Bitcoin money laundering case may threaten future of anonymous purchases

Bitcoin’s popularity has come with ups and downs, the most recent of which being criminal charges against vendors for money laundering, something believed to be the first case of its … Continue reading

Obama’s NSA surveillance limits enforced (but are they even listening?)

The first stages of President Obama’s overhaul of NSA data collection have gone into action, placing limits on how easy it is for security services to monitor individuals, though new … Continue reading

This Tiny Gizmo Is All You Need to Automate and Protect Your Home

This Tiny Gizmo Is All You Need to Automate and Protect Your Home

Piper is not just a security camera that streams live video to your iPhone on demand. It’s also a weather station, a programmable motion- and sound-detecting device, a data-visualization tool for your in-home habits, a wireless hub for controlling other …

    



HVAC contractor fingered as poorly secured third party at center of Target breach

Late last year retailer Target was hit with a hack that allowed nefarious users into its systems. The hackers made off with details on 70 million customers including credit card … Continue reading

Security researchers hack car computers with common parts

Modern cars all have so many computerized accessories and safety systems inside that they need a computer brain to control things. The problem is that these computer brains are often … Continue reading

Syrian Electronic Army breaches MarkMonitor, toys with Facebook’s domain

The Syrian Electronic Army has kicked up another ruckus, this time posting pictures on its latest Twitter account showing an apparent breach of MarkMonitor, as well as a screenshot to … Continue reading

Your Body Odor Could Help Make Airport Security a Breeze

Your Body Odor Could Help Make Airport Security a Breeze

Forget retina scans and fingerprints. Turns out, body odor is a shockingly accurate biometric identifier. And according to new research from a team of Spanish scientists, it could change the way security checkpoints work.

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In Sochi, Every Single Phone and Laptop Is Definitely Getting Hacked

In Sochi, Every Single Phone and Laptop Is Definitely Getting Hacked

Say you’re going to Sochi for the Winter Olympics. You’ve magically found a hotel that’s actually complete and not full of trash and construction equipment. Crisis averted, right? Not quite—because as NBC Nightly News’ experiment shows, your computer or smartphone could be hacked in seconds in Sochi. Hackers will be going after your computer or smartphone from the minute you land.

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British Spies Have Attacked Anonymous With DDoS

British Spies Have Attacked Anonymous With DDoS

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News suggest that the UK’s spy agency, GCHQ, launched a DDoS attack on the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.

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This TSA Redesign Could Change the Way You Think About Airport Security

This TSA Redesign Could Change the Way You Think About Airport Security

The TSA needs help—bad. The agency and its blue-shirted officers have never been the most popular kids on the block, but things got worse last week when a former employee told all in a Politico article. But don’t worry, TSA. The designers are here to save you.

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