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The tech-support scammers were allegedly part of a network of crooks in the US and India who conned about 7,500 victims.

Researchers have discovered a way to use wireless earbuds as a biometric authentication system.

Google has again been reprimanded for not spotting fake extensions impersonating popular brands in its Chrome Web Store.

A project intended to move a small robot around a hazardous board teaches some solid security lessons.

This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.

A Change.org petition is demanding stronger accountability for Equifax in the 2017 leak that affected 150 million customers.

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Google is tightening its privacy controls over its Google Assistant voice assistant after a report earlier this year found that it was eavesdropping on user conversations.

A project intended to move a small robot around a hazardous board teaches some solid security lessons.

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The victims, who post car reviews and other videos about the auto industry, were targeted in a seemingly coordinated campaign to steal account access.

It appears this summer's 46-million-person breach at a Southeast Asian airline carrier wasn’t caused by a misconfigured bucket but by two ex-staffers at a contracting firm.

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A spearphishing campaign first uncovered in July is hitting more utilities firms and spreading the LookBack malware, which has capabilities to view system data and reboot machines.