defcon
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If You Value Your Photos, Here’s A Good Reason To Turn Off Your Camera’s Wi-Fi
By now, most people who spend any time online know the importance of ensuring their software is up to date, using an antivirus app, and avoiding the darker corners of the internet to avoid getting infected by malware that locks your files until a ransom is paid. But don’t assume it’s just your computer being…
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Facebook Shells Out $500,000 For Project To Fight Election Hacking
Facebook is sponsoring the efforts of former Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney campaign managers to combat hacking and disinformation campaigns designed to interfere with elections.
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DEF CON Researchers Hack A Dell Monitor To Show Any Pixels They Want
Why should hackers bother with complicated cross-domain hacks or redirects when they can just change the pixels on your monitor? Because it’s really hard and complicated, but not impossible, as one team at this year’s DEF CON showed.
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‘FacePlant’ Exploit Lets Hackers Hijack An Electric Skateboard
At this point, it feels like everything that can be hacked, will be hacked: Computers, phones, industrial systems, cars, baby monitors and now… electric skateboards.