As the well-worn internet saying goes – there is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.
Tag Archives: Data loss
Twitter admits to raid on users’ phone numbers
It relates to Twitter’s contact upload feature, which allows users to find others via contact info such as email or phone number.
Google launches open-source security key project, OpenSK
OpenSK is a piece of firmware that you can install on a USB dongle of your own, turning it into a usable FIDO or U2F key.
UN hacked via unpatched SharePoint server
UN staffers: the “entire domain” was probably compromised by an attacker who was lurking on the UN’s networks.
Financial tech firms disagree on ban of customer data screen-scraping
They use it to offer things like budgeting apps. It puts passwords and privacy at risk, but some say they can’t afford to build APIs instead.
Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data
A surprising number of users seem to be setting Trello boards, and their often highly sensitive content, to ‘public’.
Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people
eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.
Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland
… with a clumsily worded proposed bill that wouldn’t protect researchers.
New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments
One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.
Apple allegedly made nice with FBI by dropping iCloud encryption plan
Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.