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Buried in Samsung’s terms of service is the admission that spoken words are picked up and passed along to third parties by voice recognition.

In this talk security podcast, Chris Brook and Brian Donohue discuss the upcoming Security Analyst Summit, Flash zero days, the Ghost vulnerability and the Anthem breach

WhatsApp has finally released a Web version of its popular mobile messaging service. We take a look at it from the security perspective.

“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.” As always, there are exceptions.

The Internet continues to find its way into the private lives of its users. Here, we brief you on the most common methods of online tracking.

Banks continue to lose a lot of money because of carders and seek ways to ensure their customers are safe. Let’s take a look at the latest methods of bank card protection and how they may evolve.

Whether you’re buying or selling a secondhand Apple device, you can be fooled by criminals. We have gathered tips on how to minimize your chances of being taken by such frauds.

As is, a QR code can quickly take you to a site or another resource but not necessarily to the one you really want to visit. Thus Kaspersky Lab offers a free and safe QR scanner!

In part one of our series, we discussed tech used by bank card ‘seekers’. Today, we’ll cover how criminals carry out the most dangerous skimming processes.

New version of CTB-Locker, a ransomware that uses Tor and Bitcoin to evade detection and takedowns, should be avoided at all costs.

The top privacy data leaks in 2014 include: data breaches at Target and Home Depot, hacks of JP Morgan and Barclays banks, and leaks at Orange and Dropbox.

Researcher discovers that Progressive Snapshot tools lack any real security controls and could be exploited by attackers to hack cars.

Security reporters Brian Donohue and Chris Brook discuss security and privacy headlines from the first few weeks of the new year.

Comparing the worst passwords of 2014 with the infamous top 50 passwords from the Gawker Media breach in 2010.

If you use an ATM card, you are of interest to carders. How do these criminals act and how can you keep your bank account safe?

“British Prime Minister David Cameron to Ban Encrypted Messengers” — Headlines like this are appearing here and there. But what happened exactly?

A researcher has developed a nasty bootkit capable of taking complete control of OS X devices. Here is what you need to know.

CES 2015 was a superb event in terms of the amount of new technology per square foot. But, from an information security standpoint, it did not appear all that positive.

We collected the 10 best tweets related to an IT security event in 2014.

Gaming is enormously popular. Thus, it’s an easy target for cybercriminals looking for a never-ending source of money.