November 21, 2018 Amazon leaks customer names and email addresses Some of you may be waking up today to find an email from Amazon in your inbox claiming the company has disclosed your name and email address.
November 12, 2018 Instagram creeper targeting teens with 'Fortnite' sextortion scheme A sexual predator has been using Fortnite to try and trick teenagers into sending intimate pictures of themselves, according to Canadian police.
November 11, 2018 5 critical settings so hackers can’t access your bank accounts You need to assume that your password isn’t strong enough. You might as well believe that someone, somewhere, is working around the clock to break into your accounts and steal your money, your identity, and anything else you have. Because it’s essentially true.
November 7, 2018 Experts warn Facebook has a 'disturbing disregard' for user privacy The Information Commissioner has warned Brits away from using Facebook as they still have a “disturbing disregard” for user privacy.
November 7, 2018 Chinese authorities can ID you from your walk China is leading the way for surveillance technology, to the point where police use facial-recognition glasses.
November 6, 2018 Fox on Tech: Midterm election security in the spotlight Winning an election is hard, but securing those elections can be just as difficult, and a monumental task in today's cyber-savvy world as more states convert to online or electronic balloting. And according to a new survey from Unisys, election security is certainly on the minds of voters as they head to polls across the country.
November 6, 2018 Voting machines can be hacked in two minutes, expert warns How long does it take to hack an election?
November 5, 2018 Private Facebook messages from 81K accounts for sale online More than Over 81,000 Facebook accounts in the Ukraine, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, and Brazil have been compromised, with their private messages published and possibly sold.
November 3, 2018 Are you ready for a chip implant? You walk into a grocery store and pick up eggs. No smartphone? No problem. You swipe your hand across a reader, and the amount is deducted from your bank account. If that sounds far-fetched, you obviously haven’t been to Sweden recently
November 1, 2018 Why passwords might (finally) go away In 2012, Wired's Matt Honan wrote about the disastrous consequences of tying your entire digital life to a string of letters, digits, and symbols.