The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads
These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.
Apple chops Safari’s TLS certificate validity down to one year
From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.
The Amazon Prime phishing attack that wasn’t…
When we followed the phishing trail, we found ourselves at a web page we weren’t expecting…
S2 Ep27: Bluetooth holes, dodgy Chrome extensions and forgotten passwords – Naked Security Podcast
New episode – listen now!
Larry Tesler, of copy-and-paste fame, dies at 74
Larry Tesler, the computing pioneer who insisted that user interfaces should be both comfortable *and* consistent, has died aged 74.
US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks
The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year.
Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum
The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Media Encoder and After Effects
After fixing a pile of critical security flaws as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe has raised two more needing urgent attention.
Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition
The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.