Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.

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The Amcrest 721 family of security cameras features six security flaws discovered back in 2017 by a researcher at security outfit Synopsys.

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A map will display the snail-slime trails that we all leave behind in our daily travels and through which background tracking apps follow us.

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“I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it’s not you.” But it’s social-disaster baloney!

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French researchers have found a bug in a hardware security module (HSM) that could enable an attacker to steal highly prized secrets.

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An Office bug that was squashed back in 2017 is still in widespread use – make sure your computer hasn’t slipped through the patch cracks!

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Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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Cryptocurrency users narrowly escaped losing all their funds last week after an attacker poisoned a digital wallet with malicious code that stole their blockchain access details.

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The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.

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A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) wholeheartedly.

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