The challenges of digital forensics
Forensics is changing in the digital age, and the legal system is still catching up when it comes to properly employing digital evidence.
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Mar 17, 2015
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Apps send intimate user data to Facebook: report
A news report Friday said many smartphone apps were sending highly personal information such as menstrual cycles and body weight to Facebook, without notifying users.
Internet
Feb 22, 2019
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Apparent massive hack attack reveals stars' nude pictures
Scandal rocked both Hollywood and the US tech industry Monday after an apparent hack of a cloud data service unleashed a torrent of intimate pictures of celebrities onto the Internet.
Security
Sep 1, 2014
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Security researcher discovers badBIOS malware that jumps using microphone and speakers
(Phys.org) —Highly respected Canadian security expert Dragos Ruiu has been fighting, he claims, an unknown bit of malware that that appears to run on Windows, Mac OS X, BSD and Linux, for approximately three years. After ...
How to know when it's safe to click 'unsubscribe' on spam emai
I had a reader write in to ask about spam.
Security
Nov 29, 2017
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Hackers target smartphones to mine cryptocurrencies
Has your smartphone suddenly slowed down, warmed up and the battery drained down for no apparent reason? If so, it may have been hijacked to mine cryptocurrencies.
Security
Aug 22, 2018
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Many fitness trackers leak personal data: study
Security weaknesses on many popular fitness trackers may allow hackers to access or potentially manipulate user data, a study showed Monday.
Security
Jul 18, 2016
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WikiLeaks releases CIA hacks of Apple Mac computers
The Central Intelligence Agency is able to permanently infect an Apple Mac computer so that even reinstalling the operating system will not erase the bug, according to documents published Thursday by WikiLeaks.
Security
Mar 23, 2017
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Hackers break into centralized password manager OneLogin
Hackers have gained access to OneLogin, an online password manager that offers a single sign-on to multiple websites and services.
Security
Jun 2, 2017
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Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
Equifax has agreed to pay $700 million, potentially more, to settle with the federal authorities and states over its 2017 data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million ...
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Jul 20, 2019
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