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#cyber How Bluetooth can be hacked and how to protect against it - Your smartphone or any other Bluetooth connected device is a security risk and unless you take sufficient precautions, it can be hacked by cybercriminals. Most of us connect to somethi... https://t.co/rmdMLWIf8G

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#cyber Security Experts: Why Smart Home Devices Should Scare You - Despite the light tone, all the experts found it difficult to say many positive things about the current state of connected devices.”Imagine if you took computing back in the ’80s and ... https://t.co/dZrioVHw7D

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#cyber Update your Google Chrome browser to Chrome 64 for Meltdown And Spectre Security Patches, Site-Wide Auto-Mute, Improved Popup Blocker - For past week or so we have been hearing about the twin CPU flaws called Meltdown and Spectre. Google had pr... https://t.co/XBcUZ7YF06

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#cyber Security flaw in Prime Exclusive Moto G5 allows access to anyone - If you bought your Moto G5 Android smartphone from Amazon Prime, you need to worry. There’s no doubt in many people’s minds that the Amazon Prime exclusive version of certain sm... https://t.co/PsO2axGLdi

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#cyber An Internet of Things ‘crime harvest’ is coming unless security problems are fixed - Internet of Things product manufacturers must get their act together and secure their devices or they risk creating new ways for wrongdoers to commit crimes, a... https://t.co/tkskhaqfK7

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#cyber How to Secure Your IP Security Cameras - The IP security camera industry seems to have grown a lot over the past few years. From consumer-grade home IP security cameras such as those from FLIR to professional-grade models. The technology is get... https://t.co/lcxWkXTrPt

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#cyber Can Internet of Things make your physical security better? - The Internet of Things arrived somewhere in 2015 and the possibilities offered by it are seemingly endless. Imagine a world where everything is interconnected and helps you in your ho... https://t.co/55D7iFK6KT

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#cyber How to buy the best smart home security system - The humble burglar alarm now has a new cutting-edge competitor. A new wave of smart home security systems have hit the market, which combine many of the features of a traditional burglar alarm wi... https://t.co/lIE88S0u7d

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#cyber The world’s most secure smartphones — and why they’re all Androids - Smartphones may be our most personal devices — we carry them everywhere, and they know more about our lives than our closest friends — but they were never designed with securi... https://t.co/MNt9cL4jjU

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#cyber Why installing Chrome and Firefox extensions can be deadly? - A majority of users use either Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox browsers to surf the Internet. The beautiful thing about Chrome and Firefox is the ability to install service-spec... https://t.co/d1hiXQSp7c

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#cyber What is a smart TV and what are the cyber risks of owning a smart TV - What is a smart TV? Any TV that lets you connect to the Internet and run web applications is termed as a smart TV. With more and more devices being connected to the Internet... https://t.co/ayeSFOs45e

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#cyber Ransomware Actors Cut Loose on Health Care Organizations - A string of recent attacks suggests that ransomware operators are sharply ramping up their focus on healthcare organizations. Last week, electronic health record (EHR) provider Allscrip... https://t.co/NQNQEwcW4V

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#cyber What is Ransomware and how to protect your PC/laptop against ransomware attacks? - Since 2010, ransomware has evolved as one of the biggest cyber risks. In fact, 2017 saw more ransomware attacks than ever before. May 12th 2017 saw the biggest e... https://t.co/xIsms9oiSQ

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#cyber 2017: The Year of Email Data Breaches - Ever since its introduction, email has become the defacto means of communication for every individual and businesses. The email gives us instant communication options unlike the snail mail of old days. Ho... https://t.co/Lzk0ho8i4s

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#cyber What is web server security and why is it important? - These days everything is online. Internet-less or air-gapped PC/laptops and devices either belong to medieval past or military installations. Everything needs Internet – you smartphone won’... https://t.co/hTjSqtUeUy

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#cyber Why ethical hacking is a top career option in 2018? - Hacking has various meanings and a hacker is not always necessarily a bad person. There are three types of hackers- white hats, gray hats and black hats. While hacking may have negative impl... https://t.co/SXWy7Mw6jy

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#cyber Hackers steal almost $400M from cryptocurrency ICOs - According to a new research report (.PDF) by Ernst & Young, over 10 percent of all funds changing hands during these events have been lost or stolen. This equates to roughly $400 million in ... https://t.co/XqLfS8c5te

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#cyber Fake cryptocurrency scam delivers ransomware – and more malware when you pay up - A new form of ransomware attempts to trick victims into installing it with the lure of quickly profiting from cryptocurrency — before encrypting their files and d... https://t.co/piJCrytWSt