Under Armour’s hugely popular fitness tracker, MyFitnessPal, has been hacked.
Monthly Archives: March 2018
Boeing hit by WannaCry, reminding everyone the threat is still there
Is this the return of WannaCry? Or did it simply never go away?
Facebook revamps security, privacy settings following huge data scandal
Facebook says it’s going to reach into the 20 or so dusty corners where it’s tucked away privacy and security settings and pull them into a centralized spot for users.
Football team pays $2.5 million to criminals in transfer fee scam
According to reports, Italian football club Lazio just paid a transfer fee of $2.5m to scammers instead of the proper recipients.
Hackers hit 911 system, emergency dispatch affected
We don’t know what the attackers were after, but they managed to knock down one server that supported Baltimore’s emergency dispatching.
Firefox add-on limits Facebook’s tracking of you
Firefox’s Facebook Container extension keeps your Facebook data, well, contained.
Microsoft’s Windows 7 Meltdown patch created ‘worse’ flaw
Microsoft’s updates for the Meltdown microprocessor mega-flaw inadvertently left users running Windows 7 64-bit systems open to a “way worse” flaw.
Stop swearing on Skype! And don’t even think about sending that nude selfie…
Microsoft has banned nudity, swearing and other unsavoury behaviors in Skype, Xbox, email, and Office 365 docs.
Jaywalkers to be named, shamed and fined thanks to facial recognition
Thanks, no thanks, facial recognition and artificial intelligence mashup.
Unmasking Monero: stripping the currency’s privacy protection
The features that make blockchains trustworthy may leave them vulnerable to retrospective action.