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The codes in Q’s posts aren’t actual codes, but instead “just random typing by someone who might play an instrument and uses a qwerty keyboard,” says password expert.
Continue reading Bad news conspiracy theorists. QAnon codes are just a guy mashing his keyboard
You would think that telling Google that you didn’t want your location be tracked by disabling an option called “Location History” would stop the internet giant from errr.. storing data about your location.
Think again.
Continue reading Pausing ‘Location history’ doesn’t stop Google tracking your location. Here’s how to stop it
A former reality TV star was able to sneak in her smartphone and record secret conversations in the Situation Room, supposedly the most secure place in the White House.
Continue reading Security breach in the White House’s Situation Room
Fabled British holiday camp chain Bultin’s has admitted that it has suffered a data breach that may have exposed details of 34,000 guests.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Hackers phish Butlin’s holiday camp chain, access customers’ personal data
Fabled British holiday camp chain Butlin’s has admitted that it has suffered a data breach that may have exposed details of 34,000 guests. Personal information contained within the records accessed by hackers includes names, booking reference num… Continue reading Hackers phish Butlin’s holiday camp chain, access customers’ personal data
Poor security measures have reportedly put the personal details of over 26.5 million Comcast Xfinity customers at risk, a researcher has revealed.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading 26.5 million Comcast Xfinity customers had their partial home addresses and SSNs exposed by sloppy security
Poor security measures have reportedly put the personal details of over 26.5 million Comcast Xfinity customers at risk, a researcher has revealed.
The post 26.5 million Comcast Xfinity customers had their partial home addresses and SSNs exposed appeare… Continue reading 26.5 million Comcast Xfinity customers had their partial home addresses and SSNs exposed
Fortnite players are told they’ll have to disable a security setting on Android, the FCC finally admits that it wasn’t hit by a DDoS attack, and Verizon’s VPN smallprint raises privacy concerns.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest ed… Continue reading Smashing Security #090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC’s DDoS BS
Snap, the parent company of SnapChat, has revealed that an update earlier this year to the social media app accidentally exposed some of its source code.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Snapchat’s source code leaked out, and was published on GitHub
Snap, the parent company of SnapChat, has revealed that an update earlier this year to the social media app accidentally exposed some of its source code. Snap says that an update in May to the iOS edition of SnapChat accidentally exposed “a small… Continue reading Snapchat’s source code leaked out, and was published on GitHub