Hackers
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We're still ignoring all the good advice on passwords
The high profile hacking of Yahoo passwords is just the recent in a long history of our passwords being exposed. By now we know we need different passwords for every service and site, and they all need to be impossible for a hacker to guess.
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Nearly a billion phones open to hackers
Owners of Android phones are being warned that they are vulnerable to hackers, who could steal data, gain control of the phone and plant malware. The problem's believed to affect a whopping 900 million phones worldwide that run on chips
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Hackers reveal flaw in car key security
shutterstock A security flaw kept secret by Volkswagen for two years has been released by hackers, which allows them to unlock cars using a flaw in the remotes. Loopholes in the technology used in 126 types of cars have been revealed by
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Watch as professional hackers take control of a Corvette
mrlanrat Hackers have shown just how easy it is to use a device to remotely take control of a car. This video demonstrates just how easy it was for Ian Foster and Andrew Prudhomme of the University of California, San Diego, to take over a
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Could your smart TV be infected by hackers?
An internet security expert has warned that our increased use of internet-based TV services could open us up to attacks from sophisticated hackers. He says that use of catch-up and on-demand services, aligned with more smart TVs in homes
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Hackers control cars by attacking 'fragile' ECUs
Researchers in the US have shown that the ECUs which manage the electrical functions of a modern car are highly susceptible to hackers. The team from the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security discovered the computerised control systems
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