“This is SO NOT my ripped-off laptop,” the scammer must have thought when the scammer-scammer sent a package of magazines instead.
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Gas thieves remotely pwn pump with mysterious device
In broad daylight, over the course of about 90 minutes, thieves somehow remotely froze pump software and stole 600 gallons of gas.
Privates on parade: fitness tracker app reveals sensitive user details
Another online fitness tracking app – Polar Flow – is giving up sensitive information. But this time, it’s revealing the names and home locations of government personnel.
Your social media memories may have been compromised
Remember that “digital nostalgia” app you installed years ago? You may have forgotten it, but it hasn’t forgotten you!
What sensitive data is lurking on your old SD card?
SD cards – those tiny devices that go into your camera or tablet – may be small, but they can hold a lot of revealing information.
Copyright Directive legislation voted down by European Parliament
The EU has voted down controversial copyright legislation, but the war’s not over: a second vote is scheduled for September.
Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone
Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go.
Linux experts are crap at passwords!
Last week’s megastory was the Gentoo breach that saw an entire online Linux code repository hacked – now we know how it happened…
Chrome and Firefox pull history-stealing browser extension
An extension used by about two million people has been pulled by Chrome and Firefox after it was found exfiltrating browsing data.
Employee allegedly stole government spyware and hid it under his bed
Spyware that’s supposed to be sold to governments was stolen and hidden under a mattress while it was offered for sale on the dark web.