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How A Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions By Hijacking Phone Numbers
How A Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions By Hijacking Phone Numbers The cops are starting to close in on hackers who hijack phone numbers to steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Police in California have arrested a college student accused of being part of a group of...
Special Report: America’s Greatest Threat Is A Hurricane-Force Cyberattack
Special Report: America’s Greatest Threat Is A Hurricane-Force Cyberattack For the past month, Axios has been interviewing people trusted with the nation’s most sensitive secrets. We wanted to know, in this time of acute geopolitical stress, which global threat...
Ever left your lights on a timer to scare off burglars? Now you can use your Alexa
Ever left your lights on a timer to scare off burglars? Now you can use your Alexa Instead of lights and noises, you can keep your home safe from unwanted visitors by playing lengthy audio tracks that sound like real – and completely ridiculous – conversations. When...
Practical Security for the Prudent American
Practical Security for the Prudent American The opposition is increasing harassment, hate campaigns, doxxing, and hacking elections for the 2018 and 2020 elections. Anyone who touches sensitive confidential documents, financial records, or voter data must take active...
Hackers can seize practically all your online accounts, and it’s your voicemail’s fault
Hackers can seize practically all your online accounts, and it's your voicemail's fault Looks like the humble voicemail might do us all in! Your Google, Microsoft, Apple, WhatsApp, and even Signal accounts all have an Achilles' heel — the same one, in fact. And it...
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...