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Verizon offers free robocall blocking, two years after AT&T and T-Mobile
Verizon yesterday said it will make spam and robocall blocking features free for all wireless customers …
Google Play malware used phones’ motion sensors to conceal itself
Malicious apps hosted in the Google Play market are trying a clever trick to avoid detection—they monitor the motion-sensor input of an infected device before installing a powerful banking trojan …
Oil from humble saltwater plant blended with jet fuel on Etihad Airways flight
On Wednesday, an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 in Abu Dhabi embarked on a roughly seven-hour flight to Amsterdam with its tank …
Monster 773 million-record breach list contains plaintext passwords
Have I Been Pwned, the breach notification service that serves as a bellwether for the security of login credentials, has just gotten its hands on its biggest data …
Eight months after discovery, unkillable LoJax rootkit campaign remains active
Last May, researchers published a bombshell report documenting sophisticated malware attributed to the Russian government. The malware, dubbed “LoJax,” creates a persistent backdoor that survives operating system reinstalls and hard …
Nine defendants charged in SEC hacking scheme that netted $4.1 million
Federal authorities have charged nine defendants with participating in a scheme to hack a Securities and Exchange Commission database to steal confidential information that netted $4.1 million in illegal stock …
The digital hermitage: How “remote work” has changed over 20 years
As we look back on …