With its refusal to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, Apple is fighting for us all
A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon ordered Apple to provide technical assistance to the FBI with respect to accessing an iPhone 5c owned by Syed …
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Hacker group just doxxed 22,000 FBI employees
Shortly after revealing the contact information of nearly 10,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, a group of hackers on Monday also published the contact information …
Security flaw can expose your real IP address when using a VPN
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are supposed to help users protect their online privacy. VPN services obfuscate the user’s real IP address by routing traffic through …
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 …
Popular Belkin Wi-Fi router has numerous security holes
Led by Joel Land, security researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) recently discovered that a popular Belkin router contains a number of serious …
Watch out, Android users: Your lock pattern isn’t as secure as you think
While the prevalence of smartphones with fingerprint-based security has increased considerably over the past two years, the vast majority of Android users still rely on tried and true …
World’s top antivirus firm accused of sabotaging Microsoft and other rivals
In the realm of antivirus software, few companies are as respected as Kaspersky Lab. Based out of Moscow, Kaspersky over the years has garnered a …
MIT researchers can break Tor anonymity without even touching encryption
Before the arrest of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht made headlines a few years ago, most everyday web users had never heard of Tor. Originally developed …
Warning: Crazy new Android security flaw can render your phone completely lifeless
Another day, another Android vulnerability. Just days after researchers disclosed an MMS-based Android vulnerability that potentially puts 950 million Android devices at risk, a different group of …
Have hackers stolen your personal information? This handy quiz will let you know
Over the past few years, there has been no shortage of high-profile credit card breaches at some of the largest retailers in the country. From Target to …
Brinks safe hacked with USB stick and 100 lines of code
As typically portrayed in action movies, breaking into an ostensibly impenetrable safe often requires a world class lock-picker or, barring that, an array or C4 explosives …
Anonymizing Wi-Fi device with 2.5 mile range just mysteriously disappeared from Def Con
Earlier this month, we highlighted an intriguing new piece of hardware capable of providing secure and anonymous Wi-Fi connectivity within a 2.5 mile radius. The …
Meet the dreadlocked hippie who’s an encryption guru and has the NSA freaking out
While encryption and secured messaging has long been a topic of interest in tech circles, the issue became a mainstream and hot-button issue in 2013 …
MasterCard’s Wild Plan to Authorize Purchases by Analyzing User Selfies
With each passing year, consumers continue to spend more and more time and money shopping online, both via mobile devices and the desktop. As a …
New Device Provides Secure and Anonymous Wi-Fi With an Incredible 2.5-mile Range
Next month during the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Ben Caudill will unveil a potentially game changing device called a ProxyHam. …
Passwords From 47 Government Agencies Leaked Online
Stolen email and passwords belonging to individuals from nearly 50 Government agencies have leaked online, according to a CIA backed startup out of Boston. According to …
Samsung Galaxy Keyboard Hack: Samsung Says Fix Is On The Way
Just a few days after a researcher at the Blackhat Mobile Security Summit in London disclosed a keyboard vulnerability that put upwards of 600 million Samsung …
Crime Pays: Malware authors enjoy an average 1,425% return on investment
A recent report from Trustwave on the state of malware relays that online crime, unfortunately, does pay. The report, originally cited by Net Security, relays …
Leading password security company gets hacked; customers advised to change their master passwords
These days, it appears as if no one is safe from hackers. Just a week after the security firm Kaspersky announced that they had been hacked …
The FBI ups the ante in its boneheaded war on encryption
The FBI is worried that stronger encryption from tech companies like Apple is making it more difficult for law enforcement agencies to effectively keep tabs on terrorists. As …
Almost anyone can make ransomware with this horrifying new program
We might be entering a whole new era of malware, one where even those who lack any semblance of deep technical expertise will be able to …
Google study finds website security questions are even less secure than passwords
A new in-depth study from Google reveals that the security questions most individuals use as an additional layer of security are often less secure and …
500 million Android devices at risk: Researchers find that factory reset doesn’t completely wipe data
One of the most important things to do before selling or giving away a used smartphone is to wipe the device clean. After all, the …
Why your password isn’t as safe or secure as you think
Because people are generally unable to come up with rock-solid passwords on their own, many websites that require user-generated passwords employ “password strength meters” which inform users …
No one is safe: All 4 major web browsers hacked at Pwn2Own
Given the myriad of security mechanisms and technologies tech companies have developed, it’s easy to fall into a sense of complacency and think that what you’re …
How Cisco customers avoid NSA tampering
While the NSA certainly has the technical chops to eavesdrop, monitor, and intercept all types of electronic communications, they’re also not afraid to employ more …
Video: Jimmy Kimmel shows how easy it is to trick people into telling you their passwords
Here at BGR, we’ve done our best over the years to give you everything you need to keep your private information safe, but we never …
Want to make $1 million per month? Retire from the NSA
Former NSA director Keith Alexander will charge companies up to $1 million a month to keep them safe from online hackers, Foreign Policy reports. Apparently …
There may be a ‘Squeaky Dolphin’ permanently snooping on your YouTube, Facebook habits
More documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden detail another bulk data collection spying initiative that consists of monitoring services like Facebook and Google’s YouTube …
App looks to block mobile location tracking, but it won’t stop the NSA
Security firm AVG on Tuesday updated its PrivacyFix security app for Android devices to include mobile location tracking features that would prevent stores and advertisers …
