AT&T, the giant US telecom, says it fired an insider for having thumbed through customer accounts without authorization and potentially slurping customers’ taxpayer IDs, driver license numbers and more. 
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Revenge porn offenders could face 14 years in jail
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued new guidance on the posting of revenge pornography. The suggested new approach would see more serious cases of revenge porn prosecuted under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Top 5 celebrity online thefts
There have been many episodes of celebrities being targeted by cybercriminals. Let’s take a look at some of the worst cases of celebrity data loss…
Facebook warns against buying fake likes, but the fans-for-sale industry is booming
Facebook is taking another swipe at fraudulent likes that artificially inflate a Facebook Page’s number of fans.
Bugzilla bug tracker fixes zero-day bug revealing bug
If we are allowed to smile at security holes, this bug-revealing bug in Bugzilla is wryly amusing…
Dubai police add facial recognition to Google Glass
A spokesman confirmed a report that Dubai police have developed software that will connect a Glass wearer to a database of wanted people. Is it 1984 yet? 
Celebgate continues, nude celebrity photos posted of Winona Ryder, Hulk Hogan’s son
Yet another crop of nude photos has been released. More will come. The salacious are still as thrilled as ever, but much of the internet is just hitting the snooze button and rolling over. Why do we stop caring about theft and privacy invasion?
BadUSB – now with Do-It-Yourself instructions
Many fimware hacks are benign or even beneficial, like tweaking the ISO range on your digital camera or removing the bloatware from your mobile phone. But what if even a humble USB flash drive could be turned into a delinquent diddler of your data, or a vindictive vector for viruses?
Google responds to celebrity lawyer’s $100m nude photo scandal lawsuit threat
Google has responded to a letter written by a lawyer on behalf of a dozen celebrities whose nude photos were stolen and published online.
Facebook sort-of apologizes for treating users like lab rats
Facebook says it was “unprepared” for the ruckus stirred up around its emotional contagion research, and that there were things “it should have done differently.” Does that include asking for informed consent next time? 