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Your Password Manager 1Password Leaks Your Account’s Important Metadata

Short Bytes: 1Password, a password manager feature has been found to leak traces of the user account’s metadata which could be exploited by the attackers. However, only the older accounts using Agile Keychain format are vulnerable.  Storing all your passwords and sensitive information in a single vault appears to be a good option, but what […]

Web.com Security Breached, 93,000 Customers Credit Card Data Stolen

Last week, hackers breached into the servers of Web.com group, (a reputable online web services provider) and managed to access and steal the credit card information of about 93,000 customers. So if you are a Web.com customer then we will suggest you to keep an eye on the fraudulent transactions against your credit card. [must […]

Artist Hacks Surveillance Cameras to Spy on Town and Makes Photo Album

The New Town photographs by Andrew Hammerand According to a report by IHS, there were 245 million surveillance cameras operating globally in 2014. Out of these, over 20% of the installed cameras are network cameras, that can send and receive data via the internet giving easy access to hackers. The report is quite disturbing, considering that […]

NSA’s Privacy Breach: We Are Coming From Your Front Door This Time

The head of NSA, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, addressing at Princeton University said: “I don’t want a back door. I want a front door. And I want the front door to have multiple locks. Big locks.” Rogers suggested that NSA won’t be given the sole access to the encrypted communications happening at Google or Apple, […]