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Web trackers aren’t just spying on you; they’re slowing you down

As the world becomes increasingly aware of the privacy concerns of modern life online, anti-tracker extension maker, Ghostery, has drafted a new study that looks how a major component of many online services – trackers – could be doing more than invading users privacy: they might be slowing down the internet as we know it too.
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Facebook’s very, very sorry, and it has absolutely no intention to change

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It took them 15 years to hack a master key for 40,000 hotels. But they did it

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Facebook was always too busy selling ads to care about your personal data

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Duck, cover, and reboot your router? Why the FBI’s new warning is no joke

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You’ll never read Facebook’s new data policy, so we did it for you

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Cryptojacking turns your PC into a Bitcoin mine, but you won’t see a cent

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Cryptojacking is the new ransomware. Is that a good thing?

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Why Mastercard is ripping a page from Bitcoin’s book

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Firefox is on the front line in the fight to protect your privacy

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WPA3, the third generation of Wi-Fi security, has one giant flaw: You

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How A.I. can defeat malware that doesn’t even exist yet

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Apple’s unsafe Mac App Store is simply inexcusable

Apple has ignored the Mac for long enough, and there are bigger implications than just lack of new products. Multiple reports have indicated that top apps in the Mac App Store have been stealing sensitive data right. Not only did Apple not properly vet them, it ignored warnings from security researchers for weeks.
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Intel and AMD may never make a CPU we can fully trust, but others might

Protecting against Spectre and Meltdown isn't easy. Software and hardware fixes are far from ideal, but developing an entirely new kind of CPU core could lead to world where Spectre isn't defeated, but it is entirely toothless. What we need, is a root of trust. A secure CPU core.
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Did I do that? Intel is going to make a killing fixing its own Meltdown

Intel dropped the ball on Meltdown and Spectre. Now, it’s poised to profit off of its decision to sell critically flawed products to an unwitting populace.
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The internet’s free-wheeling spirit is dying, and we have malware to thank

Staying safe online often means using services you know and trust. But does that make it so the next-generation of connected apps and services has a harder time competing? Could malware be making the internet a more monopolized place? And what are the effects on web users?
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Smishing sounds funny, but it’s a serious threat to your phone’s security

We all know phishing is a huge security problem, but most people still believe it’s a problem limited to email. According to new reports, more and more phishing scams are appearing in text messages. The problem is much worse than you might assume. Here’s how to protect yourself and the personal data attached to your phone.
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Quantum computers could break encryption, so it’s going quantum too

Quantum computers could defeat conventional encryption, but that doesn’t mean our data is doomed. Quantum encryption can be used for defense. We spoke to John Prisco, CEO of Quantum Xchange, about how quantum keys will keep us safe.
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Is your PC safe? Foreshadow is the security flaw Intel should have predicted

Three new processor vulnerabilities have appeared under the 'Foreshadow' banner. They're similar in nature to Meltdown and Spectre, only they steal data from different memory spaces. Here's everything you need to know about this dangerous new security flaw that just might exist on the computer you're using right now.
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Faxploitation: Hackers can use old-school printers to invade your home network

While laptops, computers, and routers are significant security attention, old-school printers and fax machines often go unnoticed. A group of researchers recently showed how they could fax their way into a network and make it out with whatever data they wanted.
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Garbage to gold: How Yahoo unethically sells your spam email

Think you’re safe from Yahoo’s unethical data mining practices because it’s not your primary email account? As it turns out, Yahoo knows you use it for spam -- and it's turning a quick buck on your junk mail anyways. Here’s how Yahoo is staying alive even as its unpopular online services dwindle.
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What does that high score cost you? Why one in five gamers falls victim to fraud

Hackers and cheaters might prove problematic for developers and gamers, but financial fraudsters are also giving everyone trouble. A new study suggests that many gamers forgo spending money on their favorite games because of the risk of fraud, and many others still are caught out by the scammers.
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Just when you thought spam was dead, it’s back and worse than ever

Spam emails are among the oldest methods of spreading malicious software, but it's proving to be the most effective in 2018. As ransomware loses its vogue status and exploit kits become less effective, spam has returned as the go-to method for spreading malware and viruses to unsuspecting email users.
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Pay-n-pray cybersecurity isn’t working. What if we just paid when it works?

Companies and individuals sink loads of money into cybersecurity each year, and yet with each passing month, the situation seems to worsen. We spoke with a former NSA expert about a new approach to cybersecurity that could keep individuals much more aware of how they were being protected.
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Facebook wants to own your face. Here’s why that’s a privacy disaster

We all love using facial recognition technology in services like FaceID or Windows Hello. But it has a serious dark side too. We spoke with a former White House official who has some legitimate concerns with what companies like Facebook is doing with it -- and how it’s being secured online.
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People are reading your email. Here’s how to make them stop

The contents of your email are no private, at least not to third party applications that connect to Gmail. Considering what happened with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, that should worry you. Follow these instructions to see exactly who is reading your email and how to turn them away.
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After 14 years, a new generation of Wi-Fi security is coming. Here’s what to know

WPA3 is a new security standard for Wi-Fi hardware that will charge manufactuters with meeting stricter guidelines to be certified to support it. It will bring about greater security and privacy for users in the home and when utilizing 'open' public Wi-Fi networks, as well as better password protections for everyone.
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Improving security means killing the password, but that battle has just begun

As much as password reuse is a problem because people use the same passwords for different sites and services, some think that storing passwords in a central location is a bigger problem. As we begin to move beyond password use altogether, do we need to reconsider how our login credentials are stored as well?
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Nowhere is safe now that AMD has suffered its own Meltdown

The public disclosure of flaws in AMD processors caught the company, and security researchers, off guard. They expose hardware some had come to regard as the PC’s last safe harbor.
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Apple’s new privacy features are bad for Facebook, but great for everyone else

At WWDC this year, Apple announced several new privacy and cybersecurity features, specifically in its Safari web browser. Apple didn’t shy away from naming names. It had Facebook right in its crosshairs. Here's how Apple is making a case for its more secure ecosystem, blocking Facebook in the process.

IBM banned USB drives. Is it the future of security or a knee-jerk reaction?

With the implementation of the GDPR, more companies than ever are looking to better protect their data and that of their customers. But are they going about it in the right way? Kingston believes that the recent announcement of IBM's outright ban on physical media isn't taking the right tack in protecting digital information.
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Cambridge Analytica’s ex-director wants to fix data privacy. Can we trust her?

Brittany Kaiser, the former director of Cambridge Analytica, is now partnering with a initiative called IOVO, or the Internet of Value Omniledger. She wants to pioneer a new understanding of data privacy, but can someone who abused data in the past really be trusted with the internet's future?
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Your ISP can peep on your browsing, so Cloudflare is pulling down the shade

In a world still reeling from the Cambridge Analytica revelations, Cloudflare has introduced a new privacy-first DNS resolver called 1.1.1.1. It claims to make the internet safer – and faster.
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How Google’s ‘Project Zero’ task force races hackers to snuff out bugs

They discovered the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws before anyone else, and made sure Intel was staying honest in how it reacted. Unfortunately, the Project Zero crew aren’t the only ones searching for bugs.