This $20 USB Cable Is A Dead Man’s Switch For Your Laptop
This cheap DIY cable can trigger a laptop to self-destruct if it’s snatched by a thief, but there’s a caveat.
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Google Confirms Serious Chrome Security Problem – Here’s How To Fix It
A zero-day vulnerability for Chrome is being actively exploited in the wild, Google warns users to update “right this minute.”
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How dumb is your smartwatch?
The tale of what happens when a smartwatch hater breaks, and buys one: so just how dumb is your smartwatch?
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Project Wycheproof shines light onto dark art of open source crypto
Google has released Project Wycheproof, which aims to make checking for vulnerabilities easier by checking cryptographic libraries for known weaknesses
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Developer raises concerns about MD5 hashing for WordPress security
Plugin developer Wordfence raises concerns about security, but is there a bigger problem with the continued use of MD5 hashing?
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The future of conflict is in cyberspace
Suspected state-sponsored attacks by Russia towards the USA have triggered an international cyber arms race threatening to paralyse critical systems
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How Machine Learning can assess risk and detect fraud
Machines learning from data have the potential to transform insurance and counter fraud by humans thanks to advances in AI
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WTF? Donald Trump’s HTTPS Floored, HTTP/2 Flawed and HSTS Adored
Making ecommerce weak again. This is the week that Donald Trump got his HyperText Transfer Protocols in an insecure twist.
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The do’s and don’ts of DIY pen testing
If professional penetration testers are out of your budget, is doing it yourself better than not doing it at all?
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