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A man sitting in his living room looking at his smartphone with concern. Image: Getty/damircudic Over two million Android users have downloaded a series of malicious apps that bypassed security protections to get into the Google Play app store, researchers have warned. After installation, the apps use sneaky techniques to hide themselves from the user […] More
Getty Images/iStockphoto Playing Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ on some older laptops causes them to crash. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains why. According to Chen, a “major computer manufacturer” at some point in the 2000s discovered that Rhythm Nation, a Jackson hit released in 1989, was crashing some laptops and caused a nearby laptop to crash […] More
Current price: $29Original price: $34While not the biggest discount, this camera, available on Amazon, is worth considering if you are looking for a pet or baby monitoring device. The TP-Link Tapo is a compact camera with motion detection capabilities that works with both Google Home and Amazon Alexa, alongside your mobile device. For its modest price tag, the camera has a wealth of useful features, including a tilting mechanism, wireless connectivity, night vision, and the ability to save footage to a microSD card (up to 256 GB). More
Shutterstock — Rawpixel.com Microsoft has warned that a “highly persistent” threat actor from Russia has targeted NATO nations with credential theft campaigns that abuse OneDrive to compromise accounts, steal data and then leak information to sway public opinion. Dubbed Seaborgium by Microsoft, the group has worked to steal information from targeted NATO countries, particularly the […] More
Getty The number of different kinds of ransomware has doubled this year, new research suggest, as cyber criminals look to cash in on boom in extortion attacks. Ransomware has become one of the most significant cybersecurity issues facing the world today, as cyber criminals breach networks and encrypt files and servers, demanding a ransom payment […] More
NicoElNino, Getty Images/iStockphoto DNS stands for Domain Name Service, and it’s at the heart of the internet. DNS makes it such that you don’t have to type an IP address to get where you want to go. Without DNS, instead of just typing, say, “Google” into your browser, you’d have to remember an address like […] More
Image: Getty/10’000 Hours There’s been a big rise in cyber criminals combining fraudulent emails and telephone calls to trick victims into disclosing sensitive information like passwords and bank details. Known as vishing attacks, criminals and scammers telephone victims and attempt to use social engineering to trick them into giving up personal data. Common scams involve […] More
Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a vulnerability wholesaler, has reduced its disclosure timelines for incomplete patches in a bid to push vendors into improving the quality of their security updates. ZDI, a brand owned by security firm Trend Micro, is making the move because of what says is a “disturbing” […] More
