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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Get in line! 38,000 students and staff forced to queue for new passwords
It’s not a bread line, and it’s not a line to see Santa – it’s an analog response to a nasty cyber attack.
Proposed standard would make warrant canaries machine-readable
For years, organisations have been using a common tactic called the warrant canary to warn people that the government has secretly demanded access to their private information. Now, a proposed standard could make this tool easier to use.
Instagram hides ‘false’ content, unless it’s from a politician
Instagram’s expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won’t keep political speech away from “public debate and scrutiny.”
Doxed credit card data has two hours max before it’s nabbed
That’s pretty slow for thieves’ bots & scripts to grab it and test it, said a researcher who posted his card online.
Mozilla adds NextDNS to list of DNS-over-HTTPS providers
Firefox users interested in turning on the browser’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) privacy feature now have two providers to choose from.
Alleged bank vault robber posed with cash on Instagram, Facebook
He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo’s vault, then posed with cash and “his” Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap.
Google to choke off ‘less secure applications’
If you’re entering a username and password to give an app access to a G Suite account, beware: you won’t be able to do it for much longer.
Don’t fall for this porn scam – even if your password’s in the subject!
This “I am well aware” email is just another sextortion scam where crooks try to blackmail you with a video they don’t actually have.
Ransomware-seized New Orleans declares state of emergency
There are signs that the attackers used the particularly pernicious Ryuk strain of ransomware.