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Hacked Baby Monitor Leads to Scary Parenting Moment
As a parent, there is perhaps nothing more frightening than to have your child’s well-being threatened, and when that threat comes from a device meant to help safeguard children (and relieve parental anxiety), the impact can have far-reaching implications. Proving that some hackers out there have no grasp of human decency or compassion, there have
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Another Zero-day IE Flaw Surfaces
I shouldn’t have worried that my special “Microsoft Zero-day Warning” graphic was going to gather dust. Would it surprise you to hear that a serious security flaw has been found in all versions of Internet Explorer up to the latest, version 11? This particular loophole allows attackers to use a specially crafted Flash file downloaded
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Fake Netflix support scam tricks customers
One of my favorite bits of advice regarding suspicious emails is to encourage the recipient to pick up the phone and call the company that supposedly sent the email to see if it’s legitimate. Unfortunately that advice isn’t as valuable as it once was. Cybercriminals have broadened their repetoire to include fake customer support numbers
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Router backdoors hidden but still usable
In December 2013, French security hacker Eloi Vanderbeken uncovered what appeared to be a backdoor programmed into several models of DSL routers. The affected devices were built around hardware manufactured by Taiwanese company SerComm and the finished products came from several well known brands like NetGear, Linksys and Belkin, to name a few. This backdoor allowed
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Jailbroken iOS Devices Targeted in Malware Attack
Security researchers have discovered that certain models of iOS devices that have been “jailbroken” are now being targeted in a malware attack, dubbed “unflod”, that can collect the AppleID account login and password used on that device and transmit it to hacker-controlled servers. While jailbreaking iPhones or iPads isn’t likely to be something the majority
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Heartbleed security hemorrhaging continues
Heartbleed continues its rampage across the internet. There are too many stories to tell and too little time. Read on only if you have the stomach for it. Networking companies Cisco and Juniper have revealed that several dozen models of their hardware devices are affected by the OpenSSL security flaw known as Heartbleed. To see
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