Month: July 2019
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Brits Shun Biometric Authentication for Traditional Passwords, Report
Nearly a third of people in the UK still prefer to use passwords to authenticate over biometric credentials, according to research by GMX. …
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Open Sesame! Zipato’s smart hub hacked to open front doors
Ever wanted to lock and unlock your front or garage doors remotely? Zipato’s ZipaMicro Z-Wave smart hub controller offers a simple and …
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Facebook should put a stop to Libra for now, says Congress
Many have highlighted the cybersecurity implications of Facebook’s forthcoming Libra cryptocurrency, but Congressional lawmakers in the …
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Facebook’s down-ranking those ‘miracle cure’ health posts we all hate
Facebook has come up with a miracle page-ranking-loss pill that combines the metabolically enhanced powers of its 100% African mango …
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PGP SKS key network poisoned by unknown hackers
Two high-profile PGP project contributors have faced attacks conducted by unknown threat actors which have been able to poison certificates …
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Companies turn to instant messaging in response to rising email threats
In a new study of IT decision makers by Barracuda Network, 94 percent of participants admit that email is still the most vulnerable part of …
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TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety
In February, the US hit the kid-addicting TikTok video-sharing app with the biggest-ever fine for violating the nation’s child privacy …
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Front-end dev cops to billing NSA $220,000 for hours he didn’t work
A software developer employed by two different IT subcontractors participating in separate National Security Agency (NSA) contracts has …
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Hacker who launched DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets 27 months in prison
A 23-year-old man from Utah was sentenced this week to 27 months in prison for a series of DDoS attacks that took down online gaming …
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YouTube policy on removing ‘instructional hacking’ content causes infosec community outrage
YouTube recently decided that instructional content in the realm of cybersecurity, including hacking how-to videos, were not acceptable on …
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New Golang malware plays the Linux field in quest for cryptocurrency
A new form of malware has been spotted in the wild by cybersecurity companies which say the code’s main focus is the fraudulent mining of …
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Sodinokibi ransomware is now using a former Windows zero-day
A ransomware strain named Sodinokibi (also Sodin or REvil) is using a former Windows zero-day vulnerability to elevate itself to admin …
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