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Facebook now warns users of government-sponsored cyberattacks

It’s sad how much of a threat government-sponsored hacking has become, but that’s the world we live in, and at least there are companies and organizations out there that are doing something to combat...

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China already broke its pledge to stop hacking American corporations

I’m sure you remember that big cybersecurity agreement that China and the United States made a few weeks ago, and I’m sure you’ll also remember how virtually nobody actually expected either of the two...

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Not even the FBI knows how to combat ransomware

Ransomware, for those of you who aren’t familiar, is a popular way for hackers to extort money from Internet users by encrypting important information on their computer and demanding that they pay a...

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Zerodium just awarded hackers a million bucks for breaking into iOS 9

Zerodium is an interesting company. It makes its money by purchasing exploits and security information regarding popular software, and then selling them to the highest bidder, whether that bidder be...

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Windows Phone is the most secure mobile operating system out there

If there’s one thing that Windows Phone has over Android and iOS, and it’s probably the only things, it’s security. Steve Lord, who has worked as a hacker and security expert for the last fifteen...

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America and China are working towards cybersecurity cooperation

Cybersecurity is easily one of the biggest sources of tension between China and the United States, and it’s one that the two nations have slowly started to address. A few weeks ago, the two nations...

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Anonymous hacked the European Space Agency for no reason

The online hacking group known as Anonymous can be amusing at times, and occasionally even admirable, but most of the time it’s just annoyingly immature, and it’s most-recent hack definitely puts it...

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Microsoft now alerts users to government-sponsored cyber attacks

Ever since Google started notifying its users when they were targeted by government-sponsored cyber attacks back in 2012, many companies in the technology industry have followed suit, especially after...

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The Tor Project is about to launch its own bug bounty program

For the average Internet users, Tor is easily the most-effective tool for maintaining anonymity and bypassing government censorship, and this is due in large part to the fact that the Tor Project works...

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Automakers are joining forces to prevent connected car hacking

There haven’t been any major cyber attacks on connected cars yet, but numerous security researchers have proven that hacking cars is dangerously easy, and have called upon automakers and governments to...

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Stolen Uber accounts are worth more than stolen credit cards

Stolen credit cards are great and all, but the real money-makers on the dark web these days are stolen accounts for services like PayPal and Uber. According to Trend Micro, stolen PayPal accounts with...

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Professional hacking is starting to become a viable career

In a time where malicious hackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in popular software and websites that they can exploit, companies are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money to find...

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The Java plug-in is finally going to meet its long-awaited demise

It’s been more than two decades since Oracle decided to start plaguing web browsers with its Java plug-in, but it looks like it’s time for Oracle to finally kill it off. Its death will undoubtedly be...

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A hacker managed to steal information from the DHS and the FBI

Motherboard reported on Sunday that a hacker managed to get their hands on the personal information of about 30,000 employees for the DHS and FBI, with Wired confirming in its own report the following...

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Obama wants $19 billion to improve America’s cyber security

Cyber attacks have grown to become one of the most-important issues in the United States, with both corporations and government agencies suffering from them in recent years, and President Obama wants...

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