Collaborate Disseminate
via Zack Whittaker, writing at TechCrunch (and, via an appreciated H/T), comes a report of the most egregiously enormous data leak this year: This time, it’s Oracle Corporations’ (NYSE: ORCL) BlueKai’s (BlueKai’s claim-to-fame is the enormous damage i… Continue reading Oops! Oracle Corporation’s BlueKai Exposes Billions Of Records On Interwebs
And removed the offensive application extensions only when told (privately) of the disaster. Read Dan Goodin’s superlative reporting and commence weeping for your data my friends – but first – change all of your passwords, then commence with the water… Continue reading Bad News For Google: Google Play Chrome Extensions Steal More User Data
New research is full of alarming statistics about how cyber-compromised most companies are. We rip the report to shreds.
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A License To Abuse Users And Competitors, Just Don’t Forget The Disclosure Piece.
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via Reddit
Why in the world is this still a problem. Just say no to UPnP, and move on, dammit.
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Smart Move – Satya – Smart Move Now, what was it you were going to do about the October Creators Update for Windows 10 nagging problem of deleting user documents and other files en mass? Was this a redirection marke… Continue reading Rather Than Focusing On Fixing Lame Windows Update System, Microsoft CEO Targets New Electronic Cricket Bat
News, via Lawrence Abrams, writing at Bleeping Computer, of the latest hare-brained scheme popping out of the roiling, hot, bubbling diverse-cultural motile known as the Chrome development teaam. Read and Weep my friends, for the Minimlization that ap… Continue reading Wait, What, Why? Google Takes WWW Away…
News, via Ionut Ilascu, writing at Bleeping Computer, of an apparent Black Hat Attendee Data Leakage SNAFU. Who needs so-called Cyberthis or Cyberthat, when information security’s premier event can’t safeguard information security professional’s data?… Continue reading Black Hat: The Exposed
via Graham Cluely’s timely security blog, comes the story of Carole Cadwalladr whom, in her day job, is famous for her highly competent reportage at The Guardian. The specific reporting series is here. Detailing not-so-secret fundamental security and … Continue reading Facebook+CambridgeAnalytica = Facebookery At It’s Finest
News, via Dan Goodin – writing at ArsTechnica – of an apparent dev team screwup at Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB). In which, the crack-dev-team at the purveyor of user data managed to introduce a pernicious flaw in the Detritus (also known as the Compan… Continue reading Facebookery: The Fourteen Million