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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
It’s the same content that Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, and Apple banned. But Twitter isn’t doing anything.
Continue reading Twitter CEO says they’re taking no action against InfoWars and Alex Jones
Calm down. Michael J Fox isn’t dead.
A rumour spread across social media that the star of sitcom “Family Ties” and the “Back to the Future” movie trilogy had carked it at the age of 57.
Continue reading No, Michael J Fox isn’t dead
Big business turns a blind eye to the human cost of exploiting US prisoners and their loved ones.
Continue reading Making millions out of prisoners’ email
Encouraging Android users to download apps from non-official sources is not a good idea from the security point of view, but Epic Games wants to maximise its profits.
Continue reading You’ll have to disable a recommended Android security setting to install Fortnite
Yes, SMS-based 2FA can be intercepted by someone determined to hack into your account.
But it’s also better than not having any multi-factor authentication in place at all.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet
As you’ve probably heard in the news, Reddit has been hacked. The immensely popular website says that it discovered a data breach in June, after an attacker compromised some employee accounts. The employees’ accounts were protected with SMS… Continue reading Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet
Ransomware rears its head again, Dixons Carphone reveals its data breach was almost 1000% worse than they previously thought, a man is accused of stealing five million dollars worth of cryptocurrency through hijacking mobile phones, and a Canadian guy … Continue reading Smashing Security #089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters