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What do you collect? Rare stamps? Falcons fans tears? How about classified national defense documents? Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Harold Thomas Martin III was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on the charge that he purposely collected classified information regarding national defense. He...
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Businesses are having to contend with a lot more ransomware attacks than ever before. According to SonicWall's 2017 Annual Threat Report, there has been a meteoric rise in ransomware attacks in recent years, going from nearly 4 million attack attempts in 2015 to 638 million in 2016. That is a staggering 167x...
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A cybersecurity researcher that heads antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs investigation unit has been arrested in Russia on charges of treason. Sources within the Federal Security Service (FSB) relayed information regarding the arrest of Ruslan Stoyanov to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.
The case is being filed...
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The world of technology has changed dramatically since outgoing President Barack Obama first stepped into the White House as this nation's leader eight years ago. He was the first president to carry a mobile phone on his person, having turned in his personal handset for a Blackberry phone that had been heavily...
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If you were expecting to see a miraculous turnaround for the PC market in 2016, it didnt happen according to Gartner. The research firm says that Q4 sales fell 3.7 percent compared to the same period in 2015 to 72.6 million. Worldwide PC sales fell to 269.7 million for the full calendar year, which marked a 6.2...
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If youve ever thought about learning the skills necessary for a career in cyber-security or cyber-threat analysis, weve got a deal running in the HotHardware Shop that will be of interest. A Comprehensive Cyber Threat Analysis e-Learning Bundle is currently discounted by 97% and available for only...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against D-Link alleging that the company's failure to properly secure its line of wireless routers and webcams left thousands of customers "vulnerable to a range" of cyber attacks, including those that turned customers' PCs into major parts of numerous...
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On a snowy winter day in an idyllic Vermont town, Russian malware was discovered on a laptop associated with the states power utility. The code is generally associated with hacking operation known as Grizzly Steppe.
Burlington Electric discovered the malware code on laptop that fortunately was not connected to the...
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Be careful before downloading an app on your LG Smart TV. One user recently reported that their LG Smart TV had been infected by Cyber.Police ransomware, also known as FLocker, Frantic Locker, or Dogspectus. The infected television is one of the last LG Smart TVs to use Google TV, a project that was...
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The FBI is currently investigating a series of cyberattacks on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), that they believe the Chinese military to be responsible for. The attacks on high-level employees' computers started in 2010 and resurfaced again in 2011 and 2013. Victims included former FDIC...
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Market research firm IDC put a damper on the smartwatch category noting that basic wearables such as fitness bands are taking over as the wrist accessory of choice among consumers. It also predicted that Apple's success in the smartwatch sector going forward "will likely be muted" as it comes off a down quarter with...
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Back in late October, Microsoft announced the Windows 10 Creators Update, which will arrive next spring for customers. At its keynote, Microsoft introduced a number of consumer-centric features including Paint 3D, improved inking support, and support for new virtual reality headsets. In the weeks since the original...
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Its just about time to close out cyber-week, but before we go, weve got a fresh batch of HOT deals direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Latitude 14 5000 Intel Core i5-5300U based notebook, a Pioneer VSX-1131 7.2-Ch MCACC AV Receiver, and more. Full details...
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Motorolas original Moto 360 was the headlining hardware for the launch of Android Wear 1.0 in the summer of 2014. The smartwatch garnered praise for its sleek, circular design, but was widely panned for sluggish performance and poor battery life. Motorola improved on the original with a second-generation Moto 360 and...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Intel Core i7-7500U based notebook, more Cyber Monday Deals Week at Amazon, and more. Full details for all of todays deals are available below. See...
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The Supreme Court approved a series of changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by the United States Department of Justice that go into effect today. Those changes, which the DoJ proposed earlier this year and that were never discussed by Congress, gives the FBI permission to hack into multiple...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Vizio M50-D1 50" 4K UHD HDR HDTV rith 6" Tablet Remote, a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 2-in-1 Intel Core i7-7500U based laptop, and more. Full details for all of todays deals area...
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Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Intel Core i7-7500U based notebook, a Seagate Expansion 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive, and more. Full details for all of todays deals are available...
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It looks as though Microsoft is getting a second wind in the console sales race thanks to the arrival of the Xbox One S. The Xbox One has outsold the PlayStation 4 for the past four months, reversing a trend that has seen Sony dominating the sales race for the past three years. Microsoft chalked up another victory...
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Welcome back for a massive Cyber Monday edition of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on a slew of items including a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 15.6" Laptop, a 50" Vizio M50-D1 4K UltraHD TV, a set of Harman Kardon SOHO Headphones, and much more. Full details...
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The Xbox One has been on a sales tear lately with Microsoft bragging earlier this month that its game console had outsold the PlayStation 4 for the fourth consecutive month in the United States, based on tracking data by The NPD Group. Things are not slowing down, either. As Black Friday sales morph into Cyber...
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If youre still full from eating tons of turkey on Thanksgiving and leftovers today, you probably didnt get a chance to venture out today to take advantage of Black Friday sales in brick and mortar stores (and who wants to fight crowds when you can sit at home in your boxers and order most of the same stuff online)...
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