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A security vendor says it discovered a flaw in Comcast's home security system that could let criminals break into houses undetected by using radio jamming equipment. The vendor, Rapid7, says it alerted Comcast to the problem two months ago but never received a response from the company. However, Comcast told Ars that Rapid7 e-mailed the...
Safer browsing... except someone can watch everything you search?
A free plugin installed by AVG AntiVirus bypassed the security of Google's Chrome browser, potentially exposing the browsing histories and other personal data of customers to the Internet. The vulnerability, demonstrated in an exploit by a Google researcher earlier this year, has now been patched after...
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Martin Shkreli, the reviled CEO and founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals, has been arrested by the FBI amid a security fraud probe, according to Reuters. Shkreli is expected to be charged Thursday for illegally using assets from a biopharmaceutical company he once headed, Retrophin, to pay off the debts of MSMB Capital Management, where he...
