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My Precious Data: Digital clutter and its dangers

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:10:08 +0000

People install way more applications than they use, rarely update them, and usually don’t adjust apps’ security/privacy settings properly.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:28 +0000

To get to the bottom of a devious form of phone-based fraud, a group of researchers scammed the scammers. The post Listen to ‘Tech Support’ Scam Calls That Bilk Victims Out of Millions appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:28 +0000

To get to the bottom of a devious form of phone-based fraud, a group of researchers scammed the scammers. The post Listen to ‘Tech Support’ Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:00:48 +0000

Israeli researchers show that innocent LED indicator on your computer can leak your deepest secrets. The post Malware Lets a Drone Steal Data by Watching a Computer’s Blinking LED appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:30:09 +0000

Kaspersky security researchers find missing security safeguards in nine different connected car apps. The post Android Phone Hacks Could Unlock Millions of Cars appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000

A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000

A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post Software Can’t Fully Fix This Massive New Security Flaw appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:30:43 +0000

Three-quarters of crypto-ransomware in 2016 came from the Russian-speaking criminal underground.