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At $100, the old-gen iPhone encryption-cracking tools are a bargain to hackers looking to pick up leftover forensics or police Wi-Fi data. Continue reading For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
A company with access to the Dow Jones Watchlist of risky people and businesses left it on a public AWS server without a password. Continue reading Dow Jones Watchlist of risky businesses exposed on public server
A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users’ data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.* Continue reading US House and Senate debate new data privacy law
The US blocked internet access to Russian trolls who, they say, were trying to spread FUD. Continue reading US pushed Russian troll factory offline during US midterm elections
Police allege that he updated radios with fraudulent software from a radio enthusiast who allegedly hacked encrypted radios for drug cartels. Continue reading Police bust their own radio shop manager for dodgy software updates
Plain-text, unencrypted passwords were sent instead of having users reset them. There was no breach, the firm claims, but how would it know? Continue reading Millions of utilities customers’ passwords stored in plain text
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation into how Facebook is still allowing blabby apps to violate its privacy policies. Continue reading Facebook apps secretly sending sensitive data back to the mothership
Android’s now on board with saying goodbye to passwords: more than a billion devices now support FIDO2. Continue reading Android nudges passwords closer to the cliff edge with FIDO2 support
Unsealed court documents show that Facebook referred to big-spending kids as “whales” – a term borrowed from the casino industry. Continue reading Facebook tricked kids into in-game purchases, say privacy advocates
Can YouTube ever keep video comments under control, or it is time to kill off comments altogether? Continue reading Pedos pollute YouTube comments on kids’ videos, advertisers flee