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Anyone with an Internet Connection Can Still Access 15,000 Webcams All Across the World
Many products are put on the market with the idea of improving people's security, and it's always sad to see when one of them has the exact opposite effect. Unfortunately, this isn't such a rare phenomenon. Recently,... Read more
Google Notifies Chromebook Users to Reset their Internal Security Keys
The invention of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) was necessitated by the inherent flaws of the traditional username and password system. Security experts have been advocating its use for years, and because of the... Read more
Vulnerable Telnet Services Let Hackers Attack Systems Using Hijacked Radio Devices
Given the popularity of online streaming services that run on more or less any device that connects to the internet, some people might find it hard to believe that companies are selling dedicated IoT radios that... Read more
Security Researchers Expose Sensitive Data via Malware Analysis Sandboxes
Security experts at the UK-based threat intelligence company Cyjax have studied data submitted to three of our favorite online malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that much of the publicly accessible information... Read more
Hackers Have Been Using Malicious Websites to Hack iPhones for Years
Your smartphone is your gateway to the virtual world. It's your door to your social platforms, email accounts, entertainment, and information. Unfortunately, it is also a door that can expose you to virtual security... Read more
Yet Another Company Failed to Secure Its Database, and 198 Million Car Buyers Were Exposed
Far too often, high cost is quoted as the main reason for failing to secure people's private data. When organizations suffer a cyberattack, they tend to say that they would have used the right tools and would have... Read more
Your D-Link and Comba Wireless Modems Could Be Leaking Your Passwords. Here's What You Can Do.
Take a look at the comments under articles dedicated to vulnerabilities, and you'll see that every now and again, people tend to get annoyed by the amount of attention some security holes receive. Indeed, in many... Read more
Schemers Hide Behind SharePoint to Expose Victims to Phishing Scams
We've often said on these pages that in technical terms, phishing is the simplest form of cybercrime. Even so, pulling off a successful phishing attack still requires some preparation, especially if the crooks are... Read more
Hitachi Wants to Replace Passwords with Hand Gestures
We all know that the traditional username-and-password authentication system is riddled with faults, and biometrics seems like the most obvious alternative. Unlike passwords, fingerprints and facial features are... Read more
Privacy of 50,000 'Get' Users Compromised Amidst a Data Breach
In May 2017, a ticketing platform by the name of Qnect made the news for all the wrong reasons. Qnect's userbase was mostly comprised of Australian students who suddenly started receiving some strange unsolicited... Read more
24 Google Play Apps Found to Distribute the Joker Malware
According to Google Play, the malicious apps that were designed to infect unsuspecting Android users with the new Joker malware were downloaded a total of 472,000 times. The number does seem relatively high, but we... Read more
The Customers of Foxit Software Are Warned About a Data Breach That Exposed Passwords
Foxit Software has disclosed that it was recently a victim of a security breach in which private user data was left unprotected with an unknown third party. The people whose accounts were affected have been contacted... Read more
Shenzhen i365 Tech Sells 600,000 GPS Trackers with '123456' Set as the Default Password
In August 2018, the State of California passed a bill which is supposed to make Internet of Things (IoT) devices more secure. It has already caused more than a little controversy, with some arguing that lawmakers... Read more
What Is Retadup and How Can It Jeopardize the Security of Your Passwords?
Retadup is one of the malware families that has never really managed to catch the attention of mainstream media the way Trickbot has, for example. This seems a bit strange because while it has never really been the... Read more
Facebook Users at Risk of SIM-Swapping Attacks After Their Phone Numbers Are Leaked Online
When the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out in March 2018, people thought it was a big one. The UK-based company had collected the information of quite a few Facebook users through a personality quiz app and had... Read more
Canon DSLR Hacked With Crypto-demanding Ransomware – but for Research
Technology is a marvelous thing, and the Internet has made a reality out of a multitude of things that were thought impossible just a few years back. Information on any topic imaginable is at the tip of a user's... Read more
It Was Confirmed: XKCD Users' Passwords Were Breached During a Data Breach
Those of you interested in mathematics, technology, and information security have probably heard the name Randall Munroe. He is the creator of the XKCD webcomic which uses brilliant stick figure cartoons and a healthy... Read more
A Month After Poshmark Confirmed a Data Breach, Private User Information Is Sold Online
Almost exactly one month ago, North American online clothing marketplace Poshmark announced that it had suffered a data breach. For reasons that remain unclear, the website decided not to disclose how many people got... Read more
