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Popular Tool CCleaner Compromised

Hackers broke into British company Pitiform’s popular software CCleaner last month potentially allowing them to control the devices of more than 2 million users. This was a more sophisticated attack […]

Chrome Extension Copyfish Gets Hacked

The third-party Chrome extension Copyfish recently got hacked. As a result, the hackers were able to inject malicious JavaScript code into the code base and use it to display ads […]

How Your Webcam Took Down Part Of The Internet

Webcams, toasters and refrigerators were attacking the Internet… cue the movie The Matrix! Yes… toasters, refrigerators and webcams, among other things, were attacking the internet! You probably noticed that at […]

Tumblr and Myspace Latest Companies To Get User Accounts Hacked

Not long ago, we learned that last year’s high profile LinkedIn hack was much bigger than initially thought. When the hack occurred, the company assured its user base that it […]