Here are the Most Hacked Passwords, according to the UK Government
The most hacked passwords are easy for anyone to guess but people still use these, time and again, according to the UK government…
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Security Firm Discovers 60 Million LinkedIn Members Data Leaked Online
60 million LinkedIn members data leaked online, a security researcher finds, with the information residing on unsecured servers… Researcher
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Facebook Uploaded 1.5 Million User Emails with No Way to Opt Out for Friend Recommendations and Targeted Ad Improvement
News reports reveal Facebook uploaded one and half million user email addresses without their consent for friend suggestions and improved ad targeting…
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Microsoft Outlook Webmail Breach Exposes Message Contents and Attachments
An Outlook webmail breach occurred in the first quarter of the year, from January through March, exposing message contents and attachments…
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Microsoft Leaves an Internet Explorer Security Flaw Open that Allows Hackers to Steal Users’ Files
An open Internet Explorer security flaw gives hackers the ability to access users’ files, after a security researcher reveals the exploit…
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New Study Reveal almost 70 Percent of Hotel Websites Leak Guests’ Personal Information
A recent study conducted by security group Symantec finds nearly 70 percent of hotel websites across the globe leak guests’ personal information…
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Yahoo might Need to Pay as Much as $117.5 Million to Settle its Data Breach Lawsuit
A Yahoo data breach settlement might come to fruition, if a judge signs off on the proposal, as the company fights to put the lawsuit to rest…
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Security Researchers Find Hundreds of Millions of Facebook User Records on Publicly Accessible Servers
Online security researchers have discovered hundreds of millions of Facebook user records stored on open, unsecured servers…
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Latest Google Report on Android App Security and Privacy Shows Mixed Results in Protections
The fifth annual Google Android security report reveals the company’s ongoing battles with bad Android apps, posting mixed results…
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Over 238,000 People’s Location Data Exposed by this Family Tracking App
React Apps’ Family Locator mobile app leaked the location data of nearly one-quarter a million users for weeks, security research reveals…
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Failbook: Facebook Actually Stored Hundreds of Millions if Users’ Passwords in Plaintext — because It Could
Facebook has revealed it stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext but insists no compromise of information as a result of the flaw…
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Google Patched a Security Flaw in Google Photos that Allowed Bad Actors to Obtain Users’ Location Data
A now corrected Google Photos security flaw, once let nefarious characters grab users’ location data, researchers point out…
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Microsoft is Now Testing New Versions of Windows Defender for Chrome and Firefox but Suspicious URLs will Still Only Open in Edge
Windows Defender Chrome and Firefox extensions are currently under testing by Microsoft but will only cautiously open untrusted sites in the Edge browser…
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Security Researchers Uncover 200 Android Apps with Adware Downloaded Over 150 Million Time in the Google Play Store
Google Play Android adware exists in some two hundred apps, downloaded over 150 million times, security research firm finds…
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All Chrome Browser, OS Users Urged to Update Immediately after Zero-Day Vulnerability Uncovered
The existence of a Google Chrome zero-day vulnerability triggered an to alert the public about the threat and urges users to install the latest update…
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