January 17, 2019

Change your password! VoIP provider leaves huge database exposed online

A researcher has discovered an exposed database containing gigabytes of call logs, SMS data, and internal system credentials belonging to US Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service provider VOIPo.com.

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December 20, 2018

Facebook denies sharing private messages without user knowledge

Facebook hit back at press reports this week that highlighted a deep network of privileged data-sharing partnerships between the social media company and other large organisations.

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December 19, 2018

Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes

The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream.

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December 13, 2018

Supermicro: We told you the tampering claims were false

Computer manufacturer Supermicro is still trying to lay to rest reports that the Chinese government tempered with its equipment to spy on Western cloud users.

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November 16, 2018

Judge asks if Alexa is witness to a double murder

A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings an Echo device may have made around the time a horrific crime occurred.

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October 09, 2018

Apple and Amazon hacked by China? Here’s what to do (even if it’s not true)

Are major US companies really under attack from Chinese "zombie microchips" - and what should we do, whether it's true or not?

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September 14, 2018

You didn’t buy ‘your’ iTunes movies; Apple can delete them anytime

It's in the terms of service, as one man found out after Apple removed three movies from his iTunes library.

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June 07, 2018

Hackable CloudPets pulled from Target, Walmart, Amazon and more

The stuffed toys are stuffed with security problems that we've known about for over a year.

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March 20, 2018

Fake Amazon ad ranks top on Google search results

A tech support scam disguised as an Amazon ad was showing up above even the legitimate Amazon.com search result.

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