• 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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• 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 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 Hacker hijacks thousands of publicly exposed printers to warn owners

Following recent research that showed many printer models are vulnerable to attacks, a hacker decided to prove the point and forced thousands of publicly exposed printers to spew out rogue messages. The messages included ASCII art depicting robots ... Read More