Tag: Security

Google Launches Security Key For USB-Based Security
Google announced a new way to enhance its 2-step verification security called Security Key, which works through a USB device....
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eBay Restricts Shopping From Old Web Browsers
eBay announced that in an effort to make shopping more secure, it will restrict site access through older versions of web browsers. This is largely in response to the...
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Google Discovers ‘POODLE’ Vulnerability In SSL 3.0
Google announced that it has discovered a vulnerability (referred to as POODLE) in SSL version 3.0, the details of which can be found...
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Dropbox: We Were Not Hacked
According to reports, hundreds of Dropbox usernames and passwords were leaked online as a preview to a larger alleged leak of 7 million accounts. As The Next Web...
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Snapchat Photo Hack, If Real, Wasn’t Snapchat’s Fault (Says Snapchat)
Photos taken and transmitted via Snapchat may or may not have leaked on Thursday, but if they did, Snapchat assures you that its servers were never breached and it's the fault of u...
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JPMorgan Chase Cyberattack Big In Volume, But Not Sensitive Data, According To Bank
JPMorgan Chase, the largest banking institution in the U.S., revealed that 76 million household accounts and 7 million small business accounts were compromised in a recent cyberatt...
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‘Shellshock’ Bash Bug Said To Be Worse Than Heartbleed
It feels like major security vulnerabilities are more common than ever, and there's a big one freaking out the blogosphere being referred to as "shellshock". It was discovered by a...
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Home Depot Data Breach Affected 56 Million Cards
The world's biggest home improvement store has just given us the specifics on the lengt...
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Gartner: Over 3/4 Of Mobile Apps To Fail ‘Basic’ Security Tests Through Next Year
In general, we shouldn't consider mobile apps particularly secure for the foreseeable future. That is if Gartner is correct in its latest analysis. The firm said this week that...
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Millions Of Gmail Passwords Leaked
According to various reports, starting with Russia's CNews, nearly five million Gmail usernames and passwords were leaked, and published to a Russia Bitcoin forum. You can see...
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LinkedIn Announces New Security And Privacy Control Tools
LinkedIn announced that it is giving users access to three new tools to help them better control their account and data. This includes a way to see all the places you're logged int...
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Automattic Announces BruteProtect Acquisition
Automattic, the company that runs WordPress, announced that it has acuiqred BruteProtect, which makes a plugin and service for protecting sites from malicious logins, and saves ser...
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Yahoo Acquires Ad Security Company ClarityRay
Yahoo has acquired ClairtyRay, a company that has in the past dealt with getting around ad blockers, but has since been more about ad security and fraud detection. In a message...
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Microsoft Postpones IE Java-Blocking Feature
Microsoft recently posted to its Internet Explorer blog...
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Gmail Takes Security Precautions Related To New Non-Latin Character Support
Last week, Google announced that it started recognizing non-Lat...
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