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Security And Hack Issues Revealed To Hot Tubs
Hot Tubs Hacking I daresay that many people for Christmas decided to treat themselves (or their family) to the purchase of a hot tub. Yes, I have to admit, there is something mildly pleasant in having the jacuzzi like experience in the open air. Oh, and maybe a bottle or…
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MyFitnessPal Reports A Major Data Breach
MyFitnessPal reports a major data breach Fitness is something that has always been a high-profile industry. Each year there are hundreds of new diets or apps designed to help us live a more healthy lifestyle. When it comes to online applications though, we are constantly told of data breaches which…
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IMGUR Reveals Passwords and E-Mails Were Stolen in 2014 Hack
Popular image sharing social media platform IMGUR is revealing details about a security breach in 2014. This hack apparently resulted in user account information, passwords and e-mail addresses exposed. The revelation comes directly from the official IMGUR blog on Friday. According to the post, they were not aware of it…
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Tinder Investigating After 40,000 Pictures Taken From Site
Tinder is investigating an incident in which over 40,000 user facial pictures were downloaded by a programmer and shared on the internet. The data obtained by the programmer is now offline, however, it was mostly thought to have affected users based in the California region (although activity outside this area is…
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Yahoo Acknowledges Staff Were Aware of “State-Sponsored” 2014 Hack
Back in 2014, Yahoo experienced a massive data breach which resulted in millions of users having their data compromised. The hack was one of the largest in recent history and took a shockingly long amount of time to be acknowledged by the company. In September, Yahoo admitted that at least…
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DX12 Improvements and Breach Content in Latest Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Patch
If you’ve been enjoying Deus Ex: Mankind Divided as much as I have, you’ll be happy to hear that the latest patch brings even more tweaks and improvements to the already fantastic game from EIDOS Montreal and NIXXES. The changelog for the latest patch tells us we can expect new…
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Russia Believes Spies Planted Malware in State Systems
In this day and age, people are constantly fighting to gain access or stop people from accessing their information. Be it your home computer being attacked by ransomware or your countries national security systems experiencing hacks from within or outside, cyber warfare is escalating in a world where a computer…
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Acer Exposes Bank Details During Breach
It is never nice when you find out something that affects you second hand, but that’s just what has happened for thousands of Acer buyers when the company revealed that they had been hacked in a recent revelation to California’s Attorney General that it had been subject to an in-depth security breach.…
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GoToMyPC Hacked – All Passwords Reset
What happens if something goes wrong and you’re away at work? Sometimes you just need access to your computer no matter where in the world you are and GoToMyPc offers you the ability to do just that. The problem with gaining access to your PC (or MAC) from anywhere in the…
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51 Million iMesh Account Details For Sale on Dark Web
It is becoming a worrying pattern that so many services’ user account details are emerging for sale online. Now iMesh joins the list of services which has a large number of their users’ account details for sale on the dark web, 51 million to be exact. iMesh may be defunct,…
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Katy Perry’s Twitter Advertises Hackers Profile
When it comes to hackers, there are often several types. You will find those who use ransomware to extort you for money in exchange for your memories, there are those who will use keyloggers to track your passwords and use them to gain access to your emails, often posting anything…
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What Happens When The TSA Fails At Cybersecurity?
Every week we publish more and more news about companies and groups that are attacked in the battleground that is digital security. Sometimes it’s a large corporation such as TalkTalk who provide internet access to thousands while other times it could be a bank or a group of banks. With…
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Ecuador is the Latest in Series of Hacks Against Banks
When it comes to hacking, people do it for all kinds of reasons. Some do it for fun while others target people and places for money. If you are after money, there is only really one place to target, banks. With the bank of Bangladesh having lost millions, with even more…
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167 Million LinkedIn User Records For Sale by Hacker
On the dark web, a hacker has come out to be selling the account details of 167 million users of the professional social networking site LinkedIn. The hacker announced his desire to sell these user records on dark website TheRealDeal, requesting a sum of 5 bitcoins, or around $2200, for the…
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Ransomware Attacks on Congress Force Them to Ban Yahoo And Gmail
Remember that latest series of malware that everyone keeps talking about, ransomware? It would appear that the US Congress is all too aware of the malware given that as of the 30th April, members of congress are banned from using Yahoo and Gmail thanks to ransomware attacks stemming from the…
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