Security

Hackers Find A Way To Get The Amazon Echo To Spy On Users

During the DefCon security conference on Sunday, researchers Wu Huiyu and Qian Wenxiang, who work for Chinese tech company Tencent, revealed they...

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Google Is Probably Tracking You, Even with Location Turned Off

Facebook landed in hot water for tracking non-users across the web, now it’s Google’s turn to take some heat, according to this...

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Australia Wants In On Your Facebook and Whatsapp Conversations

After months of revelations (and scandals!) about how social media giants monetize their users’ data and after the hammer represented by the...

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New Bill Bans Huawei and ZTE Devices for Government Use

ZTE may have gotten a reprieve from the draconic policies passed by the Trump Administration but the company’s troubles did not end...

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Machine Learning Can Identify The Identities of Programmers

Much like artists of any kind, be they authors or painters, programmers also have their very distinctive styles they code in, which...

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Security Fail: An 11 Year Old Demonstrated Election Hacking

After the Cambridge Analytica fiasco and the spotlight that was shone on how frail democracy can be, especially with outsider influence on...

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Watch: Latest Online Threat Makes a Router So Hot, You Can Literally Fry An Egg

Cryptojacking is just the latest type of malware threatening PCs and devices around the world. Just how bad is it? Cryptojacking essentially...

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In Order To Improve Chinese Search Engine, Google Tracks Banned Words

Just earlier this month we caught a whiff of the “Dragonfly” project, which, reportedly, is a search engine developed by Google specifically...

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TSMC Finds the Shutdown Culprit and Warns of Apple Shipment Delays

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductors and processors and it was just forced to shut down...

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Pentagon Warns Soldiers: Turn Off Your Fitness Trackers!

One of the worst cyber security incidents of 2018 was when Strava, a popular fitness tracker, accidentally leaked the locations of top-secret...

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2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Use Top-Notch Face Recognition Security Systems

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be the first Olympics ever to use facial recognition technology for increased security throughout all venues during...

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Apple Main Processor Supplier Shuts Down Factories Due to Virus

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is Apple’s iPhone processor exclusive manufacturer and late Friday night the company was hit by a virus,...