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Pardon the Intrusion #31: Stop using “123456” as your password
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Apple apps on Big Sur bypass firewalls and VPNs — this is terrible
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Pardon the Intrusion #30: Your data is up for sale
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Pardon the Intrusion #29: Ransomware gang turns Robin Hood
Airtel kicks up a storm after its privacy policy allowed it to collect users' sexual orientation, genetic information, political ...
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Zoom is getting end-to-end encryption next week — but you’ll have to turn it on manually
In June, after relentless pressure from privacy advocates, Zoom said that it'll extend end-to-end encryption to free users of its video conferencing service, beyond its previous limit to only paying customers. Now, the company is set to roll it out starting next week, but just as ...
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Norway blames Russian hackers for parliament email breach
Norway is the latest country to accuse Russia of infiltrating its systems, following an email hack which took place back ...
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Inside FIDO Alliance's vision of a future free of passwords
Most services you use on your phone or laptop, from email providers to food delivery providers, require you to have a password. With so many services and websites, it’s hard to come up with unique passwords and remember all of them. So, a lot of people end up using the same password ...
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Facebook now has a loyalty program for its bug bounty hunters on its platform
Facebook launched its bug bounty program in 2011. Now, the company is bringing an intriguing update to it with a loyalty program called Hacker Plus, which will reward security researchers to keep finding bugs in the social network's platform. The company will calculate a researcher's ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #28: Your 2FA phone got stolen. Now what?
Losing your 2FA phone can be a frustrating experience. But it doesn't have to be. Here's what you can do to quickly recover ...
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Google Assistant’s new Guest Mode is 'incognito mode' for your voice commands
Google announced today that it's introducing a new Guest Mode in the Google Assistant to pause recording your conversations. This is essentially an "incognito" mode which won't record any of your queries. While this use case might be useful for queries you don't want the company ...
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Google beefs up your account security with new in-app alerts
If Google detects suspicious activity in your account, it sends you an email or an Android alert about it. The problem is though, you might completely miss that and not act quickly to secure your account. To fix that, the Big G is introducing new in-app alerts. The search giant ...
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This sex toy's security flaw could literally cockblock you for life
Chastity belts have been around for centuries. If you go to sex museums around the world, you'll see different kinds of devices with ...
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Kylie Jenner's make-up company apologizes to customers for Shopify's data breach
Kylie Jenner's make-up company has notified customers of a security breach that exposed their personal info after two Shopify ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #27: The first death directly linked to ransomware
Password fatigue is real — but password managers or single sign-ons (SS0) can take away the chore of having to recollect ...
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India's biggest state's coronavirus platform reportedly exposed data of millions
India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has more than 350,000 coronavirus cases — with thousands added every day. It's important for states to monitor those cases, but it's equally important for them to keep that data safe from attackers. However, UP's internal COVID-19 ...
