All posts tagged "Security"
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758Security14-Year Old Gets Compensated For Discovering FaceTime Bug
Apple released iOS 12.1.4 today, just days after the reveal of a major FaceTime bug which let others hear you even if...
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911SecuritySan Francisco Considers Citywide Ban on All Facial Recognition Technology
San Francisco might become the very first city in the U.S to ban the use of facial recognition technology under a legislation...
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4.5KSecurityAlmost 773 Million Email Accounts Have Been Exposed in Massive Data Breach
Security researcher Troy Hunt reported a security breach on his blog that involves 772,904,991 email addresses and over 21 million passwords. The...
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806SecurityU.S Judge Rules That Police Cannot Force You To Unlock Your Smartphone via Fingerprint or Face ID
A federal judge from the District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the police cannot force anyone to...
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883SecurityTwo Hackers Take Over Thousands of Chromecasts to Spread Awareness (And Promote Pewdiepie)
Two hackers just took over thousands of Chromecast devices to raise awareness about an old security flaw dubbed “Cast Hack.” Hacker Giraffe...
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866PhonesPrivacy-Oriented Smartphone Librem 5 Inching Closer to Launch, Ships Dev Kits
No doubt about it, 2018 has been the year of privacy concerns. That’s why it’s no surprise that there’s an ultra-private smartphone...
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1.6KSecurityNew Bug Forces Google To Shut Down Google+ Four Months Earlier Than Initially Planned
Google was supposed to shut down Google+ in August 2019 after major user data exposure, as well as minimal consumer interest but...
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4.7KSecurityChinese Facial Recognition System Mistakes Face on Bus Ad for Jaywalker
We know that China is starting to rely more heavily on facial recognition systems but the tech is not, apparently, error-free. The...
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1.9KSecurityAmazon Suffers Data Breach But Does Not Release A Lot Of Details About It
With just one day remaining before Black Friday, Amazon has suffered a massive data breach that exposed not only customer names but...
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917SecurityAI Can Now Create Fake Fingerprints to Rival Real Ones
According to a paper that was presented during a security conference that took place in Los Angeles, researchers have created a neural...
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1.0KSecurityJapan’s Actual Cybersecurity Minister Admits: “I Don’t Use Computers!”
The fact that companies are either woefully unaware or uninterested in cybersecurity practices is no surprise to anyone, seeing the data leaks,...
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866SecurityGoogle Denies Claims About Google Home Hub’s Lack of Security
When you own a device that controls your home in more ways than one and is privy to all your conversations, it’s...
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1.4KMiscMillenials and Gen Z Abandoning Facebook En Masse: 44 Percent of Young Users Deleted the App This Year
Last year’s events and scandals around Facebook and privacy issues did not go away for the company, users did. A new Pew...
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1.5KSmart devicesTrouble Remembering Them? YubiKey Series 5 Wants to Eliminate All Your Passwords
Phishing is one of the biggest security threats around, with malicious links and various scams trying to obtain your login credentials. For...
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26.1K1PhonesiOS 12 Jailbroken By Alibaba’s Cybersecurity Division Just Hours After Release
Just hours after the release of iOS 12 a jailbroken iPhoneX was already captured on video. Pandora Labs, Alibaba’s cybersecurity division, showed...
