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Hackers can turn computer cables into antenna to steal sensitive data

Computers are sometimes kept disconnected from the internet, or "air gapped", to avoid remote hackers gaining access to steal data, but now there is a way to use a hard drive cable to transmit information via radio waves

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US chooses encryption tools to protect us from quantum computers

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What is the Hertzbleed computer chip hack and should you be worried?

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What is phishing?

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Hundreds of UK ambulances rely on software vulnerable to cyberattack

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Tech giants, states or trolls: Who will control tomorrow's internet?

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Tech giants, states or trolls: Who will control tomorrow's internet?

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The great Bangladesh cyber heist

The great Bangladesh cyber heist

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Uncrackable computer chips stop malicious bugs attacking your computer

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Your social media data is out there, just waiting to be leaked

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How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime

Crimes carried out online are already illegal, so politicians should stop calling for new laws and start enforcing the old ones

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Killer kettles show security an afterthought for connected homes

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Technology firms must develop new ways to jam Russia's fake news

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Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

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You may be making cryptocurrency for hackers without realising

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