The hacker exposed half a billion Yahoo accounts on behalf of Russia’s FSB
Monthly Archives: April 2018
LinkedIn patches serious leak in its AutoFill plugin
Anyone could have drained their users’ LinkedIn profile data
Is scraping files from a Freedom of Information website ‘hacking’?
A teen is being charged for downloading 7k records, 250 of which weren’t properly redacted. Who’s to blame?
RSA Conference has a leaky app… again!
Cybersecurity conferences don’t always practise what they preach.
Kingpin who made 100 million robocalls loses his voice
The man behind a cacophony of robocalls had little to say for himself on Capitol Hill
Chrome anti-phishing protection… from Microsoft!
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
How porn bots abuse government websites
Bots run by shady websites are creating thousands of phantom pages
Google in hot water over privacy of Android apps for kids
Large numbers of child-centred Android apps may be breaking US law.
NSA reveals how it beats 0-days
Exploits and vulnerabilities are weaponized against us 24 hours after release, says technical director.
Employee from hell busted by VPN logs
Before retiring from PenAir airline, Suzette Kugler set herself up with fake, high-privilege VPN user accounts that didn’t keep her secrets.