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Hit by coronavirus tracker ransomware? Here's how to unlock your phone for free
By Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson published
Don't hand you money to cybercriminals when you can retrieve data for free.
Whisper app exposes intimate secrets of nearly a billion users
By Harry Domanski published
A publicly accessible database of Whisper's users has been uncovered containing specific and compromising information.
Microsoft contractors had woeful security when reviewing Cortana and Skype recordings, report claims
By Darren Allan published
Last year’s episode over humans analyzing Cortana and Skype audio just got a lot more worrying, if this report is correct.
Scam callers posing as Australian NBN providers are at an all-time high
By Harry Domanski published
Reports of scam callers posing as NBN providers have been rising rapidly, according to NBN Co.
Outlook.com breach allowed hackers to read (some) emails for months
By Darren Allan published
Microsoft initially denied that email content was viewable by the perpetrators.
Over a million Asus laptops could have been hacked
By Darren Allan published
Updated In a highly worrying breach, hackers have apparently snuck a backdoor onto a million or so Asus PCs.
Asus responds to laptop hacking attack
By Matt Hanson published
Asus has responded to reports that its laptops have been compromised.
Thunderclap hack makes Macs and PCs with Thunderbolt ports vulnerable
By Kevin Lee published
If you use the Thunderbolt ports on your Mac or Windows PC, you might want to be careful about what you plug into them.
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