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Bluetooth-Related Flaws Threaten Dozens of Medical Devices

Bluetooth is used in everything from speakers to implanted pacemakers, which means that Bluetooth-related vulnerabilities can affect a dizzying array…

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The 'Robo Revenge' App Makes It Easy to Sue Robocallers

Mac malware, a Bitcoin mixer, and more of the week’s top security news. Source link

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Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses

“The major transition Signal has undergone is from a three-person small effort to something that is now a serious project…

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Voting App Flaws Could Have Let Hackers Manipulate Results

West Virginia and Oregon have both recently deployed mobile a voting app called Voatz to facilitate absentee voting. But Voatz…

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Google’s Giving Out Security Keys to Help Protect Campaigns

Malign foreign influence operations during the 2016 United States presidential election season raised awareness about the need for tighter security…

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Dashlane’s Super Bowl Ad Proves Password Managers Have Arrived

This year’s crop of Super Bowl ads includes plenty of the usual suspects: expensive cars, cheap beers, big tech. But…

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The DOJ Is Finally Suing US Telecom Providers for Robocalls

The US Department of Justice has filed lawsuits (PDF and PDF) against two small telecommunications providers that have allegedly connected…

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Patreon Still Has No Answer for the Yiff.Party Porn Pirates

Last fall, a prolific photographer who asked not to be named noticed a sharp, unexplained drop-off in earnings on his…

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An Open Source Bid to Encrypt the Internet of Things

End-to-end encryption is a staple of secure messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. It ensures that no one—even the app…

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FBI Takes Down Site With 12 Billion Stolen Records

Storm clouds are gathering in the world of cybersecurity. Russian hackers likely targeted Burisma, the Ukrainian oil company at the…