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Opera has been under scrutiny due to a recent security breach by hackers that may have exposed users passwords when using the service called Opera Sync.

Just as you finally quit using the classic ‘12345’ as your email password, it’s now time to swap your unock pattern for something a bit more elaborate.

A Russian forum has revealed that it has acquired the email addresses and passwords of some five million Gmail accounts and has shared them in an enormous text document.

Koler-A is an Android ransomware that make you believe you’ve committed some IT crime.

When you browse the Internet, you are exposed to a lot of dangers that you aren’t aware of, such as snoopers, hackers, or ISPs that are trying to detect your IP and put your privacy and security at risk. However, there are tools that can help keep you safe...

On April 23, the official twitter account for the Associated Press, was hacked for a few hours, during which time a tweet was sent that said there had been a terrorist attack on the white house, and that President Obama had been injured. Luckily, the information was completely false,...

Kaspersky Lab, an antivirus company, discovered malware last week that is transmitted through Skype. The malware takes control of your computer, then forces it to carry out what is called bitcoin mining, which consists of making your CPU solve the cryptographic algorithms that the currency is based on, thus...

In the last few days lots of alarms have gone off as it was revealed that what appeared to be the greatest denial-of-service attack in the history of the Internet could have affected the Internet’s stability worldwide. Although the causes, and those who are behind the attack, are officially...

We all have some friend that puts a Post-it note over his laptop’s webcam, or turns his desktop webcam to the side, in fear of being watched. This idea, which at first can sound paranoid, is actually an important security measure. Remote access tools, known as RAT, are very...

Although a few years ago being the victim of a hacker attack was something you saw in the movies, today it is more common than it may seem. We have seen evidence of this in recent months with the hacker attacks on Twitter and Evernote in which the privacy...