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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Ryanair finds fraudulent transaction – for $5M!
Ryanair, the budget airline that operates out of Dublin, Ireland, suffered an unauthorised bank transfer. To the tune of $5,000,000.
Google unveils Password Alert Chrome extension, an early warning system against phishing attacks
Google developers have created Password Alert, an open-source Chrome extension that aims to protect users from phishing attacks.
Watch apps banned from Apple Watch
Check out Clause 10.7 in the App Store guidelines. No watch apps allowed for the Apple Watch! But, truth be told, you didn’t buy it to tell the time, did you? PS. T-shirt prizes up for grabs inside.
iPad crash grounds dozens of American Airlines flights
Swapping 35-lb. kitbags full of paper for svelte tablets sounds great, until it glitches and there’s no paper backup.
Hollywood gets Piracy app Popcorn Time blocked in the UK
The UK High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block Popcorn Time, a piracy app that’s as easy to use as Netflix. 
Facebook login system blocked by Great Firewall of China causing DDoS panic
China’s Great Firewall has been intercepting the Javascript module from Facebook Login, redirecting users to an unexpected pair of websites.
Remotely operated surgery robot is easy to e-hijack, researchers find
“Jerky” movement can be caused by tampering with packets. Not a good adjective when you’re talking about surgery!
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP: Who needs to kill the most zombies?
Here it is: the latest “Dirty Dozen”. Our SPAMPIONSHIP tables detail the globe’s most dastardly distributors of delinquent data during the first quarter of 2015.
Judge chided for Facebook posts that triggered mistrial in “boy in the box” case
A Texas judge has been chewed out for making Facebook posts about a case that resulted in a mistrial, and has been ordered to get trained on “proper and ethical use of social media” by judges.