I was walking through San Francisco when my phone buzzed. No caller ID, but the phone number was local, so I picked it up. Calling the man on the other end "irate" would be an understatement.
Robert Lemos |
05 Aug |
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When a big website like Lenovo's gets hacked, it's news. But most such attacks take place under the radar, at smaller sites lacking the skills or time to protect themselves. Take the legions of Wordpress-based sites, which got a rude awakening last year when many thousands of them were hacked.
Robert Lemos |
10 Jul |
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Here's what to keep in mind as near-field communications (NFC), the technology that allows Apple iPhone users to tap and pay, takes off. By the end of 2015, more than a billion phones will have the capability to use the wireless protocol to exchange data, and applications beyond payments will become common.
Robert Lemos |
27 Jun |
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Consumers who outfit their homes with home automation devices without considering security may be inviting hackers and thieves inside.
Robert Lemos |
10 Jun |
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Looking only at the data provided by security firms, the world appears on the verge of a mobile malware apocalypse.
Robert Lemos |
21 May |
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In 2014, companies announced nearly a breach every day, exposing an average of 1.1. million identities per breach.
Robert Lemos |
06 May |
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Passwords are stupid.
Robert Lemos |
10 Apr |
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Quickly patching vulnerable software is key to keeping computer systems secure. Yet, consumers are increasingly leaving their systems open to attack by failing to patch two ubiquitous third-party programs: Oracle's Java and Adobe's Flash.
Robert Lemos |
01 Apr |
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In the real world, kidnapping is a risky crime--getting paid usually means getting caught. In the digital world, however, demanding ransom for data, or ransomware, is an escalating epidemic, a popular crime which is leaving many businesses and consumers at risk of losing data.
Robert Lemos |
26 Mar |
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Internet of Things security is no longer a foggy future issue, as more and more such devices enter the market--and our lives. From self-parking cars to home automation systems to wearable smart devices, analysts currently estimate that some 50 billion to 200 billion devices could be connected to the Internet in 2020. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, "there will be so many sensors, so many devices, that you won't even sense it, it will be all around you," he said. "It will be part of your presence all the time."
Robert Lemos |
19 Feb |
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The annual security fest featured thrills and chills as the pros did their best to make everyone feel afraid
Robert Lemos |
21 Aug |
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Despite warnings from security software maker Symantec not to connect its pcAnywhere remote-access software to the Internet, more than 140,000 computers appear to remain configured to allow direct connections from the Internet, thereby putting them at risk.
Robert Lemos |
31 Jan |
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In August 2010, hackers bent on jailbreaking Android smartphones found a vulnerability in the way the Android debugger handled an overwhelming number of processes. The code designed to exploit the flaw, dubbed RageAgainstTheCage, allowed users to reflash their smartphone and install custom firmware.
Robert Lemos |
06 Oct |
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A hacking group has released a tool to remove the copy protection for a popular bot program, an event that is both good news and bad news for end users, a security researcher said Tuesday.
Robert Lemos |
18 Aug |
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As smartphones increasingly hold interesting data, <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/686655/social-engineering-3-mobile-malware-techniques">attackers will target the devices using known vulnerabilities</a> in common software packages.
Robert Lemos |
27 Jul |
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