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Credit to Author: Fabio Mielli| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:00:43 +0000
As a technology enthusiast I love to try new things, whatever the latest new gadgets happens to be, and play around with them. And one of the amazing things about… Read more »
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 05:55:01 +0000
Popular image-sharing site Imgur has issued a notification through its official blog about a security breach that impacted 1.7 million users. This breach had occurred back in 2014. The company learned about this from security researcher Troy Hunt. What was compromised in the Imgur security breach? Data of 1.7 million Imgur…
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Credit to Author: Ted Johnson| Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Opinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI.
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Google acknowledged this week that Android devices communicate the nearest cell tower, even after you turn off location services and remove the SIM card.
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Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 02:00:00 -0800
Your smartphone may contain secret “features” that leave you vulnerable.
I’m not talking about accidental design flaws that hackers might exploit. Security issues have always existed. They represent a cat-and-mouse game between malicious actors, who try to break smartphone security, and the smartphone industry, which tries to identify and fix the accidental vulnerabilities that make phones susceptible to hackers. Nothing new about that.
What I’m talking about is a new phenomenon — a trend we’ve learned about only in the past few weeks.
I’m talking about design decisions made by smartphone companies that cause phones to do things invisibly, behind the scenes and behind your back, that make phones potentially less secure.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:55:03 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity has sought to call attention to online services which expose sensitive consumer data if the user knows a handful of static details about a person that are broadly for sale in the cybercrime underground, such as name, date of birth, and Social Security Number. Perhaps the most eye-opening example of this is on display at fafsa.ed.gov, the Web site set up by the U.S. Department of Education for anyone interested in applying for federal student financial aid.
Read MoreCredit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:52:19 +0000
Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here’s what they listen to—and how to delete it.
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