All posts tagged "security"
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Security
/ 4 years agoNew Amazon Ring patents outline a racist dystopian future
The picture gets even worse when you consider that Ring has partnered with nearly 2,000 police departments.
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How-To
/ 4 years agoUpdate Google Chrome right now – there are five new security issues
Four security issues are rated as 'high' while the last one is rated as 'critical'
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News
/ 4 years agoIf you’re a Cox subscriber, change your passwords – the company says they were hacked
Someone impersonated a Cox agent and gained access to "a small number of customer accounts."
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News
/ 4 years ago40 million people had their healthcare information hacked in 2021
Healthcare breaches continue to grow at a rapid rate.
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Apps
/ 4 years agoHow to stop Life360 from selling your location data
Life360 sells your personal, private data, but you can tell them not to.
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Apps
/ 4 years agoThis creepy kid tracking app has been selling the precise location of your kids for years
Location data has even been sold to the CDC and Department of Defense.
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News
/ 4 years agoHave one of these WiFi routers? If you do, update it right now
Anywhere from 18 to 32 vulnerabilities were found per router.
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Google
/ 4 years agoIt appears that someone at Google’s Pixel repair center is accessing private user data
When you send in a phone for repair, you shouldn't have to worry about someone looking through your photos.
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Crypto
/ 4 years agoIf you trade crypto on BitMart, bad news – they were hacked, $196 million stolen
Trading has currently been halted on the platform.
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Apps
/ 4 years agoThis FBI document reveals how much data it can legally obtain from messaging apps
Some of these apps are handing out loads of data to the FBI.
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Apple
/ 4 years agoCan you tell if there is spyware on your iPhone? Apple will now let you know
A new support document details what will happen when Apple detects "activity consistent with a state-sponsored attack."
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Android
/ 4 years agoDelete these Android apps if they are installed on your phone
The apps have been downloaded over 100,000 times.
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News
/ 4 years agoFor the love of all that is holy, stop using these terrible passwords
If you don't have solid passwords, your chances of getting hacked are much higher.
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News
/ 4 years agoThe FBI’s email system sent out a bunch of bogus cybersecurity warnings after being hacked
The hackers sent out over 100,000 emails from an FBI email address.
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Apps
/ 4 years agoOver 7 million Robinhood users had their information exposed – here’s what to know
While most of the information obtained was email addresses and names, a small subset of users had more sensitive data revealed.
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#DroneTechie
/ 4 years agoAn unmarked drone tried to attack the US power grid last year and it almost succeeded
Attacks like this one are likely to become more of a problem in the future.
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Google
/ 4 years agoUpdate Google Chrome now – there are two new zero-day vulnerabilities
Google is rolling out the update now, but you can manually push the update. We'll show you how.
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News
/ 4 years agoPSA: Scammers are using bogus job ads to steal people’s identity
If someone is asking for your Social Security number upfront, don't give it up. Scammers are using this nasty trick and...
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Internet
/ 4 years agoNonprofit websites are tracking visitors, some even going as far as tracking keystrokes
Most of the nonprofits analyzed in this post used third-party cookies or trackers, with some, like Planned Parenthood, tracking users' keystrokes
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News
/ 4 years agoDonald Trump’s new social media site has already been hacked
Within two hours of its announcement, hackers created fake accounts for Trump and some had fun with it.
