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Today, users are readily spending their money on house arrest-style services similar to those used for tracking criminals. They call them fitness trackers.

Brian Donohue and Dennis Fisher talk about a new attack on the SSL protocol, which is now known as POODLE.

Twitter debuts a grand but simple plan to replace passwords where your phone number is your username and an SMS-generated code is your password.

Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.

The owners of certain expensive cars can analyze their driving skills in the same way F1 pilots do. However, this information is sensitive and, thus, should be protected.

New research shows that studying and mnemonic devices could help us to better remember our passwords.

One simple Android game can get as much information about the smartphone’s owner as a real spy can.

A massive provider of insurance for bond investments misconfigured one of its servers and accidentally made a variety of sensitive payment information indexable.

Using a trojan malware with the Russian name, Tyupkin, hackers made cash withdrawals without so much as accessing bank accounts.

”Dear Chairman, dear Vice Chairman, dear members of the board, let me present to you the annual report… Oops… Just a moment, we are having some technical issues…”

September’s security news was dominated by three stories: the Home Depot data breach, the Apple celebrity nude photo leak scandal and the Shellshock vulnerability in Bash.

Phishing is the most developed form of Internet scamming. Let’s explore the topic in order to better understand why it became so prominent and what measures one can take to avoid a phishing attack.

Even when your iPhone is in your hands or on the table, it can reveal some of your secrets to strangers. Here are 10 tips to prevent this from happening.

Virus Bulletin is a traditionally enterprise-focused event, but each year topics of consumer interest, like Apple malware, hackable devices and Bitcoin are presented.

The Bash vulnerability affecting Unix, Linux and OS X systems is the latest Internet-wide bug to emerge, and a number of experts are saying it’s more dangerous than OpenSSL Heartbleed.

With the release of iOS 8, Apple claims it can’t access the personal data on your iPhones and iPads and it can’t give it to authorities. But it seems there’s a catch.

A new poll shows Americans care overwhelmingly about digital privacy.

A number of popular Android applications are putting sensitive user data at risk of exposure because the app developers are not fully implementing encryption.

The final month of summer wasn’t full of cybercriminal stories, but law enforcement groups around the world still found and punished some evildoers.

Tor is an online browsing portal that keeps your web activity completely anonymous.

A survey reveals the motivations behind hacker attacks, showing that they are not afraid of consequences.