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How Twitter aims to prevent your timeline from filling up with spam
As with so many of today’s technological tools, while many people use them to make their lives easier, or to keep in touch with friends…
5 million Gmail passwords leaked
Do you have a Gmail account? This may interest you! A Russian cybersecurity forum has published a file containing more than 5 million Gmail accounts.…
WhatsApp could confirm when messages have been read
The dream of some and the nightmare of others may soon come true. WhatsApp is apparently considering a system for notifying users when the…
WhatsApp. Beware of cyber-crooks and scams!
This week, WhatsApp has announced that it now has 600 million active users. The news was released by Jan Koum, the CEO and co-founder…
Recycled code may compromise the security of Android apps
Android is essentially an open-source operating system where anyone can contribute (manufacturers can integrate it freely in their own devices), and the community of Android…
PlayDrone, an ambitious project to analyze the security of apps in Google Play
Whose phone screen isn’t full of apps icons? In 2012, a total of 25,000 million apps were downloaded from Google Play onto Android phones. Why…
The bounty programs of Google, Facebook, Microsoft… Which tech giant offers the juiciest rewards to hackers?
Bounty programs became widely used among large technology companies once major firms such as Mozilla or Google had started the trend. Facebook and PayPal…