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2016-12-23 00:24:04 |
Passwords, patches and backup – three easy tips in our Facebook Live video (lien direct) |
If you're going to see friends or family over the festive season, this video could be your perfect tech support helper... |
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2016-12-22 18:31:04 |
Sing a song of ransomware… (lien direct) |
Sing this song and you could help someone, somewhere, take that one extra security precaution that saves their data over the festive season. |
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2016-12-22 18:29:51 |
News in brief: Groupon grief; Apple encryption delay; post-quantum crypto (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-22 16:48:36 |
Pow! Captain America and other Marvel heroes defeated by bad passwords (lien direct) |
Our favorite Marvel heroes were no match for Twitter troublemakers OurMine |
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2016-12-22 11:54:53 |
Government\'s “general and indiscriminate†data collection ruled unlawful (lien direct) |
In a hard-hitting judgement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled the legislation unlawful by the norms of democratic society |
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2016-12-22 11:48:49 |
AT&T takes aim at scam callers (lien direct) |
Imagine tech support scammers unable to ring through and threaten to chop you up like a stew ingredient when you resist installing malware. |
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2016-12-21 18:55:17 |
Our 12 tips for staying safe online this Christmas (lien direct) |
How to focus on family, food and fun over Christmas, rather than dealing with a credit card crisis or a ransomware attack. |
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2016-12-21 18:18:02 |
News in brief: crackdown on drones; Egypt blocks Signal; Nook 7 warning (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-21 16:37:03 |
Meet Jarvis – Zuck\'s new AI assistant (lien direct) |
Zuckerberg's personal home bot answers the door, entertains his daughter and can distinguish between the dog and the rug |
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2016-12-21 15:35:08 |
Smile! You\'re on a stolen iPhone\'s candid camera! (lien direct) |
But was it ethical for filmmaker to set up a device as a honeypot for a thief? |
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2016-12-21 14:12:49 |
How a hacked phone number cost Jered Kenna millions in bitcoins (lien direct) |
Look after not only your bitcoins, but also access to your accounts and your passwords |
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2016-12-20 18:56:19 |
When a Russian-speaking hacker cracks a US Election website… (lien direct) |
Fortunately, this is a data breach that couldn't have affected the US election, but it's a great reason to learn about web security. |
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2016-12-20 18:49:02 |
News in brief: inflight systems \'can be hacked\'; LA seeks extradition of \'cyberattacker\'; Uber safety fears grow (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-20 15:36:49 |
Shadow Brokers are back with \'stolen NSA cyberweapons\', now 99.9% off (lien direct) |
The faux-bad-English hackers wanted BTC 1,000,000, then slashed the price to BTC 10,000...now yours as a job lot for just BTC 1000. |
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2016-12-20 15:06:32 |
Yahoo breach: your account is selling for pennies on the dark web (lien direct) |
And not just your data, but also the data of government officials, lawmakers and diplomats |
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2016-12-20 13:31:50 |
Google using Project Wycheproof to scan crypto software for security holes (lien direct) |
Tools named after the smallest mountain in the world tests for weaknesses |
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2016-12-20 10:56:58 |
Lawmaker urges regulating Facebook and Google\'s algorithms (lien direct) |
Once again, lawmakers demonstrate profound lack of understanding of how the internet works |
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2016-12-19 18:57:36 |
News in brief: Obama warns Putin on hacking; China to return US drone; lynda.com hacked (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-19 16:53:09 |
Germany threatens Facebook with €500,000 fine per fake news post (lien direct) |
Berlin lawmakers warn of tough new regime to crack down as Facebook steps up search for a head of news |
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2016-12-19 15:04:33 |
US government eyes car-to-car data sharing to improve safety (lien direct) |
Safeguards to be required to protect drivers' privacy |
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2016-12-19 14:20:19 |
Ransomware payouts \'heading for $1bn a year\' (lien direct) |
Businesses 'stocking up on bitcoin to pay ransoms' |
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2016-12-19 11:52:59 |
Legion\'s high-profile Twitter hacks have us looking the wrong way (lien direct) |
The hacking group Legion is rapidly making a name for itself thanks to a spate of high profile Twitter account takeovers |
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2016-12-19 10:32:26 |
Monday review – the hot 29 stories of the week (lien direct) |
From the real reason for closing a Yahoo account and Netgear's remote control bug to what you need to know about the Yahoo breach, and more! |
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2016-12-16 17:54:48 |
Third \'JPMorgan hacker\' arrested as he arrived at JFK (lien direct) |
Trio 'used stolen data to scoop hundreds of millions of dollars' |
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2016-12-16 17:37:30 |
News in brief: Yahoo woes mount; Evernote backs down; ATM fraudster jailed (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-16 16:33:41 |
Trump\'s security advisor dismisses \'insignificant\' data-sharing fears (lien direct) |
Michael T Flynn, Trump's security pick, 'Inappropriately' shared information with foreign military personnel, says report |
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2016-12-16 14:17:00 |
Backdoors \'punish the wrong people\', EU security body warns (lien direct) |
EU security body comes out strongly against governments compromising encryption, warning of decreased trust and innovation |
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2016-12-16 12:14:54 |
Microsoft to ditch Flash – sort of (lien direct) |
Edge is getting more granular Flash controls, but that means you won't have to have it on for all sites just so it's on for one. |
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2016-12-16 10:23:02 |
DNC chief Podesta led to phishing link \'thanks to a typo\' (lien direct) |
Typing 'legitimate' instead of 'illegitimate' led DNC chief to phishing link and the hack that compromised his emails, report finds |
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2016-12-15 18:17:37 |
Yahoo breach: I\'ve closed my account because it used MD5 to hash my password (lien direct) |
This morning I received an email from Yahoo. Five minutes later I'd closed my account. |
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2016-12-15 18:09:47 |
Yahoo breach: your questions answered in our Facebook Live video (lien direct) |
We answer readers' question about the Yahoo breach in our Facebook Live video - and we'd love to answer any more questions you have. |
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2016-12-15 16:32:44 |
Yahoo breach: why does it take so long to tell people about a hack? (lien direct) |
Delays in letting people know about data breaches can seem sinister, but there are usually good reasons |
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2016-12-15 16:00:04 |
News in brief: Ashley Madison fined; Pirate Bay blocked Down Under; drone delivery in 13 minutes (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-15 14:17:42 |
Alleged upskirter ordered to hand over iPhone passcode by court (lien direct) |
Fifth Amendment protection thrown into doubt after court rules that alleged voyeur must unlock his iPhone |
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2016-12-15 13:16:15 |
Regulators crack down on Skype and WhatsApp over privacy (lien direct) |
OTT messaging services could soon fall under the same privacy regulations as telephone calls and SMS text messages |
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2016-12-15 12:13:10 |
The Yahoo breach: here\'s what you need to do (lien direct) |
With a billion user accounts compromised, this latest Yahoo breach is the biggest in history. We look at how you can prevent your data being part of the next big one |
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2016-12-15 01:11:14 |
Popcorn Time ransomware lets you off if you infect two other people (lien direct) |
Paying your own ransom if you're stuck is one thing, but deliberately foisting ransom payments on others to save yourself is quite another. |
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2016-12-14 18:34:41 |
News in brief: Uber goes driverless in SFO; Skype on macOS; 2016\'s breaches tallied; encryption call for cameras (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-14 15:47:46 |
New York exhibition puts us – and our data – on display (lien direct) |
The Glass Room looks like a gleaming, all-white Apple store, but they're not selling anything - they're showing us how our data is used |
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2016-12-14 14:47:43 |
Macs get critical updates, including patches against drive-by malware (lien direct) |
Apple has pushed out patches for numerous critical vulnerabilities on macOS, including bugs that could allow drive-by installs of malware. |
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2016-12-14 14:44:48 |
Smart devices abandoned on the road to nowhere (lien direct) |
As Fitbit acquires Pebble, placing those smartwatches on the IoT-bricked road, we ask: shouldn't manufacturers do more to secure devices they're phasing out? |
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2016-12-14 13:44:42 |
SamB spreads the message about surveillance via rap (lien direct) |
Revenge of the Black Nerds' pro-Fourth Amendment rap reminds us that Americans have an 'ever-growing list of things to be freaked out about' |
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2016-12-14 01:38:46 |
Netgear router remote control bug – what you need to know (lien direct) |
Some Netgear routers can be remotely controlled by booby-trapped web pages. Here's how to deal with the problem. |
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2016-12-13 18:26:51 |
Apple ships iOS 10.2, fixes \'Find my iPhone\' hole plus five lockscreen bugs (lien direct) |
The latest iOS update fixes the 'Find my iPhone' Authentication Lock hole that made headlines recently, plus another five lockscreen bugs. |
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2016-12-13 18:26:39 |
Spectacular $81m bank cyberheist \'was not a one-off\' (lien direct) |
Millions lost in further attacks on Swift banking system |
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2016-12-13 17:35:04 |
News in brief: fowl play; Google moves into Cuba; teen hacker sentenced (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-13 14:57:16 |
Nymaim using MAC addresses to uncover virtual environments and bypass antivirus (lien direct) |
Malware connected to ransom attacks seeks to defy software protection |
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2016-12-12 17:18:21 |
Netgear routers have gaping remote access hole (lien direct) |
Command injection made easy: you can simply append a system command to a certain router URL...and the router will run it for you. |
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2016-12-12 17:17:54 |
News in brief: Trump scorns \'meddling\' claims; outdated OS use \'widespread\'; teen \'hackers\' arrested (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news |
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2016-12-12 16:50:10 |
DDoS tool encourages users to compete against each other for points (lien direct) |
'Sledgehammer' tool encourages hackers to launch DDoS attacks - but there's a sting in the tail |
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