Football shockers started to flow on Friday, after journalists analyzed more than 70m exfiltrated documents, totaling 3.4 terabytes of data.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Should company bosses face jail for mishandling your privacy?
A proposed bill calls for executives to be jailed for not protecting consumers’ data, or at least for lying about it.
PortSmash attack steals secrets from Intel chips on the side
Researchers have developed an exploit that uses a feature in Intel chips to steal secret cryptographic keys.
Another day, another update, another iPhone lockscreen bypass
Researcher José Rodríguez beats the lockscreen to display contact phone numbers and email addresses.
Popular browsers made to cough up browsing history
Only one browser stood fast against a set of new browser history attacks.
Google’s stealthy sign-in sentry can pick up pilfered passwords
The search giant’s secret sauce can see when somebody’s using your stolen password.
Report reveals one-dimensional support for two-factor authentication
34 popular consumer websites were put to the 2FA test.
Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
The government isn’t really after the password, after all; it’s after any potential evidence it protects. In other words: fishing expedition.
Facebook is still approving fake political ads
Just a couple of weeks before the US midterm elections, journalists have revealed that Facebook is continuing to approve fake advertisements from fake sources.
Update now! Apple releases security fixes for iOS, MacOS, Safari, others
If you own any kind of Apple device or software, you may want to check to see if you have an update waiting for you.