Let’s start off with something most of you have heard of – Lifelock. If you have seen their commercials on TV, you’d think if you paid the hefty price for Lifelock, you can rest easy — your identity is safe. The truth is, neither one can. But it’s simply not true. And it illustrates that some of those… Read More »
U.S. Police Are Giving Away Keylogging Software as a ‘Safety’ Measure For years, local law enforcement agencies around the country have told parents that installing ComputerCOPsoftware is the “first step” in protecting their children online. Police chiefs, sheriffs, and district attorneys have handed out hundreds of thousands of copies of the disc to families for free at schools,… Read More »
Five Things Google Probably Knows About You The majority of us use Google. It opens up the Internet, lets us explore and learn. It helps us expand our minds. And in return, it’s collected information about you. That much, we know. It’s common knowledge. A phrase that has quite recently become everyday is: “If you’re not paying for… Read More »
5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Check Yours Now According to the Daily Dot, nearly 5 million usernames and passwords to Gmail accounts have been leaked on a Russian Bitcoin forum. Here’s what you should know. The list has since been taken down, and most sources are saying that lots of the information is quite old—though others are claiming… Read More »
Credit card details at risk as The Home Depot confirms it was hacked The Home Depot today confirmed that its payment systems were breached by hackers earlier this year. The company is yet to outline the details of the attack, but used vague language to suggest that customers who used credit or debit cards at its retail stores… Read More »
Computrace back door could make millions of PCs vulnerable Almost all recent PCs have Absolute Computrace embedded in their BIOS. It’s a product designed to allow companies to track and secure all of their PCs from a single cloud-based console. But researchers at Kaspersky lab have revealed that it often runs without user-consent, persistently activates itself at system boot, and can be… Read More »