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Angler exploit kit may be dead, but malware lives on

The popular exploit kit behind sophisticated web-based attacks and malvertising is gone, but the bad guys will surely regroup with better crimeware tools

By Fahmida Rashid

Jul 12, 2016 5 mins

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Here’s how secret voice commands could hijack your smartphone

A muffled voice buried in a YouTube video can take over your phone, researchers say

By Michael Kan

Jul 8, 2016 2 mins

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11 signs your kid is hacking — and what to do about it

Here’s how to find out if your child is involved in malicious online activity -- before the authorities do

By Roger Grimes

Jul 5, 2016 19 mins

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Mobile ransomware use skyrockets, blocking access to phones

Kaspersky Lab has detected almost four times as many attacks on its Android customers compared to last year

By Michael Kan

Jun 30, 2016 3 mins

Hacking Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Flaws in Symantec products expose millions of computers to hacking

High severity vulnerabilities in enterprise and consumer products could have allowed hackers to execute malicious code on computers with no user interaction

By Lucian Constantin

Jun 29, 2016 3 mins

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