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Half a million stolen passwords, emails for sale on dark web

Hackers stole personal data from more than a half million users of an Italy-based email service and posted the purloined information for sale online.

Apr 08, 2020 report

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Smartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?

In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread of the new coronavirus.

Apr 04, 2020

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Not all privacy apps are created equal

New privacy laws like Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have spawned a new industry of companies and platforms advertising that they can anonymize your data ...

Apr 03, 2020

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Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus (Update)

Google says it will publish users' location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apr 03, 2020

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Hackers' new target during pandemic: video conference calls

Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened ...

Apr 07, 2020

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Video app Zoom rockets to fame, with some hiccups, amid pandemic

What does British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have in common with virtual happy hour celebrants and thousands of students around the world?

Apr 04, 2020

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Future quantum computers may pose threat to today's most-secure communications

Quantum computers that are exponentially faster than any of our current classical computers and are capable of code-breaking applications could be available in 12 to 15 years, posing major risks to the security of current ...

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US, Britain warn that hackers increasingly use coronavirus bait

US and British cybersecurity agencies warned Wednesday that foreign government-backed hacking groups are using coronavirus themes to ply their way into computers and networks.

Apr 08, 2020

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Increased internet traffic requires more security awareness

Unlike the suddenly quiet city streets, there is a lot more traffic on the information superhighway these days—and not all of it has your best interests at heart.

Apr 08, 2020

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Researchers devise a way to perform legal functions with blockchain technology

In a move to save time, money and effort, economics researchers utilized existing blockchain methodologies to create what they call a digital court. This would provide enforcement of contracts wherever a traditional legal ...