In recent months, security researchers have unearthed all sorts of new hardware vulnerabilities. Several of them allow hackers to quietly assume control of your PC's built-in camera or microphone, giving them the ability to spy …
Microsoft just won a huge military contract worth $480 million to bring 100,000 customized AR (Augmented Reality) headsets, based on their HoloLens technology, to the US Army. The army's plan is to integrate the headsets …
Akamai has discovered a nasty new hack that's allowing cybercriminals to move beyond simply compromising routers, but also, in some instances, to use the compromised routers to take control of other machines sitting behind it …
Bob Diachenko, the Director of Cyber Risk Research for Hacken, recently made a disturbing discovery. He found an ElasticSearch server open and vulnerable on the internet, without so much as a password to protect it. …
Do you have an account on USPS.com? If so, you're not alone. Tens of millions of Americans use it daily for a variety of purposes. Unfortunately, if you do have an account, it may have …
In recent years we've seen several companies suffer from hacks of various magnitudes. Over time, we've witnessed the growth of what could be described as best practices in terms of how to respond. The typical …
Google relies on crowd sourcing to help keep its maps up to date. There's no other approach that even comes close to being feasible. Sure, Google has employees on the job, roving the nation's highways, …
Given how unpopular ads are, you wouldn't think that Microsoft would be experimenting with ways of displaying more of them. Unfortunately, that's the direction the company is headed. Currently, members of the Windows Insiders test …
Target is the latest company to fall victim to a simple but effective Twitter-Bitcoin scam. The scam is about as straightforward as it gets: A tweet gets sent out by a well-respected brand or prominent …
SailPoint has recently published some new research that will probably give you a headache, if you're a business owner. It's been common knowledge for at least a few years now that employees are a company's …
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