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FTC Technologist Recommends Against Frequent Password Changes
When it comes to passwords, we are told many things. We are told to use at least a capital letter, lower case letters, a symbol, some numbers and while we are told all kinds of things about passwords, the worsts part is often remembering them as we are recommended to…
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What Happens When The TSA Fails At Cybersecurity?
Every week we publish more and more news about companies and groups that are attacked in the battleground that is digital security. Sometimes it’s a large corporation such as TalkTalk who provide internet access to thousands while other times it could be a bank or a group of banks. With…
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Homeland Security & Trend Micro Recommend Uninstalling QuickTime Now
When it comes to software that you may not have heard of, or even used, recently QuickTime appears on my mind. A popular video software the system seems to have faded away, from both ours and Apple’s minds. These actions have led for Trend Micro and the Department of Homeland…
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Police Body Cameras Pre-Installed With Worm
Police are just one of many organisations that are using technology to help their everyday activities. One of these pieces of technology is body cameras, small devices which can record a policemen’s actions, allowing them to operate and display both their and others actions in court at a later date.…
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Exploit Found In Netgear Routers
So we’ve all had those periods where we come home and think our stuff has been moved around, you know when you think you’ve put your keys down beside the door and you find them on the sitting room table. Now imagine that you came home and found that some…
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$75,000 Reward In Hunt For Drone Users
Drones are amazing devices, being able to fly a device throughout your garden and beyond, taking pictures that are breathtaking and near impossible for any one person to manage. The problems begin when users begin to do stupid things and end up endangering lives with the devices. Such as those…
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YouTube’s Toddler App Full of Disturbing Videos
Looking for videos on how to juggle chainsaws? Drink battery acid? How about My little Pony peadophilia jokes, or Bert and Ernie overdubbed with foul language? You can see all of these on the brand new YouTube kids, the new application that google have released, stating it is perfectly safe for…
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HP Recalls over 6 Million AC Power Cords
Hewlett-Packard is recalling about 6 million notebook and laptop AC power because of possible overheating, which again can pose a burn and fire risk. HP has received 29 reports of power cords overheating and melting or charring, resulting in two claims of minor burns and 13 claims of minor property…
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BIOS Vulnerability Still Roaming Wild despite Warnings
A multi-year effort to prevent hackers from altering computers while they boot up has largely failed and the flaws are still being exploited despite their disclosures. According to researchers from the federal founded MITRE lab, many Intel customers have still not adopted the revised security design distributed in March after even…
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Up to 90% of the Worlds Smartphones at Risk
Not one, but two new security threats have been revealed by researchers this week putting as many as 90 percent of the worlds smartphones at the risk of data and password theft. In some cases the hackers could even take full control of your device. The first flaw was found…
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