Google downplays the number of ‘potentially harmful apps’ on the Play Store
In a new report looking back over 2018, a year in which Google celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first commercial Android …
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Nokia phones caught mysteriously sending data to Chinese servers
Nokia fans waited for years for the first Nokia-Android handsets to arrive, and it finally happened two years ago, when HMD Global unveiled its first …
Shocker! Facebook improperly stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text
Over the past few years, Facebook hasn’t done much to convince users that it takes user privacy as seriously as it should. Indeed, it seems …
The Trump administration wants to expand face-scanning at airports ASAP
The Trump administration is pushing hard for the installation of facial recognition technology at the biggest airports in the US, with a goal of eventually …
A $20,000 iPhone and $2,000 USB cable are all you need to hack iOS
If you’ve got the skills, then spending a few grand on a special type of iPhone or iPad and a special USB-cable may be enough …
Google warns everyone to update their Chrome browser right now
It’s always smart to keep all of your software up to date, but it’s not too often that a developer goes out of its way …
This web tool could be another step toward killing passwords for good
There are so many hassles and problems that can be tied to the necessity of securing accounts, websites and the like with passwords. Passwords that, …
Facebook will shut down the Onavo VPN app and its spying capabilities
Facebook used a VPN app for years to spy on the users that the same app should have been protecting against online threats. Facebook learned …
Google’s Adiantum brings fast encryption to cheap smartphones
Adiantum is no longer just the name of a genus of ferns, as Google used it for its brand new security product. It’s a new …
Hackers are passing around a massive collection of 2.2 billion stolen logins
We learned a few days ago that a hacker shared a huge collection of username and passwords, including some 773 million unique accounts and more …
How a dangerous piece of Android malware snuck into the Google Play store
Security researchers from Trend Micro recently unearthed a piece of Android malware known as Anibus that managed to sneak into the Google Play Store with …
The recent ‘Collection #1’ data breach that leaked 773M accounts is only the tip of the iceberg
Reports earlier this week revealed what’s being referred to “Collection #1,” an 87GB pile of data that included no less than 773 million unique email …
How to see if your email was stolen in the massive breach that exposed 773 million accounts
Remember how optimistic we all were that 2019 would be a better year than 2018? Well, so much for that idea. We’re barely three weeks …
Watch these researchers show how easy it is to hack construction cranes
It might sound like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster — hackers getting into position behind a control panel and taking over a construction site, …
Phishing scams keep getting smarter, making them difficult to spot
It’s a sad reality that phishing scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, often making it hard for even savvy users to differentiate between legitimate messages and …
Bombshell report reveals how location data from carriers often ends up in the wrong hands
A new bombshell report from Joseph Cox over at Motherboard details how carriers like Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile are all in the business of selling real-time …
New iPhone phishing scam is more sophisticated than ever
A new report from noted security expert Brian Krebs reveals that scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting Apple users are becoming incredibly clever and …
Popular Android apps keep sending your data to Facebook without consent
Facebook probably can’t wait for 2018 to end, a year that brought a garden variety of user privacy infringing issues for the world’s largest social …
The new wave of Netflix phishing attacks is so bad that the FTC issued a warning
The year may be drawing to a close but that doesn’t mean scammers are taking any time off for the holidays. A new bulletin issued …
How to check if your private photos were exposed due to Facebook’s latest bug
Facebook had to acknowledge another security issue late last week which impacted up to 6.8 million users. The bug exposed private photos, Facebook explained, allowing apps to …
Amazon patent hints at using doorbell cameras to build a suspicious persons database
Jacob Snow, a technology and civil liberties attorney for the ACLU, has been making the rounds telling media outlets that a newly publicized patent from …
British cops want to see if AI can prevent crimes, like ‘Minority Report’ in real life
Governments and entities around the world are starting to venture deep into Minority Report-land, giving serious attention to the use of artificial intelligence and scoring …
That customer service agent you’re chatting with might be watching you type in real time
Big Brother is watching you, and so it seems are many customer service agents you chat with online. Apparently, they can see what you type …
Marriott reveals that hackers accessed sensitive information of 500 million guests
Another day, another hack. As we referenced yesterday with respect to the Dunkin’ Donuts hack, it seems that we can’t even go a week without …
Dunkin’ Donuts warns that its DD Perks program may have been hacked
Despite the vast amount of resources companies typically spend on thwarting hacking, it seems that we can’t even go a few weeks without a new …
How to tell if the Amazon leak exposed your email and name to the public
Amazon on Wednesday morning issued email alerts to some of its customers whose names and emails were leaked on its website in what it described …
Apple makes it impossible for police to unlock iPhones with GrayKey devices
Apple fiercely opposes the idea of weakening iPhone encryption so that it could unlock devices for law enforcement agencies. But there are plenty of hackers …
Tim Cook calls on Bloomberg to retract story of alleged Supermicro hack
Earlier this month, Bloomberg published a bombshell report claiming that agents from a Chinese intelligence organization successfully planted malicious hardware on Supermicro servers that eventually …
Security firm reminds police not to look at iPhones equipped with Face ID
Now that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have started forcing suspects to unlock their iPhones with Face ID, a forensics company is warning …
GAO report says nearly all new Pentagon weapons can be hacked with ease
A brief look at the news is enough for anyone to realize that cyber attacks are a real threat. Just recently, we’ve seen western governments …
