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Researcher uploaded spyware on official Fitbit store

The researcher took advantage of the Fitbit gallery which allows developers to submit apps that enhance the functionality of the core...

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How To

Online Anonymity – How to Keep Yourself Safe and Unidentified

What is Online Anonymity? Online anonymity is a concept well known in this tech-based world. From the concept of pseudo IDs...

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Cyber Crime

3TB of clips from exposed home security cameras posted online

These clips were recorded from home security cameras featuring people’s daily and even personal lives. As of 2019, there were over...

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Geek

Brave Browser enters dark web with its own Tor Onion service

You can now access .Onion domains directly from the Brave browser. Brave, an exclusive crypto-friendly web browser, has announced its integration...

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News

Chowbus food delivery service suffers breach; trove of data stolen

The data breach has affected hundreds of thousands of customers of Fantuan Group Inc. owned Chowbus. A Chicago-based Asian food delivery...

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Surveillance

Comcast voice remote control could be turned into spying tool

The attack could have been carried out with a “basic RF transceiver” which would not cost more than a few dollars...

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Cyber Crime

Critical vulnerability allowed hackers to hijack Firefox Android browser

Mozilla fixed a bug that could have let attackers hijack any Firefox Android browser sharing the same Wi-Fi network. Firefox Android web...

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Surveillance

New tool detects fake 4G cell phone towers

Dubbed Crocodile Hunter; the tool works by scanning for 4G signals and determining if there is anything unusual in their nature....

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Surveillance

Geneva tool lets you bypass censorship by merely doing nothing

How to bypass censorship? It’s not as simple as it seems but researchers from the University of Maryland’s Computer Science Department are...

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Data Security

Can VPN really prevent the breach of personal data?

VPN is great for protecting your online privacy but can it protect your data from exposure to malicious elements? This question is...

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Data Security

Zoom adds Two-factor authentication (2FA) as extra layer of security

Video conferencing and web communication provider Zoom has announced two-factor authentication to enhance user protection by adding an extra layer of security....

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Data Security

Private and order details of nearly 100k Razer customers leaked online

A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing the personal details of a large number of Razer customers. The IT security researchers...

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Geek

134 million downloads in 85 countries: A look at VPN usage in H1 2020

While VPNs seem like a tool you would only use to access restricted sites in a particular country, the truth is, the...

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Geek

No more targeted ads on iPhone after new iOS 14 update – Facebook

Apple’s new anti-tracking tools on iOS 14 will render Facebook’s Audience Network ineffective, causing a significant drop in publisher revenue. Facebook is...