Hacking
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Suspected Chinese government hackers behind new iCloud account attack
Read: Suspected Chinese government hackers behind new iCloud account attackhttp://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/10/3fabff11-d64f-4e80-a0b9-60e148dc541a.jpg Apple experiences another breach of its iCloud service, this time by hackers possibly affiliated with the Chinese government. Source: venturebeat.com This is still big news, even though…
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Dropbox shows digital security’s domino effect problem
Read: Dropbox shows digital security’s domino effect problemhttp://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/10/f1ecea48-3881-4f8c-a8f3-b2095d40ae8b.jpg Dropbox has refuted claims that hackers stole 7 million username-password combinations from its servers — but that doesn’t mean that some accounts haven’t been compromised by the…
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Peter Thiel: Snapchat’s photo hack is ‘especially problematic’
Read: Peter Thiel: Snapchat’s photo hack is ‘especially problematic’http://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/10/8165be4e-a05f-454c-b1e3-29ed37127fd8.jpg Snapchat’s photo hack scandal is a huge deal to billionaire investor Peter Thiel. Here’s why. Source: venturebeat.com To have an API open to third party services is…
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Shellshock rising: Yahoo’s servers reportedly compromised by devastating bug
Read: Shellshock rising: Yahoo’s servers reportedly compromised by devastating bughttp://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/10/92fab375-b7aa-48aa-a435-9fa5c78edd8b.jpg Yahoo’s servers have been compromised by Romanian hackers looking to gain access to the popular Yahoo Games server, security researcher Jonathan Hall reported on his website, with…
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How To Protect Yourself Against Hackers
Read: How To Protect Yourself Against Hackershttp://pingpal.io/pingcom/ping-content/uploads/2014/09/e059c428-7ecf-4313-8f05-6381415a77f6.jpg There is nothing, hardware or software, that is unhackable. Let’s get that out of the way right off the bat. If a hacker — a real hacker, not someone…