Facebook Users Should Assume Their Public Has Been Scraped
First it was 55 million. Then 77 million. Now, it's 2.2 billion, or pretty much every user on Facebook. That's how many people should assume that their public profile information […]
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Credit Card Breach Hits Two Large Companies
Delta Airlines and Sears Corporation have both been notified of a data breach that has exposed the credit card information of some 100,000 Sears customers and "hundreds of thousands" of […]
Apple May Soon Say Goodbye To Intel Chips
Rumors have been circulating for years that Apple has plans in the works to cut Intel and their chips out of the equation, in preference for using their own custom […]
Most “Wannacry” Hacks Were On Windows 7 Machines
Last year's Wannacry attack was bad, but in many ways, it was a self-inflicted wound. According Webroot's recently published "Annual Threat Report," almost all of the machines that succumbed to […]
Hackers Zone In On Microsoft Products To Attack
Congratulations to Adobe Flash Player for not being the software most targeted by hackers. Security vendor "Recorded Future" has just published their annual list of the software hackers most commonly […]
Energy Companies Under Attack From Malware
The energy sector is in danger, and almost nobody is talking about it. This, according to a newly published report by Kaspersky Labs. At issue are ICS (Industrial Control System) […]
21 Percent Of Internet Traffic Riddled With Bad Bots
How much of your website's traffic is driven by bots? The answer may surprise you. Overall, bots account for nearly half of all web traffic. The "good" bots account for […]
Apple Releases Major iPhone and iOS Device Update 11.3
There's a lot to talk about in Apple's latest update to iOS. Version 11.3 boasts some significant changes and is well worth getting. We'll go over the highlights below. Battery […]
Alexa Now Makes It Easy To Donate To Charity
Amazon has made a small but significant change to its Alexa service, which now makes it possible to donate to charity by issuing voice commands. So far, there are 48 […]
Amazon Removing Music Storage Service At End Of April
If you use Amazon's Cloud MP3 Locker to store your music online, now is the time to start looking for a new home for it. Last year, the company announced […]
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