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Daily Archives: March 3, 2020
Digital piggy bank sevice broken into by cybercrooks
A financial proivider that gives loans but locks them down to turn them into savings… didn’t lock down its own network.
Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images
It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t.
GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook
The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.
Nvidia patches severe flaws affecting GeForce, Quadro NVS and Tesla
In all, the update covers five Windows and Linux desktop CVE vulnerabilities, including one rated as critical.
XSS plugin vulnerabilities plague WordPress users
Thousands of active WordPress plugins have been hit with a swathe of XSS vulnerabilities that could give attackers complete control of the site.