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03/06/2020 / By Michael Alexander

Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons

There are currently around 2,000 satellites orbiting the earth, each one beaming down signals which allow us to enjoy our favorite television shows, movies and even connect to the internet. Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. or SpaceX, which launched 242 satellites as of the end of January, plans to deploy about 42,000 more over […]

02/29/2020 / By Franz Walker

HACKED: Researchers reveal a security flaw in smartphones using an algorithm that interprets SOUND as you enter your password

A recent study has found a new way for hackers to gain access to people’s phones. Researchers from University of Cambridge, England and Linköping University in Sweden have figured out how a phone’s microphone can be used to guess what a user is typing on their screen. The research team utilized the fact that pressing […]

02/28/2020 / By Franz Walker

Flaw in Wi-Fi routers leaves over ONE BILLION devices open to hacking

A newly discovered flaw in chips powering wireless devices from a number of popular brands has left over a billion people vulnerable to hacking. Researchers working for the Slovakia-based internet security company ESET discovered a flaw that can allow hackers to steal data from people using these devices. ESET researchers have officially tagged the flaw as CVE-2019-1526, but have also given […]

12/24/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Don’t even think about using airport charging stations – here’s why it’s a VERY bad idea

Delayed flights can be boring, and unless your go-to entertainment is reading a good book, you would probably kill time scrolling through your mobile phone until it runs out of battery. But before you plug your phone into one of the many airport charging stations within your reach, consider this: Cybercriminals could be looking for […]

10/21/2019 / By Ralph Flores

How can a small patch of printed material fool A.I. surveillance?

This one’s for sci-fi lovers: A team of machine learning researchers from KU Leuven in Belgium found a simple hack to trick surveillance systems into thinking that a person is invisible. In their paper, which they presented in this year’s Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, the team revealed how wearing a colorful printed patch no […]

08/18/2019 / By Lance D Johnson

Cameras installed in airline seats now surreptitiously record you during every flight, then store the video files indefinitely

If being subjected to radiation and groped at the airport wasn’t enough, now airline passengers will be monitored in their seats by CCTV cameras that can randomly take pictures of you, watch you eat, and pick your nose. In Hong Kong, individual camera screens are being installed in every headrest, glaring at each passenger. Hong-Kong […]

07/10/2019 / By Vicki Batts

Security alert: Experts warn about major flaws in 4G and 5G networks that let anyone listen in, send fake messages, or track your location

There has been tremendous hub-bub about the rolling out of 5g, with many concerns about the potential health effects of bathing the world’s population in electromagnetic radiation. Now, experts warn that there are other major safety concerns about 4g and 5g networks — namely, security. As it turns out, these networks have three major security […]

04/15/2019 / By JD Heyes

Why aren’t Amazon and Google being charged with recording customers in states where it’s illegal to do that without telling them?

American consumers are becoming more aware of home “assistant” products offered by tech behemoths Amazon and Google that act as ready reference devices. No doubt you’ve seen the commercials: A guy in the kitchen asks his machine how much of an ingredient to use for a dish; a high school student asks a question she […]

04/05/2019 / By Ethan Huff

Total lawlessness at Facebook, as Zuckerberg and Co. caught phishing user email contacts and passwords “without consent”

Remember those fake emails we all used to get from “Nigerian princes” offering us free money, if only we shared with them our private banking information? Well, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has now become one of these scammers, as the social media platform was recently outed for harvesting users’ email contacts and passwords without permission, and […]

03/05/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Technology’s dark side: A 3D print of your head is all it takes to open your phone

The facial recognition technology of your smartphone is going to betray your secrets to the first 3D-printed replica of your head shown to it. This security flaw applies to all smartphones, especially the Android-powered ones. Cyber security writer Thomas Brewster tested the latest models of Android phones that feature facial recognition. He used a 3D-printed replica of […]

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