A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Update now! WordPress abandoned cart plugin under attack
Hackers have been spotted targeting websites running unpatched versions of the WordPress plugin Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce.
Misconfigured Box accounts leak terabytes of companies’ sensitive data
Easily guessable URLs led to what should have been big companies’ very private data. Even Box itself was found to be exposing folders.
New bill would give parents an ‘Eraser Button’ to delete kids’ data
The COPPA overhaul would ban targeting ads at kids under 13 and ad targeting based on race, socioeconomics or geolocation on kids under 15.
Facebook sues developers over data-scraping quizzes
Downloaded by 63K users, the quizzes promised answers to questions such as “What kind of dog are you according to your zodiac sign?”
Study throws security shade on freelance and student programmers
A recent study shows that if you aren’t prepared to ask or pay for security, you probably won’t get it.
Citrix admits attackers breached its network – what we know
On Friday, software giant Citrix issued a short statement admitting that hackers recently managed to get inside its internal network. According to a statement by chief information security officer Stan Black, the company was told of the attack by the FBI on 6 March, since when it had established that attackers had taken “business documents” […]
Email list-cleaning site may have leaked up to 2 billion records
The number of records exposed online by Verification.io email list-cleaning service may be far higher than originally anticipated.
John Oliver bombards the FCC with anti-robocall robocall campaign
The Last Week Tonight host launched an anti-robocalling robocalling campaign to force the FCC to put a stop to the pervasive, irritating calls.
US Army clarifies its killer robot plans
The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.