A UK travel company has been fined £150,000 for putting an “internal only” parking database system on the internet without securing it first. The vulnerable system was used as a stepping stone for a crook to steal more than 1M e-commerce records.
Daily Archives: July 28, 2014
Anatomy of an iTunes phish – tips to avoid getting caught out
Even if you’d back yourself to spot a phish every time, here’s a step-by-step account that might help to save your friends and family in the future…
Panopticlick reveals the cookie you can’t delete
You know about cookies, and how to delete them, but what if there was a cookie you couldn’t delete, and what if the steps you took to guard your privacy made you easier to track? The EFF’s Panopticlick tool determines how easy you are to identify based on your web browser’s ‘fingerprint’.
How to break into people’s homes with your mobile phone
Having a tough time breaking into your neighbor’s house? Not terribly conversant with key gauges or making clay molds? Don’t worry, there’s an app for that!
Monday review – the hot 27 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.