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Instagram has entered the 21st century, and finally added support for third-party 2FA apps like Google Authenticator, Duo Mobile, and Authy.
Please turn it on.
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ABBYY, the developer of optical character recognition and text-scanning software, left a server containing 142GB of a customer’s scanned documents exposed for anyone on the internet to access, no password required.
Read more in my article on the Tripwi… Continue reading OCR software firm ABBYY leaks 203,000 customer documents in MongoDB server snafu
ABBYY, the developer of optical character recognition and text-scanning software, left a server containing 142GB of a customer’s scanned documents exposed for anyone on the internet to access, no password required.
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Epic Games isn’t happy about how Google handled the disclosure of the massive security hole in Fortnite.
Continue reading Fortnite fury over how Google handled its huge security hole
Telecoms provider T-Mobile has admitted that hackers gained access to some of its customer data this week.
No social security numbers, payment card data, or passwords included in the haul, but that doesn’t mean you have nothing to worry about.
Continue reading Hackers have stolen details of two million T-Mobile customers
Facebook has withdrawn its Onavo Protect VPN app from the iOS App Store after Apple determined that it was breaking data-collection policies.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Facebook pulls its VPN from the iOS App Store after data-harvesting accusations
Facebook has withdrawn its Onavo Protect VPN app from the iOS App Store after Apple determined that it was breaking data-collection policies. The app, which was free to download, promoted itself as helping users keep themselves and their data safe when… Continue reading Facebook pulls its VPN from the iOS App Store after data-harvesting accusations
If a government-backed hacking gang cannot extract the information it wants from a single person’s Gmail account, they might instead target an organisation they work for or with whom they are affiliated.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX b… Continue reading Google warns businesses of government-backed phishing attacks
Is your used car still connected to its old owner? Just how did Apple manage to identify the teenager hacker who stole 90GB of the firm’s files? And why on earth would a firm of lawyers start producing pornographic videos? You’ll be surprised by the a… Continue reading Smashing Security #092: Hacky sack hack hack
Irish telecoms operator Eir is blaming a “faulty security update” for leaving unencrypted a staff member’s laptop which was subsequently stolen outside of one of its offices.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Unencrypted laptop exposes personal details of 37,000 Eir customers, faulty security update blamed