DNC Gets Hacked By Russian Government
Just when you think the hacks couldn’t get any deeper, the Russian government goes and hacks the DNC (Democratic National Committee). According to the Washington … Read more…
Just when you think the hacks couldn’t get any deeper, the Russian government goes and hacks the DNC (Democratic National Committee). According to the Washington … Read more…
Twitter has been in the spotlight this week with the NFL’s account getting hacked as well as Mark Zuckerberg, Tenacious D and several other celebrities. … Read more…
Earlier today the NFL Twitter account tweeted the passing of commissioner Roger Goodell in what looks like a hacking of the NFL Twitter page. The … Read more…
You probably already saw that some of Mark Zuckerberg’s social channels didn’t have the best weekend, but it seems he wasn’t the only one to get … Read more…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been the victim of a social media account hack involving his Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest accounts. Hackers gained access to … Read more…
TeamViewer is a popular desktop sharing app that allows a users to see and control another users PC or Mac remotely. The software is used … Read more…
Like many other PC makers, Lenovo installs a number of bloatware applications on its computers that really serve little purpose. Now the company has admitted … Read more…
Edward Snowden is both hated and loved, depending on who you’re asking. Eric Holder seems to both love and hate the man saying he did … Read more…
A 15″ MacBook Pro is by no means a cheap computer, and when the TSA hands your $2800 MacBook Pro to the wrong person… that … Read more…
It’s been awhile since we reported on a large password hack release, and LinkedIn once again is the target of a huge email and password … Read more…
Facebook Reactions were introduced just a short-time ago and they’ve become rather popular, but not with the Belgian Federal Police. The Belgian Federal Police are … Read more…
While most business owners advise their employees not to share their passwords with anybody else, there may come times where hackers will try to access … Read more…
The FCC has sent out official letters to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile,Verizon, US Cellular and Tracfone asking the wireless carriers how security patches are done. Meanwhile, the … Read more…
Dataminr is a service for companies who want “real-time information discovery” and serves many companies who require analytical type data including Twitter. These types of … Read more…
Biometric data is a term we need to get used to. Whether we like it or not, the future of technology is being built around biometric … Read more…
I just couldn’t resist writing about this one. It could be described as the “worst of both worlds,” instead of the “best of both worlds.” … Read more…
We’re all pretty sure that whatever country we’re in, we suspect that its authorities are legally free to browse our devices. We may even accept … Read more…
Hopefully, this series has awakened some to the need to adjust security settings, without launching into full blown paranoia. We do need a wake up … Read more…
Do you know how to uninstall programs on your window PC? Well it’s time to put that skill to use and head over to the … Read more…
Microsoft has brought a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) over privacy concerns involving Microsoft’s users. The lawsuit, filed yesterday, insists that … Read more…
Our last few Tech Miser articles have focused on Bluetooth headphones and a few browser extensions. Today I’ll dive into browsers themselves, and a few … Read more…
Last time in this series we talked about encryption, viruses and malware, and now we’re going to continue that conversation and talk more about encryption. Point A … Read more…
If you are still using Flash, you should know that Adobe just patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed malicious folks to send ransomware … Read more…
Last time we talked about two factor authentication, passcodes, and using the cloud. We’re not quite done yet as there are still a couple of places … Read more…
Last time in our how to avoid tech security and privacy risks, we talked about the lockscreen and passcodes. As we continue investigating how we … Read more…
Unlocking iPhones is rapidly becoming old hat for the FBI and now they are offering assistance to other agencies in unlocking iPhones in their custody. The … Read more…
Panopticlick is an online testing tool and research project put together by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) designed to test how trackable your browser is. … Read more…
After all the drama between the FBI and Apple over the iPhone 5c used by the shooter in the San Bernardino shooting, which ended rather anticlimactically … Read more…