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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Amazon bans Flash ads – but not for the reason you may have hoped!
Amazon has said “No” to Flash – but the aim is to improve your experience, not your security. Nevertheless, it’s a ban on Flash.
Alleged sextortionist arrested in Texas – Here’s how to protect yourself
The 26-year-old man was charged with internet stalking, producing child abuse images, and coercing a minor into sexual activity.
Ashley Madison hackers keep on going, post even BIGGER trove of data
The hackers behind the massive breach of user data from AshleyMadison.com are still at it – posting another larger dump of data from the cheaters’ dating site for the second time this week.
Jeb Bush: encryption makes it too hard to catch “evildoers”
Republican US presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that encryption makes it harder for the NSA to do its job, and advocated for broad NSA surveillance powers to catch “evildoers.”
Updated privacy policies – do you check what’s changed?
A Forbes writer decided to take a careful look at the changes in the new Spotify privacy policy. He checked, but did you?
China vows to “clean the internet” in cybercrime crackdown, 15,000 arrested
The Ministry of Public Security in China said this week that 15,000 people have been arrested since the launch of a major anti-cybercrime operation called “cleaning the internet.”
Credit card info for 93,000 Web.com customers nabbed in data breach
Customers should keep an eye out for bogus charges on their credit/debit cards!
FCC fines company $750,000 for disabling conference hotspots
Smart City was blocking convention visitors and exhibitors from using their own hotspots to avoid paying hefty fees for the telecom’s Wi-Fi.
Ashley Madison hackers follow through on threat, dump user database online
The 9.7 GB dump contains names, emails, addresses, sexual preferences and credit card transactions of 37 million members.