It has not been Facebook’s year. Like at all. Cambridge Analytica, 30 million accounts that were affected by a hack, and privacy issues were the things that plagued the social network and its user base. Yet there’s more. A security researcher at Imperv…

Has someone been trying to hack into a large number of Apple ID accounts? That’s one of the theories circulating after a significant number of iPhone owners woke up on Tuesday to discover that their handsets were displaying a message saying that their Apple ID had been locked. All the indications are that Apple locked […]

Fake cryptocurrency wallets continue to creep their way into Google’s application store for Android aficionados, as one researcher has recently discovered. Using his personal website, independent researcher Lukas Stefanko sounds the alarm over four new fake cryptocurrency wallets that trick users either into giving away their credentials, or impersonate legitimate cryptocurrency wallets. “These threats imitate […]

Fake cryptocurrency wallets continue to creep their way into Google’s application store for Android aficionados, as one researcher has recently discovered. Using his personal website, independent researcher Lukas Stefanko sounds the alarm over four new fake cryptocurrency wallets that trick users either into giving away their credentials, or impersonate legitimate cryptocurrency wallets. “These threats imitate […]

A lack of trust in the mainstream media has led to dissemination of a large amount of false digital information on social networks, but in India it appears things have taken a turn for the worst, according to BBC researchers. The acute spread of fake news via groups on WhatsApp, one of the most popular […]

Passwords are used for almost everything online nowadays: Your mailaccount, online shopping portals like Amazon, Social Media presences – you name it. Basically everyone wants you to register. With all those different accounts a password manager is mor…

Technology got mixed results at the ballot box, with blockchain ballots making an appearance — and paper backups getting even more popular.
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Huntsville Hospital in Alabama announced that the personal data of job applicants may have been compromised after a security incident at the recruitment platform they collaborate with. Social Security numbers of thousands of people may have been leaked online. Detailed information has not been released, but applicants that may have fallen victim are contacted and […]