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Tag Archives: Security threats
Apple Watch lets nimble-fingered crooks use your Apple Pay
Nimble-fingered crooks can exploit the one-second lag before Watch senses it’s off a wrist and asks for a passcode. 
Apple, Google and others urge Obama to say no to backdoors
Tech firms and cryptologists lobby the Obama administration, urging resistance to the implementation of backdoors in popular software.
Hello, Barack! Let’s keep that @POTUS account secure!
Let’s make sure that highly valuable account stays all you, all the time, without anyone else getting their mitts on it – at least, until somebody else becomes POTUS! 
Uber in hot water again – this time over plaintext passwords in emails
Password resets are a necessary evil, but they’re best avoided however they are done. And you don’t get to use the word “hacked” if you use and reuse weak passwords!
United Airlines: Hack our site for free miles (just don’t mess with onboard systems)
United Airlines is offering up to 1 million free air miles in a new bug bounty program that rewards hackers who discover security flaws in the airline’s websites, apps and databases.
Syrian Electronic Army attacks the Washington Post again, hijacks mobile site
Part of the mobile website of the Washington Post was compromised briefly on Thursday by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacker group, in an attack that redirected traffic to a site with anti-US and anti-media messages.
How one US scientist ended up accused of spying for China
A US scientist working for the National Weather Service was suspected of spying for China, and got swept up in a dragnet amid growing concerns in the US about cyberespionage.
“Nothing illegal going on here!” says US Army veteran behind Hacker’s List
A US Army veteran and self-described ethical hacker is linked to hire-a-hacker service, Hacker’s List, which provides a web platform where hackers can bid on borderline or even illegal jobs.
Russia and China sign cyber security pact, vow not to hack each other
Moscow and Beijing will share manpower, technical resources and information to thwart online attacks.