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Yahoo! Security Breach Impacted All 3B Users, Not Just 1B
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Yahoo! Security Breach Impacted All 3B Users, Not Just 1B

Jeff Gamet · October 4, 2017

Remember the big Yahoo! data breach where a billion user accounts where compromised? Turns out it was really 3 billion, or every single Yahoo! account.

Court Says FBI Doesn’t Have to Share San Bernardino iPhone Hack Details
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Court Says FBI Doesn't Have to Share San Bernardino iPhone Hack Details

Jeff Gamet · October 2, 2017

Federal court rules the FBI gets to keeps its secrets about how it hacked into the iPhone 5C recovered from San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook.

Here’s How to Find the TransUnion Credit Freeze Page
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Here's How to Find the TransUnion Credit Freeze Page

Andrew Orr · September 14, 2017

The website forces you through a series of convoluted steps in order to find the page. Luckily, the page is still there, just hidden.

Siri, Alexa Susceptible to Ultrasonic Voice Commands
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Siri, Alexa Susceptible to Ultrasonic Voice Commands

Jeff Gamet · September 7, 2017

Apparently Siri, Alexa, and other voice assistants are susceptible to hacks from bats and dolphins—or maybe just hackers that know how to use ultrasonic frequencies.

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Apple Watch Shipment Milestone, Echo Eavesdropping Hack - TMO Daily Observations 2017-08-03

Jeff Gamet · August 3, 2017 · Add Comment

Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Butts join Jeff Gamet to share their thoughts on a report claiming more than 30 million Apple Watches have been sold so far, plus they look at a hack that turns Amazon’s Echo into an eavesdropping device.

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OneLogin Encryption Breach, WWDC 2017 Expectations - TMO Daily Observations 2017-06-02

yosra · June 2, 2017 · 1 Comment

Jeff Butts and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to look at the security breach that exposed OneLogin encrypted data, plus they share their expectations for next week’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote announcements.

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OneLogin Customer Data Exposed in Ridiculously Bad Security Breach
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OneLogin Customer Data Exposed in Ridiculously Bad Security Breach

keansargent · June 2, 2017

Hackers managed to steal a set of Amazon Web Service keys and use those to decrypt all kinds of OneLogin customer data.

Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Already Hacked
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Already Hacked

Jeff Gamet · May 23, 2017

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone iris recognition biometric security feature is surprisingly easy to hack.

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