The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Online shops fear 2FA at checkout will increase abandoned carts
A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) wholeheartedly.
Action required! Exim mail servers need urgent patching
Researchers have discovered another dangerous security hole hiding in recent, unpatched versions of the internet’s most popular mail server, Exim.
What’s the best approach to patching vulnerabilities?
Researchers ask: with only 1 in 20 vulnerabilities exploited, what’s the best approach to patching?
Researchers eavesdrop on smartphone finger taps
Researchers have been experimenting with a novel way to eavesdrop on what you’re typing on your smartphone – by listening to the taps of your fingers.
The FBI is sitting on more than 641m photos of people’s faces
Its already massive facial recognition databases have ballooned, and government watchdog GAO found that the FBI isn’t checking accuracy.
Firefox aims at Google with Enhanced Tracking Prevention
The latest version of Firefox, 67.0.1, features a fully-fledged version of Mozilla’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) privacy system.
Microsoft dismisses new Windows RDP ‘bug’ as a feature
Researchers have found an unexpected behavior in a Windows feature designed to protect remote sessions.
YouTube bans kids’ live-streaming without an adult present
In another step to scrape pedophiles off the bottom of its shoe YouTube is banning youngsters from live-streaming without adult supervision.
Gang charged with $19 million iPhone scam
It was a well-oiled business, with Top Dogs fencing devices, forgers cooking up fake IDs with stolen PII, and runners ripping off phones.