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Wax, Spot Rinse, and Hacking at the Car Wash

A recent study revealed that your local drive-through car wash can be hacked. The public web interfaces that each car wash has can be easily accessed online. This can allow hackers to sabotage the mechanical operations, cause physical damage to vehicles in the car wash, or just score a free wash for your vehicle. For more info on hackable car washes, click here:: Hackin’ at the Car Wash, Yeah
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TurboTax’s Anti-Fraud Effort Questioned

Two former TurboTax security employees have claimed that their parent company, Intuit, has made millions of dollars knowingly processing state and federal tax refunds filed by cybercriminals. Intuit stated that they voluntarily report suspicious claims, but ultimately it is up to the IRS to find faulty claims. For more on this story, click here:: TurboTax’s Anti-Fraud Efforts Under Scrutiny
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Lenovo’s ‘Superfish’ Compromised Security for Ads

Numerous customers lashed out against Lenovo for installing hidden adware in their laptops and PCs that injected ads onto browsers. This ability would allow hackers access to a user’s personal data using the adware as a middleman. Lenovo has removed the adware, dubbed “Superfish,” from its models manufactured from January 2015 and onward. For more on this story, click here:: Lenovo taken to task over ‘malicious’ adware
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Snowden Reveals England Stole Cell Phone Codes with NSA Help

According to documents from Edward Snowden, England’s electronic spying agency teamed up with the U.S. National Security Agency to hack and steal codes that allowed both governments to spy on mobile phones worldwide. There has been no evidence that either organization misused this ability to spy on innocent targets, but many question their ability to wield that power. For more on this story, click here:: Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cell phone codes
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Suspected Breach Shuts Down Bitcoin Operation

After hackers managed to compromise its systems, Canadian Bitcoin exchange Cavirtex is shutting down. It has been reported that hackers obtained hashed passwords and two-factor authentication secrets that compromised Cavirtex’s data and operations. Cavirtex will allow trading until March 20, 2015 and will allow withdrawals until March 25th when it will permanently close up shop. For more details on this story, click here:: Bitcoin exchange shuts down after suspected password breach
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