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Researchers used a decommissioned satellite to broadcast hacker TV

Enlarge (credit: Darryl Fonseka | Getty Images) Independent researchers and the United States military have become increasingly focused on orbiting satellites’ potential security vulnerabilities in recent years. These devices, which are built primarily with durability, reliability, and longevity in mind, were largely never intended in order to be ultra-secure. But at the ShmooCon security conference […]

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Data-harvesting code in mobile apps sends user data to “Russia’s Google”

Enlarge / Photo taken on October 12, 2021 in Moscow shows Russia’s internet search engine Yandex’s logo on a laptop screen. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) (credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev | Getty Images) Russia’s biggest Internet company has embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that allows […]

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A big bet to kill the password for good

Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey) After years of tantalizing hints that a passwordless future is just around the corner, you’re probably still not feeling any closer to that digital unshackling. Ten years into working on the issue, though, the FIDO Alliance, an industry association that specifically works on secure authentication, thinks it has finally identified the […]

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WHO, US worry Ukrainian biological lab samples could spill, go to Russians

Enlarge / A health care worker carries test tubes while on duty in the bacteriological laboratory at the Lviv Regional Laboratory Centre of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service, Lviv, western Ukraine. (credit: Getty | Future Publishing ) The World Health Organization has advised officials in Ukraine to destroy any high-risk pathogens housed in public […]

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Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

Enlarge / A group of Amazon Echo smart speakers, including Echo Studio, Echo, and Echo Dot models. (Photo by Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images) (credit: T3 Magazine/Getty Images) Academic researchers have devised a new working exploit that commandeers Amazon Echo smart speakers and forces them to unlock doors, make phone calls and unauthorized purchases, […]

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Kanye West Seemingly Threatens Pete & Kim AGAIN On New Song: ‘Y’all Ain’t Got Enough Security For This”

Just when it seemed like Kanye West was cooling off his feud with Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian, he strikes again! And things are only getting more concerning. On Tuesday night, Ye hosted a listening party for his album Donda 2 at LoanDepot Park in Miami. The long-awaited record was supposed to drop at the […]

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Prince Harry Says He Does Not Feel Safe Bringing His Kids To The UK!

Sounds like Lilibet won’t be meeting her British relatives any time soon. As we’ve been reporting, Prince Harry has raised serious security concerns about returning to his home country of England from his new home in the US. When he and Meghan Markle stepped down from the Royal Family, their taxpayer funded police protection was […]

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Pete Davidson Is ‘Laughing Along’ At Kanye West’s Instagram Antics & Staying ‘Far Away’ From Kimye Divorce Drama

Pete Davidson is trying to stay away from all the Kimye drama popping off on Instagram — and for good reason! The Saturday Night Live star is staying focused on his career, his relationship with Kim Kardashian , and the rest of his life even as Kanye West continues to post increasingly erratic and concerning […]

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Namco Bandai promises Elden Ring is secure following Dark Souls exploit

Enlarge / In Elden Ring , you get a horse. (credit: Bandai Namco) Last month, publisher Namco Bandai took down its online player-versus-player servers for all PC Dark Souls games after players found a serious vulnerability that allowed for remote execution of malicious code|code calculatordecoder} on an opponent’s computer. While a Reddit user who publicly […]

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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle May Not Attend Prince Philip’s Memorial Due To Security Concerns – Despite Charles Offering Them To Stay With Him

Although it was expected for Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and their children Archie and Lilibet to return to the UK this spring, it seems their plans are up in the air now due to ongoing issues surrounding security. According to Page Six, they might skip out on the memorial for Prince Philip if the legal […]