The number of tools that nefarious hackers have at their disposal these days is positively frightening. Attacks seem to be growing more complex and more dangerous…
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There's a new and depressingly simple way to steal cash from ATMs and rob other people's bank accounts, Business Insider informs us. Apparently, thieves have started…
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Verizon made headlines this week with the surprise $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL, but a new report from BuzzFeed reveals that a major security flaw…
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Why are we so suspicious of law enforcement officials who are howling bloody murder about Apple and Google's decision to encrypt smartphone traffic? Largely because…
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We mostly think of hackers as people who use their knowledge of coding to virtually break into computer systems. It turns out, however, that hackers…
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Last year, hackers hit the unclassified computer network of the White House, accessing in the process the email correspondence between President Obama and some of…
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It's very common these days for tech companies Google and Microsoft to offer hackers and security researchers big bucks if they're able to find security…
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Well, let's hope you never used the Galaxy S5's fingerprint scanner. Forbes reports that researchers from security firm FireEye have found a scary flaw in…
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Wondering how difficult it is for attackers to cripple your iPhone? The answer isn't going to make you happy — in a nutshell, all the…
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A "Rootpipe" backdoor in various Mac OS X versions, or a security flaw that could give hackers full access to a Mac without authentication, was…
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A few weeks ago, Last Week Tonight's John Oliver travelled all the way to Russia to interview Edward Snowden. Snowden, of course is responsible for numerous leaks that…
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While security companies usually detail vulnerabilities in Android that hackers can use for malicious purposes, analytics service SourceDNA uncovered an encryption flaw that may affect as…
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We've heard a lot of hysterical claims from law enforcement officials about all the awful things that will happen if Apple and Google encrypt their…
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In a report released earlier this week, U.S. government watchdog group GAO (Government Accountability Office) warned that the increasing connectivity of our aircraft, from flight tracking…
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If you thought your Facebook chats are safe from prying eyes, you're apparently wrong. Bosnadev says that Facebook's chats are being scanned by a CIA-funded…
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Of all the malicious software out there that we have to be afraid of, ransomware may very well be the most sinister. As its name…
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Edward Snowden was behind one of the biggest leaks of classified information in modern history. The only problem is that most of the information that…
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This probably won't come as much of a surprise, but Google is scanning every single app that finds its way on to your phone, whether…
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Concerns about Android malware really are overblown many times -- after all, you're most likely safe as long as you only download apps from the official…
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By now you've undoubtedly heard of Verizon's "supercookies," the unstoppable tracking cookies that Verizon uses to track every single unencrypted website you visit on your…
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Hackers may have hit Uber and stolen user account details including log-in credentials, full names, the last four digits of credit card numbers and telephone…
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Because people are generally unable to come up with rock-solid passwords on their own, many websites that require user-generated passwords employ "password strength meters" which inform users…
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The many Snowden revelations, which have detailed the advanced spying and mass data collection operations conducted by some of the world's most important agencies including the…
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Given the myriad of security mechanisms and technologies tech companies have developed, it's easy to fall into a sense of complacency and think that what you're…
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We all know that our data is only as safe as the devices we store it on, but we also like to think that the…
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More and more security threats are discovered on a regular basis, and now it's turn for a "Freak" vulnerability — that's actually its name — for…
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The dangers of mobile malware are very real, and we're now reminded yet again how quickly these malicious programs can spread thanks to a new…
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