The Dangers of a Smart Future
Let’s take a moment to discuss the numerous troubles that our bright, technology-packed future could bring about.
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Let’s take a moment to discuss the numerous troubles that our bright, technology-packed future could bring about.
Recent news concerning “hacked webcams” or “breached baby monitors” appears to be all over the place. Let’s take a closer look at the situation.
The first five victims of Stuxnet were deliberately selected by the attackers and allowed to execute an attack on the uranium enrichment plant in Netenz.
This is how a seemingly simple SIM card in your smartphone can contribute to the loss of money and personal data.
One morning when I was in a hurry to get to work, everything went wrong in an instant: an SMS message alerted me to an $80 charge to my credit card for a purchase that I never made.
Yesterday, researchers disclosed a powerful iOS vulnerability that is responsible for the WireLurker Apple malware.
Kaspersky Lab revealed a cyberspy campaign, Darkhotel, which had been active for seven years in a number of luxury Asian hotels.
Let’s take a look at the security features in the new version of Mac OS X – Yosemite. Apple certainly makes a decent effort.
It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.
Apple malware targets iOS by infecting OS X machines and then swapping legitimate apps for malicious ones as soon as an iOS device connects via USB.
Using an in-room tablet in a hotel is an easy way to share your precious private data with the whole world and make it public.
Today, users are readily spending their money on house arrest-style services similar to those used for tracking criminals. They call them fitness trackers.
Twitter debuts a grand but simple plan to replace passwords where your phone number is your username and an SMS-generated code is your password.
Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.
The owners of certain expensive cars can analyze their driving skills in the same way F1 pilots do. However, this information is sensitive and, thus, should be protected.
New research shows that studying and mnemonic devices could help us to better remember our passwords.
One simple Android game can get as much information about the smartphone’s owner as a real spy can.
A massive provider of insurance for bond investments misconfigured one of its servers and accidentally made a variety of sensitive payment information indexable.
Using a trojan malware with the Russian name, Tyupkin, hackers made cash withdrawals without so much as accessing bank accounts.