Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

CEO David Kennedy talks with WIRED about another password storage problem from a large tech company. G Suite users should pay attention! Read more about what happened in the article “Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005“

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Your phone is spying? The truth behind the strange phenomenon

GRC Practice Lead Alex Hamerstone talks with Fox News about eerie tales of your phone ‘listening’ to what you say. “It’s easy to feel like our phone is spying on us. It is actually spying on us, but it is not eavesdropping.” – Hamerstone. Read the full article “Your phone is spying? The truth behind…

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TrustedSec comments on potential hacking of local airport systems

On Sunday April 21, 2019, travelers at Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport noticed that the screens typically displaying flight information were not functioning correctly. The Mayor’s office then commented that the airport is experiencing “isolated technical issues,” which did not affect flights to or from the airport. TrustedSec consultants including GRC practice lead Alex Hamerstone and…

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Latest Security Flaw at Facebook

Listen to the full episode of The Simi Sara Show “Latest Security Flaw at Facebook Believed to Impact Between 200m and 600m Users.” here.D For years, users’ passwords were stored in a text document, which could have been opened by anyone who had internal access to files – that’s as many as 20,000 staff. Guest: Alex…

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