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This app tricked 100 000 users into giving away passwords with the promise of … – Memeburn


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This app tricked 100 000 users into giving away passwords with the promise of
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The app asks for your username and password right after downloading it, then it turns you into a willing participant for a giant social botnet. Security firm … Fake accounts Like this one and several other fake apps were deleted from Android Google

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Wireless smart bulbs could scare away burglars

Light bulbs equipped with Wi-Fi could soon lower your electric bills and do even more—like scaring away burglars.

Connected “smart” bulbs promise to adapt lighting to different situations, moods and locations. Through an effort led by Qualcomm, smart bulbs will be able to talk to cars, appliances and other electronics, turn on and off, and even change into millions of different colors.

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Qualcomm has developed a smart bulb reference design with LIFX, which has made a Wi-Fi bulb that can glow in 16 million [M] colors. The ability for the smart bulbs to adjust by communicating with mobile devices and appliances could make lighting relevant in security, gaming, health care and other applications.

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Leaker claims Microsoft will give away free cloud-based Windows for PCs & laptops

Wzor, the infamous Windows leaker, took to a forum recently with claims that Microsoft is allegedly working on a prototype operating system that would not be fully functional unless it was connected online to the cloud. You better sit down, because rumor has it that some minimalistic version of this new Windows OS, which may be meant for devices with screens larger than 9 inches, could be “free.” Read…
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Intel to scrap McAfee name, give away mobile security tools – Computerworld


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Intel to scrap McAfee name, give away mobile security tools
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Computerworld – Intel this week said it would ditch the venerable McAfee brand for its security products and services, and offer free mobile security software to customers running Android, iOS and other operating systems on their smartphones and tablets.
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Intel to Offer 'Hardened' Android for Consumers, EnterprisesPC Magazine
Cyber security – the threats you need to watch out for in 2014Australian Macworld

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