Microsoft’s Outlook hack is worse than the company originally warned. Despite Microsoft’s initial notification to affected Outlook users on Friday, a follow-up statement added that hackers were able to read email content. The company first released a statement on Friday to Outlook users, notifying people that a hacker had had access to emails for months …

Security keys are an effective way to keep your accounts secure from hackers, but they suffer from a major challenge: They’re inconvenient. Not a lot of people want to buy and carry an extra key or Bluetooth fob just for logging in — which is why most two-factor authentication is done through text messages, even though it’s less secure. Up …

When your hotel automatically emails you your booking information, there’s a good chance that you’re not the only person with access to those documents. Symantec, a security company, found flaws on hundreds of hotel websites, which were leaking sensitive information like names, phone numbers, passport numbers and addresses in confirmation emails. Candid Wueest, a threat researcher at Symantec, said he …

One of China’s largest phone makers had a glaring security flaw that hackers could pounce on, researchers said. On Thursday, Check Point security researchers disclosed a vulnerability with Xiaomi phones, stemming from its preinstalled Guard Provider app. The app is intended to be a security feature, with three antivirus programs packed inside to detect malware. The antivirus scanners come from …

Antivirus apps are supposed to protect you from attacks on your devices, but for years, stalkerware has evaded their scrutiny. On Wednesday, Kaspersky Lab said it would start flagging stalkerware as malicious, and warn people through its Android app when stalkerware is installed on their phones. In 2018 Kaspersky Lab detected stalkerware on 58,487 mobile devices. The warning allows people …

A treasure trove of Facebook data containing more than 540 million records was exposed online in a public database, security researchers from UpGuard said Wednesday. The data contained extensive details, including people’s comments, likes, names and Facebook IDs. It had been collected by two third-party Facebook apps.  Read more: How to Delete Yourself from the Internet “Facebook’s policies prohibit storing Facebook …

Albany is the latest in a long list of cities ensnared by ransomware. On Saturday, the city government announced it was hit by a ransomware attack. In such attacks, hackers infect computers with malware that holds the content hostage unless the victims pay to free their machines. The attack took out several city services that remain impacted, including its ability …

Thousands of Asus computers were infected with malware from the company’s own update tool, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said Monday. The researchers discovered the attack in January, after hackers took over the Asus Live Update Utility to quietly install malware on devices. The hack was first reported by Motherboard. On Tuesday, Asus said it’s fixed the vulnerability in the latest …

For Apple, there’s no business like show business. The tech giant unveiled its new streaming service Monday at its Apple Park  headquarters in Cupertino, California, offering a new way to watch shows and movies for cord-cutters. “Our vision for Apple TV app is to bring together your favorite shows, movies, sports and news and make them available on all of …

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