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‘Tis the Season for Online Predators

While visions of holiday shoppers dance in retailers' heads, those visions are also on the minds of online marauders ...

Losing Headphone Jack Would Allow Thinner, More Functional iPhone 7

Apple intends to peel the 3.5-millimeter headphone jack from the next version of the iPhone, according to a Japanese blog post published last week. ...

Report: Mobile Payments Won’t Be a Thing This Holiday Season

Bankrate.com on Monday released results of a survey showing that even though consumers may have more mobile payment options this holiday season, more than two-thirds of shoppers won't be using them ...

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New Tech Targets Enterprise Ransomware

SentinelOne last week introduced an addition to its behavioral solution designed to address the problem of ransomware scrambling files on a computer ...

Dojo Stands Cybersecurity Guard for Smart Homes

Dojo-Labs on Thursday introduced Dojo, a device that plugs into the router of a home network and acts as a watchdog to ensure that everything connected to the network is operating on its best behavior ...

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FBI, Carnegie Mellon Deny $1M Contract to Crack Tor

TheFBI has denied allegations that it paidCarnegie Mellon University security researchers $1 million to crack a network designed to protect the anonymity of its users ...

Huawei’s Fast-Charging Batteries Could Solve Power Users’ Problems

Huawei Technologies last week unveiled lithium-ion batteries that recharge in minutes rather than hours ...

ISIS Mocks Anonymous’ War Declaration

ISIS has rebuffed the declaration of cyberwar Anonymous issued on Sunday ...

FBI Paid Carnegie Mellon $1M to Crack User IDs, Claims Tor

TheTor Project last week claimed theFBI paidCarnegie Mellon University $1 million to crack the anonymity of Tor users ...

Users Balk at Mobile App Permission Requests

ThePew Research Center on Tuesday released a report on permissions and mobile applications found in the Google Play store ...

Decryption Tool Foils Linux Server Ransomware Attacks

Bitdefender on Monday released a free decryption tool designed to wrest data from the grip of a rare type of ransomware that's been plaguing Linux servers ...

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Deep Learning App Targets Malware

Here's the problem with most programs aimed at killing malicious software: They need someone to tell them something's malicious ...

For Tech-Savvy Teens and Tweens, TV and Music Still Rule

Although teens and tweens have more choices than ever when it comes to media activities, watching television and listening to music are their top preferences, according to a report Common Sense Media released this week ...

Instagram Shows Off Collections in New Curated Video Channel

Instagram last week began offering packaged videos tied to topical events, starting with a stream of video content to celebrate Halloween ...

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Mobile Malware’s Growth Slows, Nastiness Grows

The good news about mobile malware in 2015 is that growth has slowed down. The bad news is that the malware entering the market is more virulent than ever ...

Apple TV Reviews: Kinda Buggy, Kinda Great

The latest version of Apple's streaming media set-top box, expected to hit U.S. retail stores on Friday, has gathered a bundle of mixed early reviews ...

Qualcomm Unveils Muscle Camera for Surveillance Systems

Qualcomm on Tuesday announced a muscle video camera for surveillance systems ...

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Google Pushes Transparency for SSL Certificates

The padlock on a browser's address bar is supposed to give Net travelers some security in insecure virtual space, but that's not always the case. Some dangerous flaws lurk behind the padlock ...

Researcher’s Demo Sheds Doubt on Fitbit Security

Hackers hypothetically could turn Fitbit health bands into PC-infecting malware carriers, Fortinet security researcher Axelle Apvrille demonstrated Wednesday in a presentation at the Hack.lu conference in Luxembourg. ...

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Global Attacks on Mobile Networks Jeopardize Privacy, Profits

Bad actors are exploiting an obscure technology found in telecommunications networks around the world to track mobile users and engage in fraud, and they could be costing carriers millions of dollars in lost revenues ...

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