cybersecurity

If you bought Bitcoin, you may have accidentally funneled money to the CIA

February 8, 2018 -

Posted by Ethan Huff

(Natural News) Is Bitcoin a truly anonymous digital currency developed for the sole purpose of giving people freedom from the central banks, or was it actually hatched by the “deep state” in order to secretly fund international missions by the CIA and MI5? A Russian cybersecurity expert is alleging the latter, according to slides obtained […]

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Do you have “Intel inside” your computer? If so, you could be at risk: Major flaw in Intel processors makes them vulnerable to hackers

January 6, 2018 -

Posted by Ralph Flores

(Natural News) Bad news for people running Intel processors — a massive security flaw has been found in the design of your processors. This potentially may affect “millions of computers” running on the chip, and puts you at risk of providing hackers with your passwords, as reported by the Daily Mail. While further information about the […]

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Simple steps for preventing your online presence from being hacked

December 17, 2017 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) The recent Equifax Cybersecurity Breach was an eye opener like no other. The personal information of 145 million Americans were taken, including but not limited to social security numbers, addresses, and credit card numbers. This means that some enterprising and unscrupulous individuals have access to confidential data — and were able to accomplish […]

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Security alert: Voice impersonators can trick voice recognition systems, according to research

December 15, 2017 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) Voice security systems are becoming increasingly common as authentication and security features. Part of this growing usage are the efforts to develop new protective techniques. So far, scientists have been able to keep voice security systems from being fooled by enterprising individuals armed with voice conversion and speech synthesis technology. As a new […]

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Security flaw: “Smart” drug syringes found to be hackable

September 21, 2017 -

Posted by JD Heyes

(Natural News) As if the safety and efficacy of some vaccines weren’t already in question, now technology is making syringes less safe as well. “Smart” syringes, anyway. As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, smart syringes, which are wireless-controlled devices used to administer medications through IVs, are now subject to hacking and, thus, have become […]

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10 hard lessons the healthcare industry learned about cybersecurity in 2016

January 14, 2017 -

Posted by Howard Roark

(Natural News) Big Med has been hit hard this past year by cyber criminals intent on disrupting and disabling the industry. The vulnerabilities exposed by these attacks point to the need for more robust security measures in 2017. At issue is not only invasion of privacy when personal medical records are hacked, but also rising […]

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Medical Lab Quest Diagnostics says 34,000 customer accounts hacked

December 30, 2016 -

Posted by David Gutierrez

(Natural News) (NaturalNews) Medical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics has announced that hackers gained access to its mobile app in later November, stealing the personal health information of 34,000 people. The company has directly contacted the patients affected. It’s no wonder that Quest Diagnostics was an alluring target for hackers. It is a Fortune 500 company […]

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