Tag: Security

Square Card Readers Now Reportedly Encrypted
Last April, Square announced that it would be launching an encrypted version of its card reader in the summer. Here we are nearly a year later, and the company is now reportedly sh...
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NSA Chief Denies Existence Of Domestic Spying Program
The National Security Agency, at least according to it's Web site, "exists to protect the nation." A recent Wired article claimed...
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Ads In Mobile Apps Could Pose Security Risk
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in...
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Online Dating Tips To Prevent Scams And Broken Hearts
The Internet has made dating so much easier than in years past. Before one had to go to one of those happening clubs and hit on everything within a five mile radius before they fou...
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Google Improves Malware Detection For Ads
Google put out a big blog post on Wednesday about its efforts to clean up ads i...
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Interview: More Than 50% of Site Traffic May Be Hackers or Spammers
How secure is your website? It's a scary thought when you think about it, especially given all the attacks that have risen up in recent years. Last year, well-known websites such a...
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Iran Linked To Cyberattack on BBC
Iran's government has gone to some considerable lengths lately to muzzle the internet within the country's borders. Not content with only...
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Dell To Acquire SonicWall, Pending Regulatory Approval
Dell is acquiring security company and firewall-builder SonicWall. Dell says the company's next-gen and Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls will help it bolster its security...
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Cyber Attack on Sony May have Resulted in Loss Of Michael Jackson Music Catalog Worth $250 Million
Sony Entertainment's online businesses were shutdown by hackers in April of last year and may have lost their entire catalog of Michael Jackson's unreleased tracks including a duet...
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Computers Were Seized By Hackers In November
According to a federal report released on Wednesday, NASA was t...
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FBI Director Talks Cyber Attacks
Terrorism is obviously still the most dangerous threat facing the United States. Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism may one day become the most dangerous threat, however, according...
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Google Alternatives: How To Pull Yourself Out Of That G-hole
Today's the day, Googlers: that dreaded and disputed Privacy Policy goes into effect as of today. If you're one of the Google users wary of what the new policy is going to do to yo...
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Mobile Devices Create Vulnerabilities For Businesses
Late last year we covered a study that showed that companies that allowed...
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Google Giving Away A Million Dollars For Finding Chrome Exploits
Google announced that it will be sponsoring rewards for those who find Chrome exploits. This will be...
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HTTPS Everywhere Updated To Detect Security Holes
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced an update to their HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension. The update adds a “Decentralized SSL Observatory” feature that looks for wea...
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