Tesla has issued a security update to its Model S car after security researchers discovered six flaws that allowed them to control its entertainment software and hijack the vehicle.
Fred O'Connor |
07 Aug |
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Google won't comply with an order from France's privacy watchdog group to apply the right to be forgotten to all its search results around the world.
Fred O'Connor |
31 Jul |
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A group has been singled out as the attacker behind the recently disclosed hack against Anthem, believed to be the largest waged against a health care company.
Fred O'Connor |
30 Jul |
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Health care providers are increasingly using smartphones and tablets for tasks such as accessing and transferring medical records, and submitting prescriptions, but these devices may not be secure enough to protect sensitive medical information from hackers.
Fred O'Connor |
25 Jul |
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Smartwatches are failing people at keeping their data safe and protecting them from hackers.
Fred O'Connor |
24 Jul |
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A hack targeting UCLA Health's computer network may have exposed personal and medical data on 4.5 million people.
Fred O'Connor |
18 Jul |
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Hackers who breached a database containing highly personal information on government employees with security clearances had access to the system for about a year before being discovered, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Fred O'Connor |
20 Jun |
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Some Facebook users should soon be able to receive encrypted emails from the social networking site if they add PGP public keys to their profiles.
Fred O'Connor |
02 Jun |
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A flaw in iOS 8 would allow attackers to render devices running the mobile OS useless if they're within range of a fake wireless hotspot, according to researchers from security firm Skycure.
Fred O'Connor |
23 Apr |
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Watch out, computer security professionals: Cloud computing vendors are coming for your jobs.
Fred O'Connor |
09 Apr |
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U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. government to impose sanctions on people, organizations and governments that partake in "malicious cyber-enabled activities" that harm the country.
Fred O'Connor |
02 Apr |
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A slew of tech companies have joined privacy groups in calling for the U.S. government to reform its surveillance practices.
Fred O'Connor |
27 Mar |
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The personal information found in health care records fetches hefty sums on underground markets, making any company that stores such data a very attractive target for attackers.
Fred O'Connor |
21 Mar |
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Target has agreed to pay US$10 million in a proposed settlement to a class-action lawsuit stemming from its massive 2013 data breach.
Fred O'Connor |
20 Mar |
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As concern grows about data collection by mobile apps, Apple and companies involved with its new ResearchKit software development framework for medical studies say users of the first five apps have nothing to worry about.
Fred O'Connor |
12 Mar |
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