Wikipedia has suffered what appears to be the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory.
Monthly Archives: September 2019
LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules
The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA.
Telegram fixes ‘unsend message’ bug that held on to your pictures
A security researcher uncovered a flaw in Telegram’s ‘unsend message’ feature.
Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing
The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.
Mozilla increases browser privacy with encrypted DNS
Mozilla is about to turn on-by-default an oft-overlooked privacy feature in Firefox.
Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds
It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.
Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar
Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge.
Critical TLS flaw opens Exim servers to remote compromise
A ‘critical’ security vulnerability has been discovered in the Exim mail server that requires admins’ urgent attention.
WordPress 5.2.3 fixes new clutch of security vulnerabilities
WordPress version 5.2.3 has just appeared on the download pipe featuring half a dozen security fixes and software enhancements.
Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR
A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.