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Users complain of account hacks, but OkCupid denies a data breach
It’s bad enough that dating sites are a pit of exaggerations and inevitable disappointment, they’re also a hot target for hackers. Dating sites aren’t considered the goldmine of pers
Here’s how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach
Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here’s how to find out. Facebook breach saw 15M users’ names & contact info a
Twitter widens its view of bad actors to fight election fiddlers
Twitter has announced more changes to its rules to try to make it harder for people to use its platform to spread politically charged disinformation and thereby erode democratic processes. In an upda
Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11-year-old did it
It’s time to talk about election security. Over the weekend at Def Con, the annual hacker convention in Las Vegas to discuss some of the latest and greatest (or scariest) trends in the wild worl
Roblox responds to the hack that allowed a child’s avatar to be raped in its game
There’s a special place in Hell for people who think it’s funny to rape a 7-year-old girl’s avatar in an online virtual world designed for children. Yes, that happened. Roblox, a hug
Netflix launches bug bounty program to pay researchers to track down bugs
Netflix announced in a Medium post today that it is opening a public bug bounty program on the Bugcrowd bug bounty platform. The roots of the company’s bug hunting concept go back to 2013 when N
We’re all Equif*cked
Every company is a tech company, and that's a big problem. Or rather, either every company is a tech company but most suck at it, or most aren't tech companies but should be. Either way, we're gonna h
Hackers send silent commands to speech recognition systems with ultrasound
Security researchers in China have invented a clever way of activating voice recognition systems without speaking a word. By using high frequencies inaudible to humans but which register on electronic
Crunch Report | Reddit Now Valued at $1.8 Billion
Niantic postpones its European Pokémon GO Event, Discovery Communications acquires Scripps Networks for $14.6 billion, Game of Thrones materials getting released in HBO hack and Reddit is now valued
To stop hackers from invading self-driving cars, Karamba Security raises $12 million
By 2020, an estimated 75 percent of cars will be internet-connected worldwide, according to estimates from the FBI, Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Russian hackers reportedly extorting cash from liberal political groups
A report from Bloomberg paints a grim picture of left-leaning political groups being targeted by (apparently) Russian hackers; but don't worry: this seems to be more "open season on DC" than Russki cy
HackerOne scores $40 million investment as bug bounty platform growth continues
For the past several years, HackerOne has been helping customers build bug bounty programs to find vulnerabilities in their software, and today it hauled in a big bounty of its own — a $40 mill
Microsoft Ventures backs Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity firm that protects with deception
Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity startup based out of Israel that protects networks by building “deception” frameworks to identify and trap malicious hackers, is today announcing that it
Recommendations on cyber security for the 45th president… Use more hackers
Nico Sell Contributor Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service. More posts by this cont
Chip Pro is a $16 computer empowering makers to build IoT gadgets
Say you want to create the next generation of voice recognition-enabled, AI-ensmartened, buzzword-laden gadget. The fist thing you need to do is pick a platform. Arduino isn't powerful enough. The Ras
UK data watchdog issues record fine for ISP TalkTalk’s 2015 data breach
A 2015 data breach at UK ISP TalkTalk has landed the company with a £400,000 fine from the national data protection agency -- a record penalty for the ICO to hand out, although £100k shy of the curr
The four cybersecurity terms everyone is talking about at Black Hat
Here are four cybersecurity terms that will root many conversations, both on the expo floor and among experts and analysts in the briefing rooms at Black Hat.
Your website may be engaged in secret criminal activity
Most of us think of website hacks as illicit activities aimed at siphoning critical information or disrupting the business of website owners. But what happens when your site becomes hacked, not for th
DNC discovers Russian hackers’ yearlong access to data
Russian hackers have had access to Democratic National Committee secret files -- including opposition research on Donald Trump -- for over a year, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
Cylance, fighting malicious hackers with AI, hits $1B valuation after raising $100M
“If you can’t beat them, join them” may not sound like the most encouraging pitch for a cybersecurity company, but a startup called Cylance has created an artificial intelligence-po