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The most dangerous data leaks are the ones people don’t even know about.

We have more bad news from the Yahoo hack: Even without a yahoo.com account, you may be at risk.

Yahoo is expected to announce a “massive” data breach soon. Although the news is not yet confirmed, you should be proactive and check the security of your Yahoo account.

Our survey questioned consumers – 97% of whom had travelled to another country during the past 12 months – about their digital habits abroad. It found that in the world of work and leisure, we are a well-travelled lot, but we tend to leave our digital security at home.

A recent story suggests Google is secretly recording your conversations and discussions. Are they really doing that?

Charging your smartphone’s battery over USB can be dangerous: Thieves can steal your files, infect your smartphone with something nasty — or even brick it.

Do you know how many companies are actually tracking you when you visit a single website? The answer may surprise you.

Check this out to know if you want to fall for one of the latest Facebook scams

Our bionic man Evgeny Chereshnev talks on the biochip in his hand and how it makes you a part of the Internet of Things

Researcher shows that using data from motion sensors built into a smartwatch one can recognize numbers you press on a numpad. How can that affect your security?

Vendors claim, that a fingerprint sensor in your smartphone is user-friendly and really secure. But it’s not true.

VTech, a company that manufactures electronic learning devices, baby monitors, smart toys announced that information from 5 million customer accounts were accessed in an attack.

Is there anything worse than “12345” password? Only “12345” password, used for all your accounts.

Why it’s unsafe to take phones in bed and into the bathroom

In this edition of Security Week infosec digest we’ll cover threecases of companies being hacked and data being leaked and companies reacting on the incidents.

Yesterday The European Court of Justice ruled that the Safe Harbor agreement is invalid: what does this decision mean for your personal data?

Are you committing these six online parenting sins? If so, please stop.

Your legitimate copy of Angry Birds 2 may be infected with malware that steals your private data. How could this happen?

The rulebook for freethinking people: how not to get made the next time you log on Ashley Madison or buy goods in a sex shop online.

Once more into a breach: 9.7 gigabytes of stolen data with users’ emails, credit card transactions and profiles leaked into the darknet.

A bottle of good scotch in exchange for a day without a smartphone? Would I dare? That’s a piece of cake! That’s what I thought. As it turned out, it’s not that simple nowadays