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A universal VW key, just $40

Researchers discovered a hack that affects 100 million Volkswagen cars. And the equipment needed costs just $40.

Disarming Flash exploits

Kaspersky Lab has patented technology that can disarm Adobe Flash exploits using special detection technology.

Getting sick is doubly dangerous: Medical equipment is vulnerable to hackers

Hacked medical equipment can cost patients a lot — their health or even their lives.

Pure.Charger: How to charge your smartphone in a public location without infecting it

This tiny device will help you protect your smartphone from malware and data leakage when charging in public places.

10-year old cashes on Facebook bug bounty program

A 10-year old from Finland successfully discovered and reported an Instagram flaw, and was handsomely rewarded by Facebook.

Shodan and Censys: the ominous guides through the Internet of Things

Shodan and Censys are the search engines for the Internet of Things and this duo is capable of wreaking havoc in a lot of different ways

Mobile fingerprint sensors: more or less secure?

Vendors claim, that a fingerprint sensor in your smartphone is user-friendly and really secure. But it’s not true.

Hey, captain, what’s wrong with your vessel? Ships black boxes are vulnerable to hackers

Ships have their own black boxes but their security leaves much to be desired

The unconventional list of top security events in 2015

Konstantin Goncharov recaps the most significant security events of 2015.

How your PC can be infected with just one email you didn’t actually read

We’ve told you this time and time again: never click suspicious links, never open files received from unknown sources, always delete mail from untrusted senders. While all of these pieces

Lifehack: Treat your passwords as delicately as you treat your underwear

Kaspersky Lab has recently conducted an unusual research and proved that many users hardly care about security. Here is the reason to create reliable passwords for all of your accounts.

Voice as a threat: VoLTE, a new way to compromise mobile networks

Criminals can use VoLTE to cause connection failure, subdue voice calls, or strip the victim’s mobile account of money.

Mission: Hacking Grandma. Level: piece of cake.

Many would think that the root of all the cyber-evil is tech itself, and once you say no to fancy smart devices, all those spooky cyber-threats should go away. If

87% of Android smartphones are insecure and that’s no joke

Google’s Android OS is a vulnerable system. Developers make it worse by not providing critical patches in time.

Security Week 40: the ‘not-really-a-vulnerability’ in WinRAR, an ancient bug in Firefox, and the oops!-update by Microsoft

I wonder what will happen when there are no more infosec problems. Will our Threatpost news blog convert to a digest of kitty cats? Is this bright future feasible at