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Could your business’ suppliers lack of security cripple your business? Apple just found out…
Could your business’ suppliers lack of security cripple your business? Apple just found out… Apple, like many smaller companies, depends heavily on a supply chain for the components of its winning iPhone and other products, but their supply abruptly stopped Friday...
Lava lamps as a cryptographically secure source? How a bunch of lava lamps protect sites from hackers
Lava lamps as a cryptographically secure source? How a bunch of lava lamps protect sites from hackers Inside the San Francisco office of the web security company Cloudflare, 100 units of craven walker’s groovy hardware help protect wide swaths of the internet from...
Facebook wants to know your bank balance and track your accounts
Facebook wants to know your bank balance and track your accounts Mark Zuckerberg wants to know how much is in your bank account. The tech mogul’s facebook has been quietly lobbying some of the biggest us banks to sign partnerships that would have the financial...
Do websites send you a text message to verify it’s you logging in? Well text authentication isn’t enough to keep your accounts secure
Do websites send you a text message to verify it’s you logging in? Well text authentication isn't enough to keep your accounts secure Just last week, Instagram confirmed reports that it’s modifying its account security setup to allow users to log in with passcodes...
Fitness trackers are dangerous. You know that, right? Finally, the Pentagon woke to the dangers and restricts the use of fitness trackers, other devices
Fitness trackers are dangerous. You know that, right? Finally, the Pentagon woke to the dangers and restricts the use of fitness trackers, other devices All your heart beats have been recorded. All your footsteps have been recorded. What time you woke up and went to...
Is anyone spying on your computer? How do you know?
How to make sure no one is spying on your computer Malware is nasty, and a program that spies on your computer activity is one of the most dangerous forms of malware. It’s not going to pop up a ransomware demand or announce it's deleting your files. Instead, it hides...
Why is Samsung’s Galaxy S9 flagship struggling?
Why is Samsung's Galaxy S9 flagship struggling? It wasn't what Samsung or its investors were hoping for. The company's electronics division has just posted a drop in its latest net profit - and it says "lower-than-expected sales" of its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone...
Google announces its own security key for stronger logins
Google announces its own security key for stronger logins Today at the Next conference, Google announced a new product called the Titan Security Key, currently available to Cloud customers and scheduled for general sale in the coming months. The key is used to...
Ridesharing livestreams on Twitch raise privacy worries (update: Uber cuts access)
Ridesharing livestreams on Twitch raise privacy worries (update: Uber cuts access) When you step into a ridesharing car, you probably assume that whatever you do inside the vehicle won't be recorded for posterity. But what if it turned out that you were not only on...
Russian Hackers May Have Penetrated US Electricity Network and Could Turn Off Power, Officials Say
Russian Hackers May Have Penetrated US Electricity Network and Could Turn Off Power, Officials Say Russian hackers might have access to US electric utilities and could use them to cause blackouts across the country, according to new warnings. The group – who worked...
How to Stop Your Smart TV From Tracking What You Watch
How to Stop Your Smart TV From Tracking What You Watch Your smart TV is probably tracking everything that appears on the screen. While ad tracking is par for the course on the internet in 2018, smart TVs are particularly interesting. They don’t just track the shows...
Gmail app developers have been reading your emails
Gmail app developers have been reading your emails “This is a catastrophe,” my wife said—slightly horrified—as she swiped through page after page of apps on my phone. “Why do you even have most of these?” It’s a good question. It’s hard to believe that just a decade...