Key personnel at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have suggested basing the next version of a core web protocol on Google technology.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Support wouldn’t change his password, so he mailed them a bomb
The Cryptopay customer asked customer services for a new password. They refused, given that it was against the company privacy policy.
Microsoft update breaks Calendar and Mail on Windows 10 phones
Still reeling from last week’s Windows 10 Pro debacle, Microsoft dropped a fresh pile of “Oops!” onto Windows 10 Mobile users.
Google and Cloudfare traffic diverted to China… do we need to panic?
A brief outage on Monday diverted traffic to providers such as Google and Cloudflare via China – was it a blunder or a hack?
WordPress GDPR compliance plugin hacked
There’s no obvious executable payload in the attack but the attackers may be building a collection of websites and biding their time.
DEA and ICE hiding cameras in streetlights and traffic barrels
Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels.
Does wiping your iPhone count as destroying evidence?
Police say it’s a felony, but a woman arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting says she doesn’t even know how to remotely wipe.
How to fit all of Shakespeare in one tweet (and why not to do it!)
A security researcher squoze 1,299,999 words into a single tweet, thanks to image metadata that Twitter doesn’t remove.
Headmaster fired over cryptocoin mining on the school’s dime
O, that constant whirring noise? And the sky-high electricity bill? Why, it’s those darn air conditioners and heaters!
Botnet pwns 100,000 routers using ancient security flaw
Researchers have stumbled on another large botnet that’s been hijacking home routers while nobody was paying attention.