Living in the city, we learn to tread cautiously in dodgy neighborhoods, ask hard questions of fast-talking salesmen and look both ways before...
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Amid the complexity of cybersecurity and the secrecy of criminal hackers, security threats have acquired an aura of mysticism, giving rise to...
Beware of GermanWiper – the ransomware that is not ransomware
A piece of wiper malware is making the rounds erasing people’s important files, with its authors demanding a modest ransom to restore the data...
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The new face unlock sensor on Google’s Pixel 4 smartphone has a glaring security problem: people discovered they could unlock it with their eyes closed. This...
A class-action lawsuit targeting Equifax has revealed a series of appalling internal security practices that led to the data breach incurred by the credit...
A potentially dangerous vulnerability was discovered in the Linux Kernel, affecting Realtek Wi-Fi chips that could have been used to crash or compromise any...
Microsoft is beginning to notify users that the Windows 7 operating system is approaching its Jan. 12 end-of-life date. An update for Windows 7 brings a...
California is changing its Information Practices Act of 1977 to expand the definition of personal information with additional identifiers, including biometric...
A hacking collective called the Lazarus Group has been trying to compromise MacOS systems in an elaborate scam involving cryptocurrency software and a...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded prizes of over $30,000 to hackers in a bug bounty program aiming to strengthen the network infrastructure for...
Global shipping and mailing service Pitney Bowes has fallen foul of a ransomware attack that has encrypted data on its computer systems and disrupted customer...
FBI’s Cyber Division issued a Private Industry Notification (PIN) warning businesses and other organizations that criminals are using a variety of...
A woman in Castleford, UK, discovered that a £2.70 ($3.40) full screen protector for her Samsung Galaxy S10 allowed everyone access via the thumbprint...