Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet

The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of records containing baby videos and photos, as well as the email addresses of users.
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Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet

The developer of a smartphone app has carelessly left a database accessible to anybody with an internet connection, leaving exposed a database of millions of records containing baby videos and photos, as well as the email addresses of users. Informatio… Continue reading Peekaboo Moments app left baby videos, photos, and 800,000 users’ email addresses exposed on the internet

Travelex warns customers of phone scam threat in wake of ransomware attack

Members of the public who have found themselves out-of-pocket or inconvenienced by the ongoing problems at Travelex after it suffered a ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve, are being warned to watch out for email and phone scammers taking advantage of … Continue reading Travelex warns customers of phone scam threat in wake of ransomware attack

Critical Windows 10 security fix pushed out after NSA warns Microsoft of spying vulnerability

Hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users are having an important patch rolled out to their computers today after Microsoft was warned by the NSA of a serious security hole in the operating system.
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Boing Boing bounces back after hack attempted to infect users with fake Adobe Flash update

The extremely popular Boing Boing blog was hacked by an unknown party who planted malicious code into the site’s WordPress theme.
If you fear your computer may have been compromised you may be wise to run an up-to-date anti-virus program.
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