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The Government Wants To Dramatically Weaken Your Encryption. Here Is Why It Should Not.
July 3, 2019Late last week, reports emerged that, once again, senior United States government officials are contemplating seeking...
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By Paying $600,000 Ransomware Demand Florida City Exposes All American Towns To Danger
June 23, 2019The city of Riviera Beach, Florida, last week agreed to pay hackers $600,000 to regain control...
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30 Years Ago Today The New York Post Shockingly Published A Stolen Exam Answer Key On Its Cover, Unknowingly Awakening An Interest In Information Security Just As The Internet Era Was To Begin
June 20, 2019Thirty years ago today, the New York Post made a dramatic move in an effort to...
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Deja-Vu: Check Your Venmo Settings Right Now Unless You Want Everyone To See How You Spend Your Money
June 18, 2019If, like millions of other people, you use Venmo, the PayPal-owned online payment system that sports...
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Hackers Can Steal Your Passwords, Emails, And Texts By Listening As You Type On Your Smartphone
June 11, 2019Hackers may be able to read whatever you type on a smartphone – by listening in...
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2 Major Social Media Trends Emerge From The 2019 Shorty Awards
May 20, 2019The world of social media recently held its eleventh annual Shorty Awards, an Oscars-type celebration that...
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Opinion: Congress Must Extend Civil Rights Protections To Social Media Users
May 8, 2019Over the past week, Facebook banned various controversial figures from its platforms; the social-media giant publicly...
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In A Cyberwar First, Israel Destroys Cyber-Terrorist Operations Center With An Air Strike
May 6, 2019Israel’s military said yesterday that it neutralized a major cyberattack by Hamas, and subsequently destroyed the...
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FBI: $2.7 Billion Of Cybercrime Complaints In 2018; Many Of The Crimes Involve No Hacking
April 25, 2019The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) this week released its 2018 Internet Crime Report which...
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Google’s New Password Checkup Extension Is Powerful, But Is It Legal or Ethical?
February 7, 2019Password Checkup, a new extension for Google’s Chrome browser, checks whether passwords that you use while...