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Telecoms hack on US government officials is 'worst in nations history' and 'the barn door is still wide open' says senator
By Andy Edser published
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Hackers can wirelessly spy on your display by collecting HDMI signal leaks and churning them through an AI, but I wouldn't break out the tin foil just yet
By Andy Edser published
News Cool, but complicated. Our raison d'etre!
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Forcing users to periodically change their passwords should go the way of the dodo according to the US government
By Andy Edser published
news Perfect. PCGamer123 shall remain forever! Oops...
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Major browser providers scramble to patch an 18-year-old vulnerability affecting MacOS and Linux systems but Windows remains gloriously immune
By Andy Edser published
news Sometimes it's good to be a Windows user. Sometimes.
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A furry hacktivist group has breached Disney, leaked 1.1TiB of data, and says it's because Club Penguin shut down
By Rich Stanton published
news We were promised flying cars, but welcome to the real future.
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An infamous dataset of leaked login details, updated last week, now houses 9,948,575,739 passwords and poses the biggest threat to our online security ever
By Nick Evanson published
news Another 1.5 billion passwords have just been added to the RockYou dataset, all harvested in only three years.
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Microsoft patents a technique to display encrypted documents so only you can see them
By Nick Evanson published
news It seems to be a better system than AMD's Privacy View feature but like all of them, it can't solve one key issue.
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US Gov announces upcoming ban of Kaspersky antivirus software for US customers—including future updates—citing an 'unacceptable risk to national security'
By Andy Edser published
news If you're a US Kaspersky customer, now's the time to look for a new AV provider.
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