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Vtech breach exposes kid and parent info
I really wanted this holiday season to be one of joy and goodwill towards all people, but it seems like the black hats will never rest. Let’s just get the ugliness out of the way: VTech – maker of tech toys for kids – has suffered a data breach that has exposed over five million
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Dell Scrambles to Fix Security Goof on New Computers
When you sell as many computers as Dell does, all it takes is one small screw-up to create a security catastrophe. In this case, computers sold as far back as August of this year may have shipped with a compromised security certificate that could lead to a complete breach through a trivial exploitation of that
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Virus found on Police body cameras
It’s not exactly a walk in the park when a cash register gets infected, but when technology on the front lines of law enforcement is infected out of the box, we have an entirely new set of nightmares to keep us up at night. It’s bad enough that our military is using 14 year-old software
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Can your business survive an internet outage?
According to the meteorologists (and just about every media outlet) we are in for a very wet Winter. Depending on where you live and work, this may just mean miserable traffic, or it might mean flooding, mudslides and worse. One thing we can always count on when it rains in Southern California is less reliable
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T-Mobile extends coverage via your router
T-Mobile is set to announce a new device that will purportedly offer “full-bar” coverage for your home, even in areas that offer little or no tower-based cellular signal. The “4G LTE Cellspot” plugs into your home’s router and uses your internet connection to provide the cellular connection you may be lacking. To make this even
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Hackers can disable Volkswagen airbags
As if Volkswagen didn’t have enough to worry about with the emissions scandal, European security researchers have demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit that can allow an attacker to covertly disable airbags (and other systems) in the German manufacturer’s autos. Unlike the more dramatic wireless hacking demonstration of Jeep vehicles that caused a massive recall, this particular
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