Samsung Secure Folder had a critical flaw leaking hidden information due to a loophole. Samsung is planning to fix the issue by adopting Google's Private Space API. The fix may come with the release ...

A recent Windows security update that creates an ‘inetpub’ folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent the installation of future updates. After people installed this month's ...

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Ian Hamilton discovered an apparent security leak in Mac OS X that we confirmed. To see it, try the following: Drag an item to the Drop Box folder of a user other than yourself. You will get a message ...

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In context: Every now and then, Microsoft security patches can wreak havoc on Windows PCs. Users are understandably cautious these days, and even an innocent, empty folder can raise concerns about ...

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The upcoming 8.1 update to Windows 8 will offer improved fingerprint security - including the option to secure folders using a fingertip, as well as signing into Microsoft accounts and authenticating ...

Many a time, you need to change the ownership of a file or folder to another user. There can be many reasons to do that — transferring files to another user, an old account is removed, and all files ...

There's a security app on the Google Play Store that works with any Samsung device as long as it runs Android 7 or later. A security app that, to date, has been downloaded an astonishing 1 billion ...

OK. We checked our UNIX resources. We read the email we received. And we now believe we have the full story on the Drop Box security leak described here yesterday. It's not pretty. But we're hoping it ...