Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:23:14 +0000
The macOS Background Task Manager tool is supposed to spot potentially malicious software on your machine. But a researcher says it has troubling flaws.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
A pair of major data breaches rock the UK, North Korea hacks a Russian missile maker, and Microsoft’s Chinese Outlook breach sparks new problems.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:42:08 +0000
GitHub has spent two years researching and slowly rolling out its multifactor authentication system. Soon it will be mandatory for all 100 million users—with no opt-out.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:43:33 +0000
In 2008, Boston’s transit authority sued to stop MIT hackers from presenting at the Defcon hacker conference on how to get free subway rides. Today, four teens picked up where they left off.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000
As the international tech giant moves toward Russian ownership, the leak raises concerns about the volume of data it has on its users.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:03:31 +0000
The legacy electronics manufacturer is creating IoT honeypots with its products to catch real-world threats and patch vulnerabilities in-house.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000
Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:30:00 +0000
Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details.
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Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
You can also set up alerts for whenever your home address, phone number, or email address appears in Search.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:17:33 +0000
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys.
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