Earlier this week, the NHS suffered a widespread and crippling cyberattack that put important data at risk. We take a look at ‘WanaCrypt0r 2.0’, the ransomware software behind the attack. What is ransomware? The first thing ...
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The release of new MacBook Pro models makes it a good time to review how to back up your Mac. See also: How to trade-in or sell your current MacBook. If you are planning to bring home one of Apple's new MacBooks, then you have two ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook doubled down on his stance on encryption Friday at the Utah Tech Tour, an annual meeting for technology trade group the Utah Tech Council. "We believe the only way to protect both your privacy and safety from a cyber ...
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Philips Hue LED bulbs and other smart home devices that incorporate ZigBee wireless standards are vulnerable to hacking, according to recent findings by IT firm Cognosec. At a Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas recently Cognosec senior ...
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FreedomPop's $189 Privacy Phone is built from a Samsung Galaxy II Android smartphone. Related FreedomPop FreedomPop Launches $4.58/Month Unlimited Voice, Text Plan FreedomPop FreedomPop Launches Its First LTE Device FreedomPop FreedomPop ...
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Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft said Monday ...
Eighty per cent of employees are potentially putting their companies at risk through use of unauthorised Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications on corporate networks. The extent of so-called "shadow IT" is revealed in a study for ...
In a sign of the growing threat that hackers pose to smart meters and other Internet-connected devices,Verizon Enterprise Solutions announced Tuesday that it will launch a service to help utilities block those attacks. Smart meters give ...
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Microsoft is planning end-to-end encryption of its internet traffic following concerns that the company had its network security breached as part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) internet surveillance programme. The revelation, ...
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Microsoft has announced that it will introduce message encryption for its cloud-based Office 365 service in early 2014. Dubbed Office 365 Message Encryption, the system will automatically encrypt email to anyone outside a company ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is expanding its efforts to protect its users' online activities from prying eyes by encrypting all the communications and other information flowing into the Internet company's data centers around the world. ...
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Yahoo will encrypt all users personal data by March next year, the web firm's CEO Marissa Mayer has said. Yahoo, along with other web firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, have been subject to thousands of data requests under the ...
The cyber-extortionists behind the Cryptolocker "ransomware", which encrypts users' files and refuses to decrypt them without payment, have extended their deadline for affect PC users. Cryptolocker uses 256-bit Advanced Encryption ...
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A majority of U.S. Internet users polled in a recent survey report taking steps to remove or mask their digital footprints online, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project and Carnegie Mellon University. ...
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MailPile, an open-source email client that will offer "user-friendly encryption", has smashed its $100,000 target for funding on Indiegogo with two weeks left to run on its campaign. The company will be established in Iceland, which ...
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