Amazon suffers potential password leak, unknown number of accounts affected
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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Google can remotely give cops access to at least 74% of all Android devices
There’s a new interesting revelation in the debate on encryption that was reignited after the disastrous attacks on Paris in mid-November. According to a new …
Has Anonymous’s war against ISIS been doing more harm than good?
Anonymous has been leading the digital fight against Islamic State by getting some of its social media accounts on Twitter banned, but has it been …
Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft warn weaker encryption makes the bad guys stronger
In the wake of last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris, prominent politicians and senior law-enforcement officials have said that western governments have to rethink their stance …
Loophole lets the NSA spy on your email even though it’s not allowed to anymore
The NSA and other Western spy agencies came under intense scrutiny following the massive Snowden leaks that revealed their tremendous powers when it comes to collecting …
ISIS has 24-hour help desk for terrorists
New reports detailing the activities of ISIS, which is responsible for the recent attacks on Paris, Beirut and for taking down a Russian passenger jet, …
Gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu hotel in Mali
The terrorist attacks continue, with Mali’s capital Bamako now in the spotlight. Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages.
Encrypted chat app Telegram reverses stance, bans 78 ISIS accounts
Some people suspect that the ISIS group involved in the November 13th attacks on Paris used encrypted apps and services to communicate, with Telegram being …
ISIS mastermind behind Paris attack killed during police raid, France confirms
French police and special forces conducted a massive raid in Paris’ suburb Saint-Denis in the early hours on Wednesday morning. Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard …
ISIS says soda can bomb detonated on Russian plane was intended for western passenger jet
A few days after the Paris attacks that left hundreds dead and injured, Russia confirmed that a homemade explosive device was detonated on board MetroJet Flight 9268 …
Selling us safety: The huge PR problem spy agencies have on their hands
The horrendous November 13th attacks on Paris are exactly what intelligence agencies have told us all along: Something bad will happen because they can’t conduct …
Anonymous wants you to help take down ISIS – here’s how
We already know that Anonymous is hard at work trying to cripple Islamic State’s online operations — and now it wants your help. Per The International Business …
Hackers vs. terrorists: Over 6,000 ISIS Twitter accounts taken down
A brand new kind of war emerged in the aftermath of the November 13th attacks on Paris, as Anonymous hackers declared ISIS a primary target in …
Heavy shooting, explosions and deaths in Paris: SWAT raid targets alleged ISIS mastermind behind attacks
For most people around the world, Wednesday morning started off just like another regular day of the week. But Parisians in a neighborhood situated less …
Reasons to never rely on fingerprints over passwords
Touch ID and other fingerprint scanning technologies are wonderfully convenient additions to our smartphones that enable easy mobile payments and quick device unlocking. However, Elliot …
ISIS bombed Russian plane with homemade explosive device weighing under 3 pounds
All the annoying checks you go through before boarding a plane are supposed to increase security and thwart terrorists’ ambitions. But it looks like these …
Anonymous kicks off cyberwar against ISIS, gets 900 Twitter accounts banned
Even people who aren’t normally fans of Anonymous probably won’t object to the hacker collective using its powers to take on Islamic State, the hated …
Hackers vs. terrorists: ISIS says Anonymous are ‘idiots’ for declaring war
While it sounds like a mobile game you’d play to kill time, hackers vs. terrorists is sadly a real war. The hacker collective that goes …
ISIS used encrypted communications with Paris attackers, officials believe
After a report had indicated the PlayStation 4 console as a potential way to conduct secure in-game communication that can’t be tracked, a new report …
Gmail bug makes it insanely easy to impersonate other people’s email accounts
Want to impersonate another person’s email account? It’s shockingly easy to do, as a new Gmail bug reported by independent security researcher Yan Zhu reveals. Speaking …
ISIS may use PlayStation 4s to coordinate Paris-like attacks
Late on Friday night, Paris was brutally hit in a highly coordinated terrorist attack that ISIS later claimed responsibility for planning. At least 127 people died in …
Scary new Android exploit can take over any device in seconds
A new mobile exploit recently unveiled at the MobilePwn2Own panel at the PacSec conference this week enables an attacker to take control of any Android …
I hope the BlackBerry Priv is a big success – and so should Google
BlackBerry isn’t the only company that should be rooting for the new BlackBerry Priv smartphone to be a success — Google should be rooting for …
Teens who hacked the CIA are now going after the FBI
About three weeks ago, a team of teenage hackers managed to hack into the personal AOL email account of CIA Director John Brennan. In the process, …
Google’s greed is to blame for Android’s major security mess
You can’t make a good omelet without breaking a few eggs. Similarly, you can’t take over the smartphone business without compromises, even if that means …
Dangerous ransomware threatens to expose your private files online if you don’t pay up
We’ve seen ransomware stories popping up left and right this year, detailing how hackers are making money from a scary, yet creative, type of malware. Just as …
Another adware outbreak hits Android, this one ‘nearly impossible to remove’
The latest adware outbreak might be the worst yet for Android users. According to researchers from cybersecurity company Lookout, a new strain of adware is capable …
‘The security people I know at Google are embarrassed by Android’
Security flaws? Oh, Android has a few and most Android users have to wait a long time to get them patched… if they even get …
Secret team of hackers claims $1 million bounty for remotely jailbreaking iOS 9
Earlier this fall, a security agency known as Zerodium announced that it would be willing to pay out $1 million to any hacker or team …
An unlikely but efficient way to stop identity theft: Freeze your own credit
For almost two years now, security breaches of all sorts have made the news. Hackers attacked retail stores and stole credit card numbers and other data, …
