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How to hold private companies accountable for data breaches
Mashable That would definitely be an apt catch phrase for 2017, with major, high-profile hacks or breaches coming with disturbing regularity. Equifax and HBO were all hit hard, and the WannaCry ransomware crippled infrastructure around the globe. Even Instagram … |
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Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to hackers
Mashable A group of researchers has determined that hundreds of apps in the store have a gaping security hole that potentially allows hackers to implant malware and steal data from millions of Android smartphones. According to a paper detailing the alleged flaw … |
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Millions of email names, passwords hacked in giant data breach, report says
Mashable Hold Security's Alex Holden, who reported the data breach, told Reuters that the breach affects many of the email addresses on Russia's popular Mail.ru service, as well as addresses from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Holden said his firm came across a … Millions of email accounts compromised in massive data breach that includes Google and Yahoo Google and Yahoo 'investigating' webmail breach that saw 272 million logins stolen 272 million email accounts compromised in major data breach |
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Google, Samsung pushing more frequent Android security updates
Mashable In a move to address mounting concerns about security on Android, Google and Samsung are now issuing more frequent updates to devices they make. Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9 and Nexus 10 phones and tablets will now see weekly … Under Pressure, Google Promises To Update Android Security Regularly How the Stagefright bug changed Android security Waiting for Android's inevitable security Armageddon |