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Facebook will use facial recognition to unlock your account
Facebook is known for tracking users even when they log off from the site; the social media giant also…
October 4, 2017
Popular GoKeyboard App Spying on Millions of Android Users
For Android smartphone users, online life is always on the edge as every other day there is a…
September 28, 2017
Massive Viacom Data Exposed Through Amazon Web Services
Database on Amazon Web Services Containing Sensitive Data of Viacom Is Publicly Available. Amazon Web Services S3 is…
September 22, 2017
The Pirate Bay Caught Running Cryptocurrency Mining Script
In 2015, it was reported that uTorrent was secretly installing Epic Scale Bitcoin mining software on users’ computer…
September 17, 2017
Fitbit’ Fitness Tracker Devices Leak Personal Data: Researchers
We do know that the inherent flaws in wearable devices especially the fitness trackers can prove to be…
September 16, 2017
Credit Reporting Firm Equifax Hacked; SSNs of 143M Americans Stolen
Another day, another data breach but this one will haunt the targeted customers for a long time.
September 8, 2017
Lenovo to Pay $3.5m for Secretly Installing Adware in 750,000 Laptops
A few years back Lenovo Inc., a world famous and seemingly reliable laptop manufacturer firm headquartered in Beijing,…
September 6, 2017
Latin American social media giant Taringa hacked; 28M accounts stolen
Another day, another data breach – This time Taringa, a Reddit-like social network website for Latin American users has suffered…
September 4, 2017
Trove of Private Military Contractor Job Applicants Exposed Online
Another day another trove of data goes public – This time, personal and sensitive data of American citizens…
September 4, 2017
Electronics retail giant CeX hacked; data of 2 million customers stolen
Another day another breach. CeX Ltd., the United Kingdom based electronic retail giant, has suffered a data breach in…
August 30, 2017