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WannaCry creators could be native Chinese speakers

New analysis from Flashpoint churns up evidence that WannaCry ransom notes were written by native Chinese speakers.

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US official considers laptop ban on all international flights

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says restrictions on electronics larger than a phone could be coming to more flights to and from the US.

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Before you install the Amazon Video app on Android, read this

It's dangerous to go alone outside Google's vetted app store, but it's the price you pay for free software.

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<p>Chipotle said they were working with law enforcement to figure out who was behind the breach.</p>

Chipotle's latest bug hurts your wallet, not your stomach

The Mexican food chain tells its customers Friday that their credit card information has been stolen by hackers.

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<p>31 tech companies are hoping Congress work to change the NSA's mass surveillance.</p>

Tech giants to Congress: Please change how NSA spies on people

Companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon band together in a push for internet surveillance reform.

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<p>A security software company warns that subtitles downloaded from websites could harbor malware.</p>

New hack threat may be hiding in your movie's subtitles

Malicious code inserted into subtitle files downloaded from movie subtitle databases could be used to hijack your device, researchers warn.

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<p>Several hospitals across England have been hit in a widespread ransomware attack.</p>

WannaCry, what a wimp? Why security pros are staying chill

At a cybersecurity forum in London, experts call the ransomware, scary as it was at first, overexposed, unsophisticated and ultimately "a failure."

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Up close with Olive & Dove's Wi-Fi camera and doorbell

Are the RemoCam and RemoBell by Olive & Dove right for your smart home?

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Stay hacker-free on vacation: Go 'electronically naked'

From airports, hotels and that cute cafe you found, a cybersecurity slip-up could turn into a summer nightmare.

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How hackers can ruin your summer vacation

From airports to hotels to that cute cafe you found, it just takes one cybersecurity slipup to turn your holiday into a nightmare.

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<p>Someone trolled Mark Zuckerberg and the Harvard Crimson.</p>

Mark Zuckerberg speech trolled by Harvard newspaper sabotage

The Harvard Crimson found itself altered Thursday, with Photoshopped images and weird headlines about its commencement speaker "Mork Zinkletink".

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The Trump administration wants to hack your drone

New proposed legislation would give the government authority to hack, control and destroy any drones that it views as a threat.

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