Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer These days we store huge amounts of data online. Individuals, schools, businesses and other organizations upload everything from corporate documents to private personal files using online cloud storage services. With recent revelations about the NSA tapping into cloud-based giants like Yahoo and Google, it is becoming increasingly important for cloud storage users to …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple, says companies that depend on cloud storage have left themselves open to the prying eyes of intelligence agencies like the NSA. Wozniak expressed sympathy for companies that are at odds with the surveillance tactics of these agencies, but he also added that industry reliance on cloud services is a …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer Simple Tools To See If Your Google Account is Hacked A recent string of high-profile attacks, including the breach against Yahoo Mail servers, has been the focus of technology media outlets over the past few weeks. It appears that no cloud-based service is safe from malicious hackers these days. Google’s Gmail is another …
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Originally Posted on RT “Spying Birds” Defacement Result of Angry Birds NSA Leaks Hackers briefly vandalized the website of popular mobile game Angry Birds after revelations that its users’ data has been leaked to the NSA. But the app’s Finnish maker has hit out at accusations that it is helping spy agencies. On Wednesday night, the front page of the …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer Mobile Carrier makes announcement that it will offer unlimited cloud storage service to its wireless customers for $5 a month through Pogoplug app. Sprint has added a new product to it’s “unlimited services” lineup. Last Monday the company announced that it is now offering unlimited cloud storage from Pogoplug as part of its …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer Google tracks everything you do, and they are not limited to just tracking you online. The search giant is now developing ways to track users across laptops, tablets and smartphones. They can even follow you right down to the the stores you visit and businesses you call from your mobile device. The new …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer If you are the most technical person in your neighborhood, then chances are you have become the local unofficial tech support rep for your circle of friends and family. It doesn’t matter how much, or how little, you know…as long as you are more technically capable than the rest of your family, you will …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer NSA Hacks Google. How could it affect you? Emails? Online searches? Think bigger… Recently it was leaked that the National Security Agency tapped into primary overseas communication links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. According to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the agency has access to raw data from hundreds …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat, Contributing Writer Cyber attacks are an unfortunate reality as more and more businesses move their operations online. Earlier in October, Adobe warned customers about a series of “sophisticated attacks” against its network. The Adobe security breach allowed hackers access to private information belonging to nearly 3 million customers. The data that was accessed included user IDs …
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Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer When it comes to online privacy we generally think of things like our favorite social networking sites, mobile phones, chat records, email, etc. Now, experts have uncovered a new security flaw that makes toilets vulnerable to hackers. Trustwave, an information security company, recently published a security advisory reporting a vulnerability in the Satis “smart” …
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