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  13 hours ago

  Secure Your Credit Card by Changing This iPhone Setting

  CNET - Zachary McAuliffe

  While some of the best iPhone cases also function as wallets, making it easy to carry your phone and credit cards in one hand, this also means you're putting your most sensitive personal belongings together. If someone steals or finds your lost iPhone in its case, it could cause you a real …

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  2 days ago

  Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts

  Ars Technica - Dan Goodin

  Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps. Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential …

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  6 days ago

  Massive Roku security incident compromises over 500,000 accounts — what to do now

  Tom's Guide - By Anthony Spadafora

  Following a recent data breach, Roku has now revealed that it has discovered even more compromised accounts online and this time around, with over …

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  6 days ago

  HACK ATTACK Google urges millions to switch on ‘7-day’ Gmail setting immediately after hackers break into accounts with new attack

  The US Sun - Jona Jaupi, Technology and Science Reporter

  GMAIL and YouTube users have been warned about a scam that can leave them locked out of their accounts. The scam comprises cybercriminals promising a …

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  Apr 11

  DuckDuckGo’s new $9.99 Privacy Pro subscription should be on everyone’s radar

  bgr.com - Chris Smith

  After all these years, DuckDuckGo doesn’t need an introduction. It’s a more private internet search tool than Google Search, and it’s my default …

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  Apr 11

  One engineer may have saved the world from a massive cyber attack

  NPR - Gurjit Kaur , Christopher Intagliata , Ari Shapiro

  Microsoft engineer Andres Freund found something strange when he was running routine tests of open-source software. He ended up uncovering a backdoor that could have enabled a major cyberattack. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Our next guest may have stumbled onto a discovery that prevented a major global …