This Simple Trick Tells You What Websites Are Selling Your Data
One of the harsh realities of the web is that many sites profile their customers, and then sell that data to third parties. It's not…
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Uber Has Been Spying On Users And Lying About It For Years, Former Security Exec Reveals
Uber might be one of the best ways to hail a taxi in many cities around the world, but it's also a controversial service that…
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Britain's Newest Surveillance Law Contains Encryption Backdoors Provisions
The UK passed a new surveillance law called that not only does it give the government enhanced mass-spying powers, but it also contains the necessary…
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Bank Hackers Have A New Trick To Get Ransom Money
Here's one type of bank hack we don't see that often. Rather than go for the money directly, hackers breached a Liechtenstein-Based bank to steal…
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Need To Unplug? This Site Will Help You Delete Yourself From The Internet
The internet can be a pretty gross place when you really sit back and take it all in. There's lots of hate floating around out…
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Millions Of Brand-New Android Phones Come With A Massive Built-In Security Flaw
Android malware isn't a thing, the savviest Android users will tell you. And they are partly right. They and users like them will probably never…
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Google.com And ɢoogle.com Aren't The Same Thing, And That's Scary As Hell
Spammers and scammers live to find new ways to trick people into doing things they don't want to do, and ɢoogle — not to be confused with…
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New iPhone Security Flaw Lets Anyone Access Messages And Photos Without Your PIN
Yes, there's a new iOS flaw that can let someone access sensitive personal iPhone data by bypassing the passcode that encrypts the device. But don't freak…
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412 Million Accounts From AdultFriendFinder, Penthouse And More Were Hacked
If you happen to have an account with Friend Finder Network adult sites, then you probably have to change your password as soon as possible.…
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Tim Cook Says Apple Doesn't Need To Sacrifice User Privacy To Improve Its AI
Siri has been lambasted in the press lately, with no shortage of tech observers opining that Apple's personal intelligent assistant lags woefully behind competitors like…
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Meet The Company Whose Webcams Shut Down The Internet Last Friday
Last Friday, hackers successfully managed to unleash an absolutely massive DDoS attack that swiftly knocked a number of popular websites offline, including Twitter, Spotify and…
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The Most Dangerous Celebrities To Look Up On Google
One of the more common ways that purveyors of malware are able to trick unsuspecting users into downloading malicious software is to prey upon the…
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Yahoo To Confirm Hackers Stole Passwords For 200M Accounts All The Way Back In 2012
Yahoo will confirm later this week that hackers did breach its systems in 2012, stealing personal data for about 200 million accounts, including easily decrypted…
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And This Is Why You Don't Scam A Security Professional On Reddit
Trying to scam someone on the internet is always a bad idea, but if that someone turns out to be the head of a security…
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Terrifying Video Shows Government Spyware In Action For The First Time
With the Snowden leaks, Stingray and FBI surveillance planes always in the news, most people just assume that The Man has god-like surveillance capabilities on…
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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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