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150 million users compromised by MyFitnessPal hack

On Thursday, MyFitnessPal, a fitness and diet tracking app owned by the Under Armour athletic clothing company, reported that 150 million users’ data had been compromised in a massive security breach. Here’s what you need to know:In February, a hacker breached the app’s system and stole the account .....

Anyone can get your IP address from Slack, and it may not end well

Using Slack? You should protect your IP address. Even though the legend of the Nigerian Prince – one of the longest-running email scams where ‘a member of a royal family’ asks for help in transferring money out of Nigeria – is still alive, tactics of social engineering, phishing and hacking are cons.....

Surprise! With net neutrality gone, Comcast wants internet fast lanes

Now that net neutrality is gone, Comcast, a cable network that critics in the US call a monopoly, is already looking for ways to cash in. At the Free State Foundation Summit in Washington, David L. Cohen, Comcast’s executive vice president and star lobbyist, spoke about Comcast’s vision for implemen.....

Privacy under attack as Russia works to ban Telegram app

The Russian government wants to block access to Telegram, an encrypted messaging app that millions of people use to keep their messages private and secure. In July of 2017, the FSB – Russia’s federal security service – sent Telegram’s creator, Pavel Durov, a letter demanding the app’s encryption key.....

How to make a .onion site

What is a .onion domain and how does it workA .onion domain is the address of a website that can only be accessed through the Tor anonymity browser. Regular browsers won’t be able to navigate the relay of proxy servers that will take users to your website. How is it different from an ordinary domain.....

How to delete Google Voice search history

Officially, Google Voice only listens to and records the user after they’ve said the activation phrase – “OK, Google.” After your request is processed, Google saves a recording of your voice on the cloud. They say they use these recordings to improve the accuracy of their voice recognition software......

New Bad Rabbit ransomware hits Europe, spreads further

On Tuesday (October 24, 2017), a new ransomware attack dubbed Bad Rabbit hit the critical infrastructures of Eastern Europe: Ukraine’s Odessa International Airport, Kiev subway, and multiple Russian news agencies were affected by this data-encrypting malware. While the primary targets of the cyber a.....

Service update: support for Windows XP and Vista apps is ending 01/15/2018

Today, November 22, 2017, we are announcing that starting January 15, 2018, we will stop supporting the AmanVPN desktop apps for Windows XP and Windows Vista. The Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms are no longer actively supported by Microsoft, which means they aren’t getting security patches an.....