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Google is testing signing into accounts using just your phone, no password required
Image Credit: Shutterstock / 360b Google’s battle against poor passwords is continuing. The company is now testing a new Google Account option that lets users login using their phone, skipping the part where you have to enter your password. The feature uses your phone...
Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones
Vulnerability allows restricted users and apps to gain unfettered root access. For almost three years, millions of servers and smaller devices running Linux have been vulnerable to attacks that allow an unprivileged app or user to gain nearly unfettered root access....
Nine massive banks just teamed up to take the technology behind bitcoin mainstream
Nine of the world's biggest banks on Tuesday threw their weight behind blockchain, the technology that powers bitcoin. Barclays, BBVA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, State Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, and UBS have all formed a partnership...
Companies Lose $400 Billion to Hackers Each Year
A new report also finds that companies will spend $170 billion on cybersecurity measures in 2020. Hackers can steal your data by entering your network through your employees' smartphones or third-party apps. CREDIT: Getty Images Cybercriminals are pilfering a...
How To Use a USB Stick To Securely Log In to Gmail
If you’ve configured two-step verification for your Gmail account, rather than checking your mobile for codes you can plug in a verified USB stick instead. You can carry it wherever you go, and of course, it doesn’t lose battery or signal. According to Google, it also...
5.6 million fingerprints stolen in personnel data hack, U.S. government says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday....