Are two zero-days better than one? What happened to AOL’s user database? And is that another award that Naked Security just won? Find out in 60 Sec Security for 03 May 2014…
Tag Archives: Data loss
Data-drained Target hurries to adopt chip-and-PIN cards
The US has been dragging its heels on the expensive, laborious task of swapping its payment infrastructure for the more secure chip-and-PIN security used abroad. Still smarting from recent data theft, Target’s now apparently leading the way, promising the new cards in 2015. 
Apple fixes hole that leaked employees’ and developers’ personal info
Apple quietly slipped its Developer Center offline on Sunday night to patch a serious security hole that let anybody access personal contact information for any registered Mac, iOS or Safari developer; every Apple Retail and corporate employee; and some key partners.
AOL Mail accounts breached, users advised to change passwords
AOL users, change your passwords. AOL said it is investigating a large-scale breach of AOL Mail accounts in which user passwords, security questions, mail addresses, and contact lists were compromised.
Monday review – the hot 26 stories of the week
Make sure you’re up to date with everything we wrote in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.
The internet of everything – bringing more risk to more places
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a ubiquitous buzz-phrase these days. The idea is that just about everything we make or use could be connected, allowing anything to be remotely controlled or monitored. What could possibly go wrong?