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5 ways to work smarter on your smartphone
In many ways, smartphones are actually too smart. They have capabilities that few ever take advantage of and there are...
The 10 Most Notorious Hackers
When we think of the term hacker, we are reminded of men in dark hoods, who hack into your systems,...
App security: how important is it?
If you consider the amount of attempts to hack into government systems and databases, and how many times your personal...
How to boost your wifi connection with a beer can
Whether you're working hard or hardly working, the Internet is needed for a lot of what you do—from researching for...
Hacker group AntiSec leaks Apple device IDs to highlight FBI tracking
If reports from the hacker group are to be believed, the FBI has over 12 million Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs)...
The Key to Windows 8 Success: It’s the Apps
It’s an app world. The success of iOS and Android (as well as the lack of success for Blackberry and...
As Gizmodo learned, you should change your company passwords regularly
It's understandable when a Twitter account or other social media profile is hacked when a current employee gets their computer...
The facts about passwords
Do you know what the most common length of a password is? Or how long it takes a hacker to...
Hotel keycards can be easily hacked in 200 milliseconds
With less than $50 of store-bought hardware and some programming, a hacker can gain instantaneous and untraceable access into over...
Small businesses must take preventative measures to safeguard against hackers
Hackers are becoming increasingly clever and conniving, while small businesses remain shockingly naive about the threat they face from cyber-attacks....
As many as 1.5 million credit cards at risk through Global Payments hack
Late last week payment processor Global Payments revealed that MasterCard and Visa cardholders were at risk through a security flaw...
Google hacks to streamline searches
As Google continues to dominate search, they bring about new ways to make searching easier. The problem is that most...
Sesame Street YouTube Channel Hacked, serves Adult Content
For 22 minutes, viewers unexpectedly encountered unauthorized content when they went to the Sesame Street YouTube channel, and certainly not...
Voting machines shown to be hackable remotely
We have the technology. The hanging-chad debacle of the 2000 presidential election proved that we had the need. Now, as...
Warning: MySQL.com was hacked, serves extremely malicious malware
With over 12 million monthly visitors, word must get out to keep people from going to MySQL(dot)com until they get...
DDoS takes down UK’s Russian embassy website before PM visit to Moscow
It has been 5 years since a British leader has visited Moscow. On the eve of the first visit since...
UN subdomain for Swaziland hacked
In their biggest hack to date, the hacker group known as Cocain TeaM continues to replace websites with an ominous...
Time-Saver: Website lets us know if Sony has been hacked this week
Sony product owners, get your bookmark ready. HasSonyBeenHackedThisWeek will save you some time. It's a sign of both ingenuous concern...
PBS hacked, posts that Tupac is still alive
PBS was hacked today by LulzSec, a notorious group of hackers who attack for "fun and infamy" rather than for...
Sony finally flips the switch on PSN, floods users with freebies, free games
Sony's PSN service is slowly coming back to life, much to the enjoyment of those who have been without online...