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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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 …
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 …
Sony Music’s Twitter is spreading false rumors about Britney Spears dying
It’s been a bad year, but it’s not that bad. Despite what Sony Music’s official Twitter account might be claiming, Britney Spears is not dead. Which leads …
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, …
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 …
Researchers create crazy new malware that spies on you through your headphones
These days, we seemingly can’t go a week without hearing about a dangerous piece of smartphone malware or some new way for hackers to keep tabs …
Russian security firm says iPhone secretly logs all your phone calls
A Russian security firm is casting doubt on just how big of an ally Apple is when it comes to consumer privacy. In a new …
Some Android phones have been covertly sending sensitive user data to China
Researchers at Kryptowire recently discovered that some some disposable and prepaid Android phones house software that transmits sensitive user data, like text messages back to China. What …
Tim Cook says Apple doesn’t need to sacrifice user privacy to improve its AI
Siri has been lambasted in the press lately, with no shortage of tech observers opining that Apple’s personal intelligent assistant lags woefully behind competitors like …
Meet the company whose webcams shut down the Internet last Friday
Last Friday, hackers successfully managed to unleash an absolutely massive DDoS attack that swiftly knocked a number of popular websites offline, including Twitter, Spotify and …
NSA contractor to be charged with espionage after making off with 50 TB of data
Late on Thursday, federal prosecutors signaled their intention to charge former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin with violating The Espionage Act after authorities discovered that …
The most dangerous celebrities to look up on Google
One of the more common ways that purveyors of malware are able to trick unsuspecting users into downloading malicious software is to prey upon the …
Massive data breach hit 500 million users, Yahoo confirms
Yahoo has confirmed that a data breach from 2014 hit 500 million users, allowing hackers access to sensitive information, including poorly encrypted passwords. A press release …
Terrifying video shows government spyware in action for the first time
With the Snowden leaks, Stingray and FBI surveillance planes always in the news, most people just assume that The Man has god-like surveillance capabilities on …
Government caught using sophisticated one-click hacking tool in the wild
Researchers have discovered a scarily effective piece of malware, authored by an Israeli “cyber arms dealer,” that can completely hack an iPhone if the user …
Researcher uses Apple’s ‘Live Photos’ feature to hack into two mobile banking apps
Biometric authentication systems have been around for ages, but it wasn’t until Apple released Touch ID alongside the iPhone 5s that it entered the mainstream. …
Hacking companies are willing to pay a lot more than Apple for flaws in iOS
At the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas last week, Apple introduced its first bug bounty program. Whereas Apple has historically relied upon security researchers …
Security breach at Oracle could affect hundreds of thousands of businesses
Oracle, a software giant that makes point-of-sale credit card systems, has reportedly seen a massive security breach that could have far-reaching implications for its customers. …
Hacker uses fake boarding pass to get into every airline lounge for free
It sounds way too good to be true. “One Weird Trick Can Get You Into Any Airline Lounge You Want!” But as Wired reports, one ethical hacker …
Someone is trying to steal accounts from Walmart.com customers
According to hundreds of reports on social media, people across the US have been receiving password reset emails for their Walmart.com accounts, indicating that someone …
Here’s another really great reason to never touch Linux
As a desktop OS, Linux leaves a lot to be desired compared to OS X or Windows. But one thing we’re always hearing about is …
A bug in Chrome makes pirating Netflix and Amazon movies easy
Bad news for Google, good news for pirates: a pair of security researchers have found a flaw in the way the Chrome browser unpacks encrypted …
There’s no way you’d spot these tiny ATM card skimmers
I’m aware that card skimmers at ATMs and gas stations are a very real threat. I always pay attention when using a card machine, but …
Hundreds of thousands of pirates exposed by uTorrent security breach
Torrenting TV shows isn’t a particularly risky activity, but most pirates tend to prefer to keep their identity a secret. That’s why a security breach …
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media has been hacked, because no one is safe
If there’s one person you’d think would use good security to protect social media accounts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be a good bet. But …
Hackers are using remote-control software Teamviewer to hijack PCs and drain PayPal accounts
Teamviewer, a piece of software that people can use to remote-control PCs, appears to have been hacked. Numerous user reports have indicated that unknown third …
Newly discovered zero-day exploit affects almost every version of Windows
Researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs research team recently discovered a new zero-day exploit that affects all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 all the way up …
Norton antivirus has a gaping security flaw
A security researcher has discovered a “bug” in Symantec antivirus software, which affects “the core Symantec Antivirus Engine used in most Symantec and Norton branded Antivirus …
iPhone hacking case highlights FBI’s lack of tech expertise
Apple’s legal saga with the FBI may have finally come to an anti-climactic resolution, but the issues that the case brought to the forefront will …
