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  Serious security hole in Gmail password reset system found by security researcher

  Graham Cluley

  A security researcher has uncovered what Google has described as a "high impact" bug in its account recovery process, which could have potentially allowed hackers to trick users into handing over their passwords.
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  LG says it will push out firmware update for spy TVs, but fails to apologise

  Graham Cluley

  What's gone so wrong with big companies that they can't simply say *sorry* when they screw up?
  
  LG says you'll now be able to turn off its TVs' spy capability.
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  How your LG Smart TV can spy on you

  Graham Cluley

  Do you have an LG Smart TV? Were you aware it was collecting information about your TV viewing habits?
  
  And, worst of all, that you can't stop it doing so.
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  42 million passwords exposed following massive dating website hack

  Graham Cluley

  In what must rate as one of the worst password security breaches ever, it has been discovered that the names, addresses, dates of birth and *unencrypted* passwords of over 40 million online daters have been stolen by hackers.
  
  Are you one of those who has been put at risk?
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  How to pry your file out of the FBI’s grasp

  Graham Cluley

  One animal rights advocate has become so savvy at piecing together the FBI's surveillance tactics, the agency has freaked out and requested seven years just to puzzle out whether releasing the documents he's after will threaten national security.
  
  Lisa Vaas reports.
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  How ethical hackers found a (small) vulnerability on my website

  Graham Cluley

  I asked High-Tech Bridge to test my website for security issues, as if they were malicious hackers, and this is what they found...
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  VBulletin denies hackers’ claims of zero-day exploit in forum software

  Graham Cluley

  Zero-day or not zero-day?
  
  Hackers and victim disagree.
  
  But one thing is clear. If the organisation that *makes* the software can't keep its own installations secure, what hope do other sites have?
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  David Cameron on the techniques, ability and *brilliance* of GCHQ and the NSA

  Graham Cluley

  British PM David Cameron says the news has been full of stories of the sheer brilliance of the GCHQ and the NSA.
  
  Do you think their internet surveillance has been brilliant? And what do you think of Google and Microsoft's initiative to deter paedophiles?
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  How to freak out Instagram and Twitter users – and why they need to be more private

  Graham Cluley

  Do you share your location on social networks like Instagram and Twitter?
  
  Perhaps once you've watched this video you'll choose not to in future.
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  Conversation with a would-be Facebook hacker

  Graham Cluley

  Earlier today I got into another interminable email exchange with someone who wanted to hack into a Facebook account.
  
  Here's how the conversation went...