No one will ever accuse the National Security Agency of being champions of privacy. But General Michael Hayden, a former Director of the NSA, does see some…
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On Wednesday, Time Warner Cable said that up to 320,000 customers may have had their account information stolen. According to a report from Reuters, email…
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So you've started using Tor to help protect your anonymity when you search the web. This means you should be able to just do everything…
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One of the most popular browser-based solutions for Internet security might be more dangerous than not having any security at all. According to a bug…
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Personal data belonging to 191 million American voters may have been exposed to hackers who may have been digging for such bulk information online, a…
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One of the things Christmas brought us is a new Flash exploit that could let attackers take control of an affected system. That's not necessarily…
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Hyatt Hotels is the latest company to have been hit by hackers, who managed to breach its network, access the payment processing system and possibly…
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Google wants to see passwords die just as much as the rest of us do, which is why it's spent years coming up with wild…
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Not too long ago, Eddie Tipton was convicted of hacking into the Multi-State Lottery Association's computer system in order to rig a nearly $17 million…
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Are you looking for ways to protect your privacy while browsing the web? Are you trying to learn how to use Tor, the browser that anonymizes…
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Woe be to you if you ever decided to sign up with infamous cheating website Ashley Madison. Security researcher Graham Cluley is reporting that some Ashley…
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Revelations following the recent San Bernardino shooting prompted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to focus on implementing additional security measures for its visa application process.…
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The chances are that if you own a Mac of any kind you have probably encountered online ads that promote MacKeeper, an application that promises…
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Within the past week, Twitter has begun alerting users to attacks from state-sponsored hackers attempting to lift sensitive information from their accounts. This is a first…
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Given recent news that popular online anonymity tool Tor might not be as completely secure as many of us had assumed, we were intrigued to see…
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The FBI and other law enforcement and intelligence agencies would like Silicon Valley firms to give them a "backdoor" to encryption to help better monitor…
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The FBI is still banging the drum for tech firms to give it a "backdoor" to encrypted devices and this time it's offered a clear explanation…
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To call the Anonymous cyber war on ISIS ineffectual would be an understatement. First the hacking group provided Twitter with several "wildly inaccurate" lists of supposedly ISIS-related…
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Although we've long suspected it to be the case, Amy Hess, the executive assistant director of the FBI's Science and Technology Branch, confirmed this week…
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There's nothing like a terrorist attack to make government officials seemingly lose their senses and propose bad ideas. The recent horrific ISIS related terrorist attacks in…
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President Barack Obama all but called out encryption in a 15-minute Address to the Nation speech on Sunday night. The President touched on various subjects…
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Western countries including the U.S. and U.K. continue to voice their concerns against encrypted devices and Internet services, saying they hinder the efforts of spy…
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The Anonymous hackers collective declared war on ISIS immediately after the Paris attacks earlier this month. In the days that followed, Anonymous took out thousands of Twitter…
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Virtual private networks (VPNs) are supposed to help users protect their online privacy. VPN services obfuscate the user's real IP address by routing traffic through…
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There's no doubt in anybody's mind that the ISIS attacks on Paris were carefully planned and executed, with some degree of sophistication involved, at least…
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It's good that Anonymous has decided to declare war on Islamic State but there are questions about whether their actions are actually effective. In particular,…
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The Black Friday 2015 shopping season is upon us and Amazon's big Black Friday sale is in full swing, but some Amazon customers have received an…
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