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Google’s 89,000+ employees have had zero phishing incidents since switching to hardware security keys in 2017
Google’s 89,000+ employees have had zero phishing incidents since switching to hardware security keys in 2017 Phishing attacks are deceptively successful against less experienced users, but even those that consider themselves reasonably technical can occasionally fall...
Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus: SANS
Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus: SANS Businesses are investing in more advanced endpoint security tools but don't have the means to properly implement and use them, according to a new report from the SANS Institute. The SANS 2018 Survey on...
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States The nation's top voting machine maker has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold...
A Hacker Sold U.S. Military Drone Documents On The Dark Web For Just $200
A Hacker Sold U.S. Military Drone Documents On The Dark Web For Just $200 The dark web drug trade might have depleted in recent months, but all manner of other black market trades continue to thrive in the underbelly of the internet. On Wednesday, researchers at...
Inside Facebook, Twitter and Google’s AI battle over your social lives
Inside Facebook, Twitter and Google's AI battle over your social lives When you sign up for Facebook on your phone, the app isn't just giving you the latest updates and photos from your friends and family. In the background, it's utilizing the phone's gyroscope to...
‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online
'Data is a fingerprint': why you aren't as anonymous as you think online In August 2016, the Australian government released an “anonymised” data set comprising the medical billing records, including every prescription and surgery, of 2.9 million people. Names and...
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Why You Should Delete Old Apps – Secret Tips To Staying Safe Online: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-25-18]
Why You Should Delete Old Apps - Secret Tips To Staying Safe Online: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-25-18] On This Episode... How is a world class trainer using tech and social media to help people achieve their goals? Listen in as I talk with Oonagh Duncan...
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Road Signs Watching You – Billboards Tracking You – Police Using You To Track Yourself: AS HEARD ON – WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-17-24]
Road Signs Watching You - Billboards Tracking You - Police Using You To Track Yourself: AS HEARD ON - WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-17-24] On This Episode... Have you ever wondered about the technology behind the signs you pass by as you drive down the road? Listen as...
When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity
When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity It was AncestryDNA’s customer-service rep who had to break the news to Catherine St Clair. For her part, St Clair thought she was inquiring about a technical glitch. Her brother—the brother who along with three other siblings had...
NYU Remains Silent on Professor Who Doxxed Ice Employees
NYU Remains Silent on Professor Who Doxxed Ice Employees New York University (NYU) representatives have yet to release any statement regarding one of their adjunct professors who doxxed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees. The Daily Caller News...
Intelligence chief invokes 9/11 in warning of potentially crippling cyberattacks
Intelligence chief invokes 9/11 in warning of potentially crippling cyberattacks 'I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again' President Trump’s director of national intelligence warned Friday that foreign hackers are attempting potentially crippling...
New road signs can detect mobile phones are being used in vehicles
New road signs can detect mobile phones are being used in vehicles Road signs that know when a mobile phone is being used in a moving vehicle are being installed in Norfolk, in a bid to tackle usage behind the wheel. The system, which can tell the difference between...
How to Make Your Wifi Router as Secure as Possible
How to Make Your Wifi Router as Secure as Possible Though more router manufacturers are making routers easier to set up and configure—even via handy little apps instead of annoying web-based interfaces—most people probably don’t tweak many options after purchasing a...
A Real-Life Hacker Reveals What You Should Stop Doing Online
A Real-Life Hacker Reveals What You Should Stop Doing Online One tip: Before you Insta that photo, pay attention to what’s in the background. Stephanie Carruthers is a “white hat” hacker known as Snow whose clients include both Fortune 100 companies and startups. In...
The SIM Hijackers
The SIM Hijackers Meet the hackers who flip seized Instagram handles and cryptocurrency in a shady, buzzing underground market for stolen accounts and usernames. Their victims' weakness? Phone numbers. It seemed like any other warm September night in the suburbs of...
The Worst Cybersecurity Breaches of 2018 So Far
The Worst Cybersecurity Breaches of 2018 So Far LOOKING BACK AT the first six months of 2018, there haven't been as many government leaks and global ransomware attacks as there were by this time last year, but that's pretty much where the good news ends. Corporate...
On the 10th anniversary of the App store, it’s time to delete most of your apps
On the 10th anniversary of the App store, it’s time to delete most of your apps “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...
Facebook Facial Recognition, Walmart Privacy Concerns, Apple USB Restricted Mode: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-18-18]
Facebook Facial Recognition, Walmart Privacy Concerns, Apple USB Restricted Mode: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-18-18] On This Episode... Has Facebook ever suggested that you tag a person in a picture you posted? Craig joins Ken and Matt to discuss what...
Facebook Abusing Your Privacy Again, Facial Recognition, Imran Awan and Russian Hacking: AS HEARD ON – WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-17-18]
Facebook Abusing Your Privacy Again, Facial Recognition, Imran Awan and Russian Hacking: AS HEARD ON - WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-17-18] On This Episode... Do you tag people in pictures on Facebook? Listen in as Craig talks with Jim Polito about Privacy, Facebook and...
Apple’s USB Restricted Mode: how to use your iPhone’s latest security feature
Apple’s USB Restricted Mode: how to use your iPhone’s latest security feature Apple quietly introduced a significant privacy safeguard as part of the new iOS 11.4.1 update that was released on July 9th. USB Restricted Mode prevents USB accessories that plug into the...
Walmart’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns
Walmart's Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers’ performance, and could even listen to their conversations with customers at checkout. The...
Malware attacks skyrocket in first half of 2018: SonicWall
Malware attacks skyrocket in first half of 2018: SonicWall Malware attacks continued to accelerate in the first half of 2018, including a surprising rebound in the incidences of ransomware, according to the latest research from SonicWall. According to the newly...
NSA deleting millions of phone call and text records over privacy violations
NSA deleting millions of phone call and text records over privacy violations “Technical irregularities” have the NSA scrambling to delete millions upon millions of phone and text message data records the agency should never have obtained under the USA Freedom Act....
Facebook Is Still Abusing Your Privacy
Facebook Is Still Abusing Your Privacy Three months ago, Mark Zuckerberg was sitting before Congress, promising to change Facebook’s ways. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here,” he said. “It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to...
Facebook Is Still Abusing Your Privacy
Facebook Is Still Abusing Your Privacy Three months ago, Mark Zuckerberg was sitting before Congress, promising to change Facebook’s ways. “I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here,” he said. “It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to...
Former Apple Employee Charged With Stealing Self-Driving Car Secrets
Former Apple Employee Charged With Stealing Self-Driving Car Secrets A former Apple engineer was hit with criminal charges on Monday that claim he stole information about self-driving car technology with the intent to give it to a Chinese company. Xiaolang Zhang was...
30 Second Free Security For Your Computer and Incognito Mode: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-11-18]
30 Second Free Security For Your Computer and Incognito Mode: AS HEARD ON -The WGAN Morning News [07-11-18] On This Episode... Craig joins Ken and Matt talking about what a 30-second change to your computer can do, and why is it important to have the right DNS...
How Safe Is Browser Incognito Mode: AS HEARD ON – WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-10-18]
How Safe Is Browser Incognito Mode: AS HEARD ON - WTAG NewsRadio 580 [07-10-18] On This Episode... Do you fall into the category of people based on this survey who think that the browser incognito mode helps protect their identity? Listen as Craig discusses incognito...
USB-C was supposed to be a port paradise, but it’s become a nightmare
USB-C was supposed to be a port paradise, but it’s become a nightmare When the transition to USB-C began, we were all promised a better life. Connections would be faster and simpler. One connection to end all connections. The reality of what happened couldn’t be...
Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power
Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage. As the police raided their offices, human...