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Top Tips to Upscale Your Netflix Security Instantly

As of the third quarter of 2020, Netflix had 195.15 million paid subscribers worldwide and that makes it a lucrative target for...

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Surveillance

WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits

WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy – You must agree to WhatsApp’s new terms if you want to keep using it! Facebook-owned...

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Data Security

Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature

The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000. Sometimes the greatest of...

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Data Security

Nissan source code leaked after it used “admin” as username, password

The collection is 20 GB large and includes source code of a range of Nissan services including NissanConnect. Swiss software engineer Tillie...

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Surveillance

IMF could track your browsing history to determine credit score

IMF researchers hinted at the possibility of using a user’s browsing history, including search and purchasing data, for more accurately determining the...

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Geek

Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users

According to the researcher, the private information of Instagram users was just a DM away. A Nepal-based IT security researcher Saugat Pokharel...

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Surveillance

German court forcing Tutanota to let authorities read emails in plain text

Tutanota is being forced by a German court to develop a backdoor that will be used by authorities to monitor individual mailboxes...

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How To

How to Protect and Keep Your Digital Wallets Safe

Did you know by 2025, about half of digital transactions will be done through mobile meaning the use of digital wallets will...

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Surveillance

Top 4 Best and Safest Types of Biometrics

The use of biometrics has revolutionized the security game, and there are lots of options available, but what are the safest types...

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Surveillance

Norweigian researcher exposes how a US firm collected his location data

The researcher identified over 75000 data points of his phone being tracked. Most of us already know that our smartphones are being...

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Data Security

Hackers hiding skimming malware behind social media sharing icons

According to researchers, the malware hides behind icons from top networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, YouTube, and Pinterest. Skimming attacks...

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News

Robotic vacuum cleaners could be hacked to spy on you

According to researchers, robotic vacuum cleaners can be hacked to spy on users by recording both conversations and music. In recent times,...

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Data Security

Android messaging app with 100M users found exposing messages

According to the Play Store, the Go SMS Pro app is highly popular among Android users with more than 100 million users....

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Data Security

Facebook Messenger bug allowed callers to listen unattended calls

The bug existed in the Facebook Messenger app for Android. The bigger an application, the more potential for it to contain vulnerabilities....

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How To

How to Optimize Your App Settings for Privacy

To protect users’ privacy, developers must put their apps through regression testing to ensure that previously developed and tested software still performs...