In case you still think that clicking on any of those shortened web page links (like http://bit.ly/4wx345) is a good idea, here comes the best reason ever NOT to click on those links. It appears that the Hillary Clinton email leak may have been caused by clicking on one of those stupid shortened URLs. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OK, that subject, while true, was really just to catch your attention. Here is the rest of the story (and sorry, this is a bit of a rant). Google has a team that researches security vulnerabilities in all kinds of software. The team, founded in 2014, is called Project Zero. While I am sure it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One more time an open source database, MongoDB, is the source of another huge breach. But it isn’t Mongo’s fault. It wasn’t configured correctly. Human error one more time. OK, what are the details? And is it almost 60 million or 260 million? Modern Business Solutions apparently provides data storage services, although they have refused […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We often tell you about web sites that use your data and sometimes in ways that you don’t expect, but usually it is to sell it to advertisers. However, apparently, AT&T has created a new revenue stream. AT&T calls the program Project Hemisphere. Hemisphere is a program which allows law enforcement to search AT&T call […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You would think after all the stories about data breaches that companies would not be asking you for your personal information via email. As long as people will do it, companies will ask. After all, it is easy and when easy fights with secure, easy almost always wins. In the source article for this post […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While everyone has heard about the DNC and DNCC hacks and the hack of the Hillary Clinton campaign emails, there was another recent email hack – at Salesforce.com . The attack was not to obtain credit cards, nor was it to steal customer lists or the sales forecast. This time the hacker wanted to know […]
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