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You won’t believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware… and how Carole ge… Continue reading Smashing Security #130: Doctored videos, BCC blunders, and a diva
Flipboard warns that hackers gained access to its systems and accessed hashed passwords for nine months.
Continue reading Hackers stole Flipboard users’ email addresses and hashed passwords
From 8 July 2019, travellers on London’s underground tube network may wish to turn off their Wi-Fi first… if they don’t like the idea of being tracked.
Continue reading London Underground passengers told to turn off their Wi-Fi if they don’t want to be tracked
Snapchat’s 186 million users may be in for a rude awakening today after revelation that multiple employees of the social media giant were able to abuse their power and snoop on members.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Snapchat workers snooped on users with internal tool
Snapchat’s 186 million users may be in for a rude awakening today after revelation that multiple employees of the social media giant were able to abuse their power and snoop on members. As Motherboard journalist Joseph Cox describes, current and … Continue reading Snapchat workers snooped on users with internal tool
Don’t hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn’t when it comes to protecting your email account? And China’s controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.
All this and much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security #129: Too Long; Didn’t Listen
Don’t hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn’t when it comes to protecting your email account? And China’s controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.
All this and much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security #129: Too Long; Didn’t Listen
Some rather ingenious researchers have found a way to unique identify iPhones and iPads by examining data gathered from a device’s accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer sensors.
Continue reading Fingerprinting iPhones with the built-in gyroscope
Google has admitted that some of its business customers of G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps) had their passwords stored on the company’s internal servers for 14 years in plaintext.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog… Continue reading Google stored business customers’ passwords in plaintext on its servers… for 14 years
Google has admitted that some of its business customers of G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps) had their passwords stored on the company’s internal servers for 14 years in plaintext.
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