behind it at this point, but millions of people still flock to the site in search of all sorts of discounted goods…
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Old ATM Malware Is Back And Infecting Machines Everywhere
An old piece of ATM malware is back, and reportedly more dangerous and harder to detect than ever. According to security researchers from Kaspersky Labs,…
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Over 272 Million Email Accounts Stolen From Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo And More
A new report shows that hackers from Russia have obtained login credentials for more than 272.3 million email accounts, which are now available for sale…
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Meet Rep. Ted Lieu, A Congressman Who Says Encryption Is A 'National Security Priority'
Ted Lieu is one of the few bona fide computer geeks in Congress. Even if you didn't already know the California Democrat is one of…
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FBI Director Doesn't Even Know Who Created The $1M iPhone-Hacking Device
More details have emerged in the San Bernardino shooting investigation. The FBI has arrested three suspects on Thursday, though it's not clear whether that move…
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FBI Will Tell Apple How It Hacked The San Bernardino iPhone... After Apple Patches It
The FBI challenged Apple in courts twice in the last few months, asking the iPhone maker to unlock devices. And twice, the Feds had to…
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Dangerous Windows 10 Flaw Lets Hackers Secretly Run Any App On Your PC
A newly identified Windows 10 security flaw lets hackers install malicious apps on any machine, without business owners being made aware anything out of the ordinary…
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It Looks Like Spotify Was Hacked - Change Your Password ASAP, If You Still Can
If you're one of the millions of people around the world who count themselves as Spotify users, we have some troubling news: it looks like…
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