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Verizon reveals that all 3 billion existing Yahoo accounts were breached in 2013 attack

If you had a Yahoo account in 2013, there’s a 100 percent chance that you were hacked. Yahoo’s parent company has revealed that the massive data breach that occurred in August of 2013 affective all three billion Yahoo accounts that existed at the time. Previously, Yahoo said the hack affected 1 billion accounts, or a […]

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Wikileaks publishes two more Mac-specific exploits from CIA Vault 7 files

If you’re interested in security, you’ll like this. Wikileaks has just Wikileaks published two more Mac exploits from the so-called CIA Vault 7 under the name Project Imperial. The new exploits—Achilles and SeaPea—affect older versions of OS X, such as Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. The exploits behave […]

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Apple’s WiFi routers left off CIA’s Cherry Blossom list of hackable equipment

At least this will make you feel better about your AirPort router. Per a series of recently-published documents from WikiLeaks, the CIA has has has apparently been hacking WiFi routers for years to secretly spy on Americans’ internet activity, but Apple’s AirPort Base Stations aren’t on the list. Plenty of other popular basestations are, however, […]

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Apple releases iOS 10.3.1 update, offers bug fixes, security fixes

After a major OS update come the fixes. Apple on Monday released iOS 10.3.1, an update available for its iOS devices available as an over-the-air update or when connected to iTunes via a Mac or Windows PC. The update, which weighs in at just under 30 megabytes as an OTA download, resolves issues such as […]

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Apple repairs iOS 10.3 vulnerability that caused iOS devices to repeatedly dial 911

Following the release of iOS 10.3 earlier this week, a number of users reported that their iOS devices were repeatedly attempting to call 911. The flaw was discovered by an 18-year old who found a way to use Javascript to remotely cause iOS devices to open popup alerts, open apps, and make phone calls. In […]