Apple’s Dev Site Gets Hacked, Prompts ‘Complete Overhaul’
Apple’s developer website has been down for days, and the company has just confirmed in an email that “an intruder” attempted to access personal information from its registered developers. In the email...
View ArticleGoogle Drive is Testing Encryption to Protect Your Files From the NSA
Google has begun experimenting with encrypting Google Drive files, a privacy-protective move that could curb attempts by the U.S. and other governments to gain access to users’ stored files. Two...
View ArticleGoogle’s ‘Back Up My Data’ Gives the NSA and FBI Easy Access to Your Passwords
If you’re using Google’s “back up my data” feature for Android, the passwords to the Wi-Fi networks you access from your smartphone or tablet are available in plaintext to anyone with access to the...
View ArticleGoogle Patches Major Glass QR Code-Triggered Exploit
Google has quietly patched a Glass security exploit that could have allowed hackers to take control of the wearable by showing it a QR code, the researcher who identified the flaw tells SlashGear. The...
View ArticleEdward Snowden: ‘I Already Won’
The familiar voice on the hotel room phone did not waste words. “What time does your clock say, exactly?” he asked. He checked the reply against his watch and described a place to meet. “I’ll see you...
View ArticleTarget’s Data Breach May Hold Company Liable for Up to $3.6 Billion
This is not exactly the merriest of times for Target. Last week the retailer revealed that credit card data from 40 million customers had been stolen. Now it looks like the giant retailer could be...
View ArticleAndroid Will Now Routinely Scan Your Apps to Check for Malware
Google is making a change to its Android security systems on Thursday that is meant to ensure that users who install apps from outside of the Google Play store are a bit safer from malicious apps....
View ArticleMajor Bug ‘Heartbleed’ Has Exposed Your Data for Years
A newly discovered security bug nicknamed Heartbleed has exposed millions of usernames, passwords and reportedly credit card numbers – a major problem that hackers could have exploited during the more...
View ArticleAT&T Hacked, Customer Call Records and SSNs Obtained
In a security breach at AT&T last April, three employees of one of the company’s vendors accessed the telecommunications giant’s customer records – including social security numbers and call...
View ArticleMicrosoft Frees Nearly 5 Million Infected PCs in Digital Crime Bust
Microsoft said it has freed at least 4.7 million infected personal computers from control of cyber crooks in its most successful digital crime-busting operation, which interrupted service at an...
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