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The Nokelock Smart Padlock Fails to Protect Users' Belongings and Passwords
Anyone who has an active interest in technology will tell you that big and small manufacturers the world over are in a race to connect as many everyday objects to the internet as possible. The so-called Internet of... Read more
Scammers Swindled Money out of 85,000 Banking Customers in the UK Last Year
How much trouble can a harmless tweet get you in? As it turns out, quite a lot. In fact, it can turn you into a target for criminals who'll try to steal thousands from you. UK's The Guardian recently told the story of... Read more
Spotify Forces Users to Change Passwords After Detecting 'Suspicious Activity'
According to the official filings, Spotify has around 217 million monthly active users, and of them, close to 100 million are Spotify Premium subscribers. All these people trust the streaming platform to give them... Read more
Phone Retailer Boost Mobile Announces a Data Breach Two Months After It Happened
The Boost Mobile brand was brought to the US nearly eighteen years ago. Since then, the phone retailer and telecommunication service provider has invested enormous sums of money into marketing efforts, and it now... Read more
123456 Continues to Be the Most Breached Password in the UK
When you think of a strong password, you should think of a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. When you think of a weak password, you should think of a simple word or a predictable combination of letters or... Read more
An 'Avengers: Endgame' Scam Threatens Your Passwords' Security
Avengers: Endgame, the latest blockbusting movie from Marvel's enormously successful Infinity Saga, came out on April 26. It's been on the screen for close to two weeks, but you haven't seen it yet. You desperately... Read more
A Data Breach Exposed Customers' Payment Information at More Than a Tenth of Checkers & Rally's Fast Food Restaurants
Recently, Checkers Drive In Restaurants, Inc., the company that owns the Checkers and Rally's fast food brands, proudly announced that its chains of drive-in restaurants are featured on Tampa Bay Times' Top Places to... Read more
Customers' Information Dating Back to 2003 Exposed in a First American Financial Data Leak
Who is responsible for finding security vulnerabilities in software applications and websites? Well, there are people who have this task in their job descriptions. They use their enormous expertise to examine millions... Read more
G Suite Users Change Their Passwords Because of a Credential Storage Blunder
Google has made not one, but two password storage mistakes that directly affect some of its users. This type of news is bound to get quite a few people upset, but before everyone starts pulling their hair out, let's... Read more
GPS Trackers Can Be Exploited by Hackers to Spy on Your Loved Ones
There are many products that promise to give you and your loved ones better security both in the digital and in the real world. Due to the way these devices and services work, however, they can also put you and the... Read more
6 New Things That the Windows 10 May Update Is Bringing Our Way
Shortly before launching Windows 10, Microsoft said that it wants to see the then-new operating system installed on at least one billion devices within three years. These plans, as it turns out, were a bit too... Read more
Hackers Target Gullible YouTubers to Steal Passwords
More than half of all the emails that are sent and received every day can be classified as spam, and of those, quite a few are classic phishing scams – the ones that trick users into sharing their usernames and... Read more
Flipboard Resets Its Users' Passwords After Discovering That Hackers Had Access to Its Databases for More Than Nine Months
For those of you who don't know, Flipboard is a news aggregator service that has more than 100 million users and collects articles from around 11 thousand websites. On April 23, its engineers noticed unusual activity... Read more
Canva Users Are Advised to Change Their Passwords After a Data Breach
Learning that an online service with hundreds of millions of users has found itself on the receiving end of a cyberattack is never a good thing. However, many different factors regarding the nature of the breached... Read more
Devious PayPal Scams Target Users' Passwords and Credit Card Information
According to Vade Secure, PayPal is the second-most targeted brand by phishers. This shouldn't be very surprising. We're talking about the world's most recognizable online payment platform, and unauthorized access to... Read more
Be Careful If You Rely on eyeDisk Flash Drives to Store Passwords and Other Sensitive Data
What is an eyeDisk exactly? It's a flash drive that can store your photos, documents, and other files. The MSRP for the 32GB version is $99. The logical next question is obvious: Why is it so eye-watering expensive?... Read more
Hackers Are Using 3D Printers to Forge Fingerprints
Biometric authentication should definitely be a step up towards a reliable Identity and Access Management (IAM). The idea is that one can use a unique security token that no one else has. Perhaps the most common... Read more
Apple Decided to Get Rid of Parental Control Apps Due to Alleged Security Issues
There's little doubt in anyone's mind that modern technology should play a part in a child's development. You want to bring up smart, capable individuals that are fully aware of how today's gadgets work and how they... Read more
