security
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Google’s New Chrome Extension Warns You If Your Passwords Have Been Exposed
Google is rolling out two new tools today to help the password-challenged beef up their security game. The first is a Chrome extension called Password Checkup that can identify if you’re using a password that’s been exposed in a third-party data breach. The second is a feature called Cross Account Protection, which helps protect apps…
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You Need To Disable FaceTime Immediately
A bug in Apple’s FaceTime App has just been discovered, and it’s a huge privacy concern. It allows users to access the audio and video from the phone they’re calling… before the person has accepted (or rejected) the call. Yikes.
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Google Sets A Phishing Test To See If You’re Likely to Get Scammed
Jigsaw, an experimental incubator project at Google tasked with trying to solve problems in the tech world, has set a phishing test to see how easily we can be scammed. The test is free and well worth the few minutes it will take as it not only tests whether you can tell the difference between…
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Critical Flaws Leave Some US Government Access Cards Vulnerable To Attack
One of the nation’s leading purveyors of security access badges and plastic ID cards is scrambling to patch multiple vulnerabilities in its system, which could allow attackers to covertly enter secured buildings and obtain top-level access privileges, granting them the ability to modify a building’s list of authorised visitors.