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HeartBleed Got You Down?

Home > HeartBleed Got You Down? We have been getting a ton of questions about Heartbleed and how it has affected you. So we have come up with a list of popular websites in case you need to change your password.Keep in mind that hackers…

Hackers Among Us

Home > Hackers Among Us So far in October, we have had five websites hacked, plus two major attacks targeting some of the commercial software applications we use daily at Simply Web Services. And one email password was compromised.All the attacks this month were exploits…

Siri offers the latest backdoor into your iPhone – just ask nicely!

Home > Siri offers the latest backdoor into your iPhone With two lockscreen holes and a fingerprint sensor that can be fooled with woodglue, we thought we’d given diehard iPhone fans a horse that was already dangerously high enough for them not to get down from.Read more here Have Questions? Questions about…

Recycled Yahoo email addresses still receiving messages for previous owners – passwords included

Home > Recycled Yahoo email addresses still receiving messages for previous owners – passwords included Yahoo announced in June 2013 that it would recycle inactive email addresses by giving them to other users who wanted them.Addresses and Yahoo IDs that had been inactive for at…

iOS 7 Lockscreen Hole Discovered Already

Home > iOS 7 Lockscreen Hole Discovered Already Lock screens have a chequered security history, with Android having its recent share of problems, too.The main reason is complexity, one of security’s mortal enemies.You can understand why some exceptions to a phone lock might be desirable, or even required…

Privacy – Government Is Tracking Verizon Customers’ Records

Home > Privacy – Government Is Tracking Verizon Customers’ Records The National Security Agency is obtaining a complete set of phone records from all Verizon U.S. customers under a secret court order, according to a published account and former officials.The account provides fresh evidence that…

Privacy – US orders Google to hand over user info to the FBI

Home > Privacy – US orders Google to hand over user info to the FBI In March, a US federal judge sided with the privacy advocacy group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in overturning the constitutionality of National Security Letters (NSLs).The letters, the judge wrote,…

Sues over naked photos

Home > Sues Over Naked Photos Now this one is rich. 🙂Imagine the scene.You buy a second-hand laptop, using it to, among other things, have secret sexy video chats with your significant other. Unbeknownst to you, naked photos of you are being taken by a…

EnterURL SCAM

Home > EnterURL Scam Here is a place that claims they will get you a better placement for a monthly fee and submit your website to 500,000 search engines, directories, and Specialty Sites – but you MUST act now.Well, for only $99 a month, this…