This is disturbing news for anyone who has a web-connected baby monitor. Ars Technica brings us word of search engine called Shodan whose main purpose is to give you …
This isn’t some strange fiction story in which two popular superheroes team up against the U.S. government. “Batman” – specifically “1MB@tMan” – and “BlackWindow” are …
Discussions about the U.S. government’s need for breaking encryption have intensified following the mid-November attacks in Paris. Law enforcement agencies including the FBI and politicians have …
What’s the hottest thing you can buy on the dark web today? According to new research, PayPal accounts with at least $500 in them and Uber …
Each year, security solutions provider SplashData releases a list of what it has determined to be the most commonly used passwords on the Internet. In …
Given the various recent terrorist attacks, it’s no wonder that hackers, cybersecurity, encryption and surveillance are all major topics of this year’s presidential campaign. Encryption was …
Tim Cook might not like it, but lawmakers around the world are far from being done asking Apple to include backdoors in its iOS and …
Remember the teenage hackers who managed to break into CIA director John Brennan’s email account several times? It looks like they’re back doing the same …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Think you’ve secured your PayPal account so that hackers can’t hijack it and steal money from your bank account? Well, guess again, as there are ways of getting …
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 …
Yes, apparently Microsoft knows when your account is hacked though that might not be made aware immediately. And yes, it will tell you next time …
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 …
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 …
Protecting your Facebook data seems tricky and complicated, but it’s actually very easy to customize what kind of information you share and who can see …
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 …
More than 3,000 prisoners in Washington State over the past 13 years have received the best Christmas gift they could have hoped for: Early freedom. The Seattle …
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 …
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 …
Iranian hackers managed to breach the network of a U.S. dam at some point in 2013, a report reveals, raising concerns about the security of …
Officials involved in the ongoing investigation of the horrible ISIS attacks on Paris from mid-November have told the media that suspects have likely used encrypted …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
