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Monthly Archives: November 2018
Drone owner fined for putting police helicopter crew ‘in danger’
It’s the first ever prosecution under UK drone laws for a flight that could have turned deadly, as did a recent helicopter disaster in Leicester.
Every day is Black Friday
Scammers don’t stop trying to dupe you or take their foot off the gas just because it’s the day after Cyber Monday.
Patch Skype for Business now or risk DoS via emoji kittens!
So cute! So grabby with the bandwidth!
Update now! Dangerous AMP for WordPress plugin fixed
The popular plugin for implementing Accelerated Mobile Pages returned, patched, to WordPress.org last week.
Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs
It’s yet another security stumble following the massive Facebook hack in September, and it likely points to shoddy encryption practices.
Mozilla’s IoT gift guide ranks gadgets from secure to shoddy
Mozilla slapped a “Meets Minimum Security Standards” badge on the IoT gadgets on its list that passed at least some muster.
Has that website been pwned? Firefox Monitor will tell you
Firefox Monitor, a breach notification website launched by Mozilla in September, can now deliver alerts from inside the Firefox browser.
Did a copy-paste error reveal the US’s secret case against Assange?
A court filing in an unrelated case mentioned the need to seal documents to keep secret the fact that “Assange” has been charged.
Could have sworn I deleted that photo from my phone! [PODCAST]
This week: hacking phones at Pwn2Own, the brand new SophosLabs Threat report, and squeezing Shakespeare into one tweet. Enjoy!