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Pardon the Intrusion #14: There is some honor among thieves
AI-powered smart glasses are finding people with coronavirus in China
Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus
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Android malware found farming ads for cash in kids' apps on Google's Play Store
A new malware family, dubbed Tekya, has infected multiple children's Android apps, farming ad clicks to earn money. Cybersecurity firm Check Point found that the previously undetected malware was present in 56 apps -- 24 of them were targeted towards kids -- on Google Play Store. The ...
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An open Windows vulnerability lets attackers install malware through documents
Last night, Microsoft noted there's an unpatched bug in Windows that might allow attackers to install malware or ransomware ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI
Indian law enforcement agencies have employed facial recognition tech to identify more than 1,100 individuals who were allegedly ...
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Cybercriminals are using COVID-19 discount codes to sell malware and fake items
While the world is feeling frightened by the coronavirus pandemic, cybercriminals are taking full advantage of the situation ...
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Hackers are spreading fake Android coronavirus trackers to steal your Bitcoin
While the world is in panic mode with coronavirus being declared a pandemic, hackers are busy exploiting the situation to steal money and data from concerned users. After using maps tracking COVID-19 to install malware into PCs, hackers are now spreading fake coronavirus tracking ...
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Hackers are using coronavirus maps to infect your computer
As coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, everyone’s keeping a close eye on how it’s spreading across the world. Several organizations have made dashboards to keep track of COVID-19. But now, hackers have found a way to use these dashboards to inject malware into computers. Shai ...
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That unexpected 'HIV test result' email you just got is probably a scam
If you got an unexpected email about an HIV test result, don't panic: hackers might be trying to steal your personal data ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #12: Private by default
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has begun rolling out encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for US users by default. ...
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DuckDuckGo wants devs to use its list of web trackers to protect your privacy online
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has released a new service, called the Tracker Radar, to block unwanted trackers ...
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Coronavirus domains 50% more likely to infect your system with malware
There have been over 4,000 coronavirus-themed domains registered since January — and their malicious rate is alarmingly ...
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How cameras in public spaces might change how we think
Facial recognition is increasingly being used in many countries around the world. In some cases, the take up has been dramatic. ...
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How Facebook's new AI system has deactivated billions of fake accounts
Facebook has unveiled a new machine learning model called DEC that has already detected hundreds of millions of fake accounts ...
