The number of data breaches dropped overall, but the amount of sensitive records exposed jumped to 446.5 million last year, according to the ITRC.

Anyone could have accessed the entire database, including a child’s location, on Gator watches and other models that share its back end.

The only person who knew the password is dead, leaving customers unable to access around $190million in fiat and virtual currency.

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Half of the apps used to control a range of Internet of Things devices are insecure in a variety of ways, researchers found.

FamilyTreeDNA has disclosed that it’s opened up DNA profiles to the FBI to help find suspects of violent crime.

Several flaws in both open-source RDP clients and in Microsoft's own proprietary client make it possible for a malicious RDP server to infect a client computer – which could then allow for an intrusion into the IT network as a whole.

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The children's smartwatch allows bad actors to track their location and communicate with them, according to the alert.

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Eleven critical bugs will be patched as part of the February Android Security Bulletin.

The US government will not be able to mitigate a cyber-enabled economic warfare attack without help from the private sector, according to a report from FDD and the Chertoff Group.

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In addition, 91 reported fines have been imposed since the regulation went into effect last May.