All posts tagged "hacking"
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4.3KSecurityHow A Hacker Blocked His Neighbor From Playing Reggaeton
Who doesn’t like reggaeton? Apparently lots of people, and one of them had the hacking skills to actually build a device that...
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4.7KFutureSorry, But Your Smart Toothbrush Is Too Stupid to Be Hacked for Malware Attacks
This week, one of the biggest stories in cybersecurity was the existence of a huge botnet built out of toothbrushes, one that...
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5.0KSecurityResearchers Can Spy On You Through Your Phone’s Ambient Light Sensors
Did you know a motivated attacker could spy on you simply by reading the vibrations in a bag of chips or on...
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6.0KPhonesNew Report Says Chinese Authorities Cracked iPhone’s AirDrop, Can Identify Dissidents
Can you be tracked with AirDrop? According to Apple, AirDrop is a private, ultra-secure way to send files, but this report out...
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17.2KGuidesTechnology Movies: The Ultimate Geek Guide for the Best Tech Movies and Shows You Need to Watch
Even before technology had started to take over our lives, movies envisioning its future have been popping up through the years. With...
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10.1KSecurityThink You’re Safe? Here’s How Long It Takes A Hacker to Guess Your Password
In our original story we reported how fast a password could be cracked in 2022 and this update shows the numbers for...
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2.5KSecurity23andMe Suffers Huge Data Leak: Highly Sensitive Data for More than 7 Million Users Sold Online
The data of almost 7 million users of the popular genetic testing company 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web,...
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3.8KPhonesRussia Is Now Afraid of iPhones, Banning Them In Fear Of Apple Working with US Government
For years, security experts and journalists used iPhones because of their reputation for being the most secure and private phones but that’s...
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5.9KSecurityHow Ukrainian Hackers Reportedly Tricked Russian Officer’s Wife Into Revealing the Identity of the Mariupol Bombers
A new report reveals a clever feat of social engineering from Ukrainian hackers, who tricked the wife of one Russian officer into...
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3.3KSecurityPSA: Google Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities In Phones, Wearables and Even Cars Using Samsung Components
Google’s security team, Project Zero, just turned up the heat on Samsung – and worried millions of people using phones, wearables or...
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3.9KMiscSoon on the Screen: The Life Story of the Legendary John “Captain Crunch” Draper, Apple’s Employee 13
Remember when phone phreaking was a thing? If you’re too young to have been a teen or adult in the 90s, then...
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2.9KMiscFederal Reserve Governor’s Zoom Was “Porn-Bombed”, Hijacked Conference Was Canceled
Even though Zoom has deployed end-to-end encryption and has taken steps to prevent Zoom hijacking, incidents still occur. A virtual event with...
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3.4KSecurityUser and entity behavior analytics(UEBA): Definition, Threats, & How it works
Imagine a world without the Internet. Well, you can’t! The year 2023 is here, and we live in a world of Internet...
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3.3KSecurityLastPass Confirms Disastrous Data Breach: What You Need to Do Right Now
It has happened, the one thing people skeptical about password managers feared: a large password manager company was hacked and the data...
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2.5KSmart LifeThis Amazing Hack Turns A Blu-ray Player Into A Laser Microscope On the Cheap
A solution for a large part of e-waste? This Youtuber presented a very clever hack in which any old Blu-Ray player can...
