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Old malware makes a comeback as new players enter cyber warfare
Cyberattacks are escalating, and the coronavirus pandemic may have played a role, but is not the on…
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Hackers are using these fake coronavirus maps to give people malware
The tactic starts with hackers circulating links to malicious websites disguised as COVID-19 maps, …
Aaron Holmes
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Cyber Security Firm Claims A Teenager May Be Behind The Target Attack
IntelCrawler also revealed Friday that it is has uncovered at least six ongoing attacks at merchant…
Hayley Peterson
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Here's what the old-school computer viruses from the '80s and '90s looked like
"I think it's really important that we try to archive our common digital history the best we can," …
Dan Turkel
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A laptop infected with 6 of the most dangerous computer viruses in history was sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for $1.345 million - here's what each virus can do
The terms of the auction also state that "The sale of malware for operational purposes is illegal i…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say
The FBI has disrupted what is believed to be the "most sophisticated cyber espionage tool in the FS…
Jake Epstein
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Researchers have found a highly sophisticated government-attacking malware called 'Sauron'
"The threat actor behind ProjectSauron commands a top-of-the-top modular cyber-espionage platform i…
Rob Price
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One of the oldest kinds of Windows malware is now targeting Macs
For most people, one way to avoid these kind of attacks is not to open strange Word documents with …
Kif Leswing
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The NSA Has Secretly Developed The 'Bigfoot' Of Computer Hacks
One, called Cottonmouth I, looks like a normal USB plug but has a tiny transceiver buried in it. Ac…
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Ransomware can encrypt your files and force you to pay money — here's how to avoid ransomware, or deal with an infection
Ransomware is a kind of malware that can lock you out of all of the files on your computer unless y…
Dave Johnson
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Facebook is suing 2 developers for allegedly hijacking people's phones to fraudulently click on ads
Got a tip? Contact this reporter via encrypted messaging app Signal at +1 (650) 636-6268 using a no…
Rob Price
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Here's how to crash WhatsApp using a lot of emojis
"We showed how a 2000 word message in special character set can crash WhatsApp Messenger app," he w…
Sam Shead
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Tips for protecting your data from cyber threats
2. Apps should always be locked with passwords so that in the case of a theft the predator may not …
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The price of a data breach
Around
$400 million were lost when 700 million private records from 70 organizations were
exposed t…
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10 things in tech you need to know today
6. Startup factory Entrepreneur First has set up an investment team to help founders on its program…
Sam Shead
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Former NSA Guys Just Launched This Startup To Stop Hackers' Favorite Trick
Social engineering is basically lying to trick people into giving away their passwords or to visiti…
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How to avoid the curse of ransomware - software that forces you to pay money to unlock your computer
In what he calls a "rotten luck and timing," Danielson was scrolling through his inbox when he happ…
Tess Danielson
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Internet company Easily has been hacked
The investigation revealed that a list of domain names registered on behalf of our customers was ac…
Rob Price
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As if there weren't enough reasons to ditch Android for iPhone - this takes the cake
As security expert Cem Paya put it, that was a conscious decision Google made when it created Andro…