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BBC cyber attack done “to go for Isis and all their servers”

BBC’s Cyber Attack Normally, when a cyber attack happens, it’s usually the case that a hacker or hacker group does it to attack a certain website. For BBC, though, the story is completely unexpected. The BBC was attacked on Thursday morning, New Year’s Eve to be exact, with the website’s iPlayer streaming service and its […]

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Samsung GAIA to enhance security of Smart TVs with triple layer protection

A new year (2016) is upon us, but no matter the newness of the year, the old hackers are still up to their tricks. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets (and even smartwatches) have become the concern of consumers and analysts, but smart TVs are starting to be seen in the same light – […]

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Target to launch its own mobile payment service

There’s Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay. And there are even companies such as Swatch that are designing smartwatches solely around a mobile payment system, and even retailer Wal-Mart is launching its own mobile payment plan, too. And yet, it seems as though there’s room for more, if Target has its say. According to […]

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Instagram Hack highlights need for greater security researcher responsibility

The Safety in Pictures Facebook-owned Instagram is, like all other tech companies, known for employing security researchers to determine whether or not loopholes and vulnerabilities exist in their websites and services. While security researchers are often paid for their findings and research, they also have a responsibility to be cautious with the information they uncover […]

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Best VPN for China

China’s government has been continuously combating VPN services, and lately their attempts to block all VPN service websites have been very aggressive. The task of finding a working VPN website in Shanghai or anywhere on mainland China for internet users has become increasingly difficult. Luckily, both VPN providers and Chinese internet users are collaborating to once again […]

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Juniper Networks admits that its firewalls had backdoor since 2012

You may think that all VPNs designed to protect customers are created equal, but you’d be wrong. Juniper Networks has discovered that its firewalls had backdoors, and that the backdoors have existed for the last three years. The vulnerability was discovered by a security researcher on Twitter known as “The Grugq,” who posted two messages […]

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Republican candidate believes that tech companies can hand over encrypted data without force

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said in Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate that she believes encrypted data should be handed over to the government – and that the government should ask tech companies instead of forcing them. Many blame the Edward Snowden NSA disclosure as the reason behind the tech industry’s decision to refuse to […]

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STOPZilla Software Review

Today STOPZilla is a full-featured suite of software designed to take care of a wide variety of security problems, but in its infancy it was nothing more than a popup blocker for Window’s infamous web browser Internet Explorer. To date STOPZilla is 14 years old since they started in 2001, and their products will provide […]

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Google enables Safe Browsing by default in Chrome, protects 800 million users

Google is taking security seriously in Android, with the company’s promise to release security updates for its Nexus devices on a monthly basis as a big step in the right direction. Now, Google has decided to enable Safe Browsing in all of Android – starting with its Chrome web browser. According to Google, The Android […]

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VTech Innotab Max Tablet found “too easy” to hack, may explain recent data breach

Kid’s electronics manufacturer VTech, known for the VTech Innotab Max kids tablet is, unfortunately, seeing the effects of what happens when you don’t put security first. Just a little over a week ago, the company revealed that its Learning Lodge app store was breached earlier in the month (November 14, 2015) and that email addresses, […]

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How to Bypass VPN

Methods to Exempt and Bypass Traffic from Your VPN Tunnel VPN tunnels are great because they encrypt every single piece of data the flows through them, making that data safe from the prying eyes of governmental agencies and hackers. But there is a drawback. Depending on where your VPN server is located, you could incur […]

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