• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on TV maker Vizio pays $2.2M to settle complaint that it spied on users

Popular smart TV maker Vizio will pay US $2.2 million to settle complaints that it violated customers’ privacy by continuously monitoring their viewing habits without their knowledge.Beginning in February 2014, the California TV maker tracked what TV shows customers were […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Beware! Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users.Last week, researchers from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center warned about ... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Beware! Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users.Last week, researchers from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center warned about ... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-06-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Hacker takes out dark web hosting service using well-known exploit

A hacker is proving that sites on the dark web, shrouded in anonymity, can easily be compromised.   
On Friday, the unnamed hacker began dumping a sizable database stolen from Freedom Hosting II onto the internet, potentially exposing its users.
The hosting […]

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