Security as a condition is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, nation, or organization. Establishing or maintaining a sufficient degree of security is the aim of the work, structures, and processes called "security.
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Load up on CompTIA certification training for less than $8 per course
In the IT world, there’s no more bankable training than certification from CompTIA, one of the industry’s most respected ...
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Google Drive now lets you prevent others from downloading, printing and copying shared files
Google wants to help keep your files a little more secure thanks to new Information Rights Management tools in Drive. Simply ...
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How to stop hackers from stealing your information on public Wi-Fi
Why is public Wi-Fi so attractive to hackers? Here we share a simple solution that protects you from the vast majority of ...
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Syscoin: Suspicious blockchain activity unrelated to Binance trading anomaly
Syscoin (SYS) cryptocurrency saw a series of odd patterns on its blockchain on Tuesday. After a detailed investigation, the ...
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Medicine's blockchainification is imminent, say researchers
Analyzing 40 PubMed journals for blockchains revealed a continued and growing interest from the healthcare research and medical ...
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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research
Recent bipartisan efforts from the US House of Representatives and Senate have led to the formation of a subcommittee to ...
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Bancor loses $12.5M worth of Ethereum to cyber baddies in overnight raid
Israeli digital asset exchange Bancor has suffered a major hack overnight, a stark reminder that major players are not paying ...
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Here’s what Sirin Labs’ $1,000 blockchain phone looks like
Remember Sirin Labs – the Israeli manufacturer that built the $16,000 Solarin smartphone nobody wanted? The company is ...
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This sex-positive dating app connects people through their fantasies
As with, well, everything really, the internet has changed the dating game. Just think how ubiquitous the phrase “swipe ...
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4 practical tips to verify if your customers are who they say they are
In the future, a digital ID may replace all your current forms of identification. At the same time, as we become more and ...
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AI is finding out when the person using your account isn't you
To some, the future of authentication might look a little creepy. But the explosion of data and connectivity will provide ...
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How cryptography enables online shopping, cloud tech, and the blockchain
What do the Gallic Wars and online shopping have in common? The answer, believe it or not, is cryptography. Cryptography ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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Sorry thieves, you can no longer hack iris-scanners using corpse eyes
Researchers in Poland have created a machine learning algorithim that can tell the difference between dead and alive irises. ...
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What Hollywood gets right and wrong about hacking
Catherine Flick, De Montfort University Spoiler warnings for Mr. Robot, Arrow, and Blackhat... Technology is everywhere ...
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John McAfee will pay you $100K if you get into his 'unhackable' crypto-wallet
McAfee says he will give $100,000 to anyone who can break into the 'Bitfi' wallet, the supposedly ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency ...
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MoviePass never had a chance
Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month -- less than the price of a single movie ...
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Smart contract hacks cost millions — this company wants to fix it
Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. ...
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Binance's first official acquisition is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet
Binance announced it has acquired a mobile wallet solution in an effort to improve “the centralized architecture” of ...
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Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet
An ad-hoc collective of security researchers and hackers has revealed that the Bitfi cryptocurrency wallet is full of spyware ...
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John McAfee's 'unhackable' Bitcoin wallet (allegedly) got hacked
John McAfee threw down the gauntlet last week when claiming his newly-created Bitcoin wallet, Bitfi, was "unhackable." It ...
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3 ways regulations need to change for the drone industry to take off
The drone industry is on the cusp of a revolution, with consumer adoption expanding and commercial applications growing, ...
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Monero wallet vulnerability made it possible to steal XMR from exchanges
Monero, the cryptocurrency often praised for its privacy functions, was full of vulnerabilities - one allowing hackers to ...
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Police believe this Alexa skill could prevent break-ins
For centuries, homeowners have relied on increasingly novel ways to deter would-be home invaders: From motion-sensing lights ...
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GDPR is eroding our privacy, not protecting it
It's been more than a couple of months since GDPR (the EU General Data Protection Regulation) came into force. The promise ...
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Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money
A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur, which allowed all data shown in ...
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year's Pwnie Awards
Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year after exposing critical bugs in popular blockchain projects IOTA and ...
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Facial recognition is Tokyo’s secret weapon to beat the heat at the 2020 Olympics
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics plans to introduce facial recognition software at security checkpoints -- both to cut down on unauthorized ...
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Research: More than 56% of all cryptocurrency crime happens in the US
Investigations reveal account information of 720 cryptocurrency exchange users has been stolen, a 369 percent increase from ...
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John McAfee’s 'unhackable' cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked (again)
A team of security researchers has a solid claim to $10,000, after meeting the three requirements of Bitfi's second bug bounty ...
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An 11-year-old hacked a government website and changed election results at DEFCON
Last Friday, an 11-year-old apparently managed change election results within 10 minutes. While at this year's DEFCON, he ...
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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots
Despite constant pressure to ban them, Twitter has been recommending users follow obvious cryptocurrency scambots impersonating ...
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The Australian Securities Exchange is crazy about blockchain – for all the wrong reasons
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) annual earnings report featured an impromptu lecture on blockchain tech, claiming ...
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Tesla whistleblower alleges drug trafficking, illegal surveillance at Nevada Gigafactory
A former Tesla employee today filed a formal complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the automaker ...
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Telling the truth about defects in technology should never, ever, ever be illegal
Congress has never made a law saying, "Corporations should get to decide who gets to publish truthful information about defects ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Gaming events will forever have to rethink security after Jacksonville
Esports and event organizers are being forced to rethink and beef up their security after the tragedy in Jacksonville, Florida. ...
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
A major cryptocurrency exchange is delisting Bitcoin Gold after a series of debilitating heists amounting to over $20 million ...
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Egypt's new anti-cybercrime law could mean VPN users face jail time
Egypt's President, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has signed into law the Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes legislation. ...
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Let’s face it, users should never be the last line of defense in cybersecurity
Users have walked a very insecure tightrope for decades, clicking on links and opening untrusted attachments. It's time we ...
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Without coaching our privacy, does Google even have a business?
Google is on a seemingly-ceaseless crusade to turn every one of its users into an open book that it can exploit for valuable ...
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Smart cities are for the rich — we need to change that
Chandigarh, the capital of both India’s Punjab and its neighboring state Haryana, is a very special city. It rose from ...
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The algorithms that are currently fueling the deep learning revolution
From beating us at the game of GO, to recreating paintings by Van Gogh, algorithms are all around us. Artificial Intelligence ...
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Facebook is using your personal data, here’s why it’s fine
When the Cambridge Analytica scandal came out, it did more than just shake up Facebook, it stirred the conversation about ...
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How an employee screw-up made my company better at employee retention
In order to keep a start-up company’s momentum going, you have to be proactive and creative in retaining employees -- since ...
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How to filter marketing fluff from startups’ AI promises
For anyone looking to engage with AI startup companies, the prevalence of marketing fluff can make it difficult to move forward. ...
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Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare
Data breaches are among the most damaging security incidents, and they happen everywhere. What makes the healthcare industry ...
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The 7 deadly sins of email security
Email is one of the most fundamental forms of business communication today. Not many of us can imagine our lives without ...
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6 reasons why municipalities are getting hammered by cyberattacks
More and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major ...
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Here’s how face recognition tech can be GDPR compliant
Ah, face recognition, that nifty little feature that's already making the still new fingerprint scanners (kind of) obsolete. ...
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China has a new surveillance tool that identifies citizens by how they walk
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool designed to identify people by how they walk, or the shapes ...
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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks
One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear ...
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Please appreciate Mozilla’s security-focused gift guide
Shout out Mozilla. The not-for-profit company behind the web-browser Firefox has put together a gift guide with a difference. ...
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Drone assassination attempts are a reminder that better legislation is needed
It will be up to the private sector, airspace security, and safety companies, to develop solutions that outwit and stop the ...
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Facebook hack proves we need new user authentication methods
Facebook's recent security hack that possibly affected 90 million users has exposed the fundamental flaws that our authentication ...
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The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ — and how to fight them
Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium with tools that can ...
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This AI-powered scanner will sniff out your drugs in the mail
The AI can already detect weapons and explosives, and will soon learn to identify synthetic drugs.
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Nasdaq could launch Bitcoin futures in early 2019
Despite the cryptocurrency market's plummeting price of recent weeks, the Nasdaq is still plowing ahead with preparations ...
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Switzerland says its national blockchain will be more secure than Bitcoin – it won’t be
Swiss Post and Swisscom are building a completely private Swiss blockchain for launching locally operated "decentralized" ...
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Moonday Morning: Israel is cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders
It's been another weekend of hodling and watching the markets, here's a wrap-up of the weekend's top cyptocurrency and blockchain ...
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5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Happy Universal Human Rights Day! We came up with five ways we think AI will help us in the fight for all of humanity over ...
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12 big encryption trends that will keep data more secure
As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, it becomes easier for them to circumvent security measures and access sensitive ...
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Starwood breach affecting 500M users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
The New York Times reports that the Starwood breach was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred ...
