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554Security / TechWhy Would The IRS Need A Cellphone Tracking System?
Senators Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy are investigating why the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is using a cellphone tracking system in its investigations. IRS Commissioner...
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528Security / TechUPDATE: Fitbit Hack Demo Takes Just Ten Seconds
Hacker Axelle Apvrille demoed her Fitbit hack at the Hacktivity Conference in Budapest last month that only takes ten seconds to implement. After the...
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439Apple / Security / Tech[UPDATED] Apple Claims YiSpecter Malware Patched Since iOS 8.4
Earlier this week we reported on YiSpecter malware that was said to infect both jailbroken and non-jailbroken iPhones. The malware was reported...
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646Apple / Security / TechNew iOS Malware YiSpecter Hazardous To All iPhones
Apple’s reputation, earned or not, of having a secure mobile operating system is being put to the test these past few months....
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432Business / Security / TechKmart Australia Hacked Exposing Customer Data
Kmart Australia has been hacked and customer information has been breached. Names, email addresses, delivery and billing addresses, telephone numbers and product purchase...
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551Security / TechExperian Data Breach Affects 15m Users Including Some T-Mobile Customers
The data breach reports just keep rolling in, it feels like a weekly thing lately more than a monthly thing. This time...
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527Security / TechContent Creation Donation Site Patreon Hacked
Content creation is not cheap, especially when you start doing it on a larger scale. And advertising on your website, podcast, or...
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370Apple / Security / TechApple Names Top 25 Apps Affected By XCodeGhost Malware
Apple has named the top 25 apps affected by XCodeGhost malware but did not elaborate on the entirety of the list or...
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366Security / Tech5.6 Million Federal Employees’ Fingerprints Stolen By Hackers
Hackers, or to use the technically correct term, crackers have stolen a whopping 5.6 million fingerprints belonging to employees of the United...
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454Security / TechForbes.com Hit With Malvertising Attack
In a week filled with malware attacks, Apple’s App Store and a Google Play app, here comes swing number three. Security firm...
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684Apple / Security / Tech
Security Firm FireEye Claims 4,165 iOS Apps Affected By XCodeGhost
Security firm FireEye has just tweeted a message claiming a review of iOS apps affected by XCodeGhost stands at 4,165 with 1,000...
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384Android / Google / Mobile / Security / TechBlackBerry: Android’s Hope For A Solid Enterprise Foothold?
BlackBerry was a juggernaut back before the iPhone and Android stole the spotlight, but has since fallen from grace. The company’s products still...
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369Security / TechAVG’s New Privacy Policies Allow Them To Sell Your Data
I haven’t used AVG since I was in college back in 2010 and it was the free version I ended up getting and...
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515Security / TechChinese iOS App Store Hit With Malware From Fake Xcode
Apple’s Chinese iOS App Store has been hit with malware and the way it got in was a clever workaround by the...
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388Android / Mobile / SecurityAndroid Lockscreen Hack Discovered, Fix Already Dispatched
A new Android lock screen hack has been discovered which affects devices running Lollipop, and Google has already released a fix for the...
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363Security / TechCalyx Internet Access Wins National Security Letter Gag Order Battle
Back in 2004 Calyx Internet Access was hit with an NSL (National Security Letter) which demanded the ISP give up information and data...
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782Security / TechHackers Could Use ATM Malware To Steal Debit & Credit Cards
A new ATM malware has hit the streets and it’s called Suceful. This new malware seems to have been created in August 2015, and...
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403Apple / iOS / Mobile / Security / TechApple Refuses To Hand Over iMessage Data In Real Time
Apple made a big deal of its dedication to user privacy back at WWDC and it seems to be sticking to that promise. The...
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446Auto / Security / TechGoogle Self-Driving Car Vulnerable To Laser Hack – Claims Researcher
Jonathan Petit, a security researcher at Security Innovation, Inc. claims the Google self-driving car and other vehicles that use LiDAR (Light Detection...
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335Security / TechCellphone Surveillance Gets New Federal Regulations And Guidelines
When Edward Snowden dropped the NSA/government surveillance bomb on the world, many Americans, as well as countries around the world, started taking...
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453Android / iOS / Mobile / Security / TechCompanion App Allows Friends To Remotely Walk You Home
Sexual assault and mugging aren’t fun topics to cover, but unfortunately they are still a sad part of the world that we live...
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263Security / TechProject Finds 50% Of Apps And Websites Studied Share Personal Information Of Children
According to an international project that analyzed 1,494 apps and websites around the world, 67 percent of these apps and websites collected...
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328Android / Security / Tech
Over A Million New Android Malware Strains In Q2 2015 [Not All Devices Affected]
Security firm G DATA has come out with a new report claiming that over a million new Android malware strains have been...
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415Apple / iOS / SecurityApple Moving Forward In App Privacy; Google…Not So Much?
Read any tech site, tech blog, forum, etc., these days and before long you’ll come across the new buzzword of “security,” and...
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291iOS / Mobile / SecurityWhy You Shouldn’t Panic About Your iPhone & KeyRaider
Cue the fearmongering! Alert the media! Thousands millions of users’ data at risk! Ok, so we don’t necessarily want to downplay the...
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419Security / Tech
Dating Site Plenty Of Fish Injected With Malware
While not as severe as the Ashley Madison hack it appears another website catering to “hookups” is having some issues, this time...
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429Editorial / Security / TechThe Ashley Madison Hack Won’t Just Affect Its Users
It’s really easy to sit back and think to ourselves that the Ashley Madison hack is going to hurt those who had...
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354Security / TechFlorida Hosting Company Web.com Hacked
Today’s hack of the day brought to you by, Web.com. The company has confirmed that their systems have been hacked and up...
