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An FBI wanted poster for alleged hacker Zhou Shuai.
US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large 'hacker-for-hire' cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury

By Joshua Wolens Published

News 12 alleged hackers are accused of targeting US organisations in a campaign dating back to 2013.

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Have I Been Pwned adds over 284 million compromised passwords from latest breach

By Jody Macgregor Published

News Time to move on from "PCGamer456" I guess.

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Telecoms hack on US government officials is 'worst in nations history' and 'the barn door is still wide open' says senator

By Andy Edser Published

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HDMI cable
Hackers can wirelessly spy on your display by collecting HDMI signal leaks and churning them through an AI, but I wouldn't break out the tin foil just yet

By Andy Edser Published

News Cool, but complicated. Our raison d'etre!

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Computer code and text displayed on computer screens. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Forcing users to periodically change their passwords should go the way of the dodo according to the US government

By Andy Edser Published

news Perfect. PCGamer123 shall remain forever! Oops...

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An original Apple Macintosh Model M0001, as they celebrate 40th anniversary, is on display in between 2024 Apple models at the independent Apple products store chain Amac, on January 24, 2024 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the Macintosh was the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphical user interface.
Major browser providers scramble to patch an 18-year-old vulnerability affecting MacOS and Linux systems but Windows remains gloriously immune

By Andy Edser Published

news Sometimes it's good to be a Windows user. Sometimes.

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Disney World
A furry hacktivist group has breached Disney, leaked 1.1TiB of data, and says it's because Club Penguin shut down

By Rich Stanton Published

news We were promised flying cars, but welcome to the real future.

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An infamous dataset of leaked login details, updated last week, now houses 9,948,575,739 passwords and poses the biggest threat to our online security ever

By Nick Evanson Published

news Another 1.5 billion passwords have just been added to the RockYou dataset, all harvested in only three years.

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An image of a close-up of a human eye on lap top computer in a domestic kitchen, at night
Microsoft patents a technique to display encrypted documents so only you can see them

By Nick Evanson Published

news It seems to be a better system than AMD's Privacy View feature but like all of them, it can't solve one key issue.

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Businessman working on laptop with virtual screen. Online documentation database, IT consultant being set up Virtual Document Management System with a laptop, Software for archiving corporate files.
US Gov announces upcoming ban of Kaspersky antivirus software for US customers—including future updates—citing an 'unacceptable risk to national security'

By Andy Edser Published

news If you're a US Kaspersky customer, now's the time to look for a new AV provider.

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