The most common passwords of 2016 are just as embarrassing as you expected
Every year, security experts and internet bloggers plead with the general public to use more secure passwords for their online accounts. Every year, the public fails …
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Los Angeles college reportedly pays hackers $28K ransom
A Los Angeles college reportedly paid hackers a $28,000 ransom after a cyberattack kept students and faculty locked out of their accounts. The Valley Star, …
Google may be forced to stop reading your Gmail for ads
The European Union is looking to take additional steps to guard the privacy of European internet users. The new initiative might limit the power of …
Your fingerprint sensor could be hacked with a single photo
Our fingerprints guard our digital lives more than ever before and, between Apple’s Touch ID and the various fingerprint unlock features from Android manufacturers, biometric …
Hackers have a new way to steal your banking login using WhatsApp
Hackers are targeting unsuspecting users with a new type of mobile virus that spreads through legitimate-looking word documents sent via WhatsApp, which could then steal sensitive …
President Trump thinks computers aren’t safe, promises hacking revelations
We’re in for a big hacking-related reveal this week when President-elect Donald Trump will tell us things that people don’t know about the recent cyber …
Inside X-Force Command, IBM’s cutting-edge cyber security facility
Seated at a row of computers inside IBM’s new office in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass., an unsuspecting employee has just clicked a malicious link …
Here’s how to delete all the voice recordings Amazon Echo and Google Home secretly store
It finally happened: law enforcement agencies want access to the data recorded by an Amazon Echo device, information that could be used in an ongoing murder …
The scary reason the NSA knows when Russia hacks the US, without any doubt
American intelligence agencies have lined up their stories and currently agree that Putin’s Russia is responsible for the DNC hack. President-elect Donald Trump might dispute …
Lie-detecting kiosks are coming to an airport near you
Making it through a security checkpoint at an airport can be a stressful ordeal even if you don’t have anything to hide. Those moment between when …
Medical marijuana program accidentally exposes thousands of addresses and social security numbers
Letting the world know you sell marijuana — even exclusively for medical purposes — is something not every medical marijuana employee is comfortable with. There’s still a …
Teen hacker claims breach of Russian Visa Center’s systems
A hacker claims to have breached the systems of an organization that helps Americans obtain Russian visas. The Russian Visa Center, which has five locations …
Six-year-old unlocks sleeping mom’s phone with her thumb, racks up $250 Amazon bill
Money can be tight around the holidays with so many gifts to buy, and sometimes a careful budget is the only thing standing between you …
This is why you should really encrypt your iPhone
Since it’s encrypted with your password or fingerprint, an iPhone is useless to anyone looking to force their way into the data stored on it. …
Hacking the DNC and the Ukrainian army have one thing in common: Russia
President-elect Donald Trump may dispute the fact that Russia had a hand in the DNC hacks, or that these hacks helped him win the election, …
The NFL’s Twitter account just got hacked
Pesky hackers are at it again, and this time the target is the NFL. OurMine, the hacking group which has repeatedly targeted high-profile Twitter accounts, …
Netflix’s Twitter account just got hacked
Notorious Twitter hackers OurMine have claimed yet another high-profile victim, breaking into the official Netflix Twitter account and posting some self-congratulatory tweets. The group, which …
700 million Android phones have spying firmware preinstalled
The term “mobile phone security” is something of a joke these days, with the number of exploits, bugs, and breaches that are endlessly assaulting us …
Court sets worrying precedent by forcing iPhone owner to reveal his passcode
When the United States Constitution was written, things like smartphones didn’t exist. and adapting the aging document to modern technology is an inexact science to …
How I knew Yahoo had been hacked before Yahoo did
So, Yahoo got hacked again. It’s a new, bigger breach than the one Yahoo most recently admitted to, and over a billion user accounts have …
How to protect yourself following the massive Yahoo hack
Yahoo did it again, folks. In less than six months, Yahoo admitted that its security was breached twice, with hackers stealing data for hundreds of …
There’s ‘a high level of confidence’ that Putin personally oversaw Russia’s attack on the US election
Some President-elects say that there’s no proof that Russia initiated attacks against the US Democratic party to skew the presidential election towards Donald Trump. But …
Yahoo confirms over a billion users hacked in new attack
Yahoo has reportedly confirmed the existence of a hack that affects “more than one billion user accounts.” Before you think we’re back in September, Yahoo …
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 …
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 …
Your passwords still suck, according to people who are smarter than you
You probably think your clever little “P455W()rD” password is the highest degree of online security in the land, but a new study by the bright …
Obscure iOS 10.1.1 flaw lets you bypass a stolen iPad’s strongest security feature
With the number of iOS devices out there in the wild, you can bet that if even the most obscure, ridiculous vulnerability exists in the …
The FBI got a license to hack more fiercely than ever
Trump isn’t even acting President yet, and the FBI is already expanding its hacking powers. Before you start worrying about your privacy or over encryption …
This tool tells you if your Gmail account was infected with malware
Cybersecurity Check Point discovered a new piece of Android malware called Gooligan that’s able to steal email addresses. More than 1 million Google accounts connected …
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 …
