Mozilla was nominated for an "Internet Villain" award - and The People Of The Internet were not pleased
Lees meerSecurity researcher Jonathan Leitschuh has discovered a major vulnerability in the popular Zoom video conferencing app that could allow malicious actors to turn on your Mac’s camera without your permission. The post Zoom security flaw puts you at ri…
Lees meerPatch Tuesday July 2019 offers fixes for a total of 77 vulnerabilities, including 15 marked critical, rounded out by two zero-day flaws.
Lees meerNew research has revealed that apps are snooping on data such as location and unique ID number - even when users haven't given permission.
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Lees meerAn eagle-eyed developer has discovered a backdoor recently sneaked into a library (or ‘gem’) used by Ruby on Rails (RoR) web apps to check password strength.
Lees meerPeople subscribed to Google Trends in New Zealand were emailed the murder suspect's name in violation of a New Zealand court's order.
Lees meerMozilla has introduced a lot of tracker blocking protections into Firefox lately. Now, it is planning a new feature that will let you see how many online snoopers you’ve successfully evaded. A new feature called the Tracking Protections Panel (aka t…
Lees meerIt's outside of Sidewalk Labs HQ in Toronto, where Google's sister company is working on stuffing the city with data-collecting sensors.
Lees meerSecurity researchers at Intego have discovered a new form of Mac malware—one that shows some surprisingly sneaky behaviour aimed at evading detection by antivirus software and human malware hunters alike. The post New Mac Malware Knows When You’re …
Lees meerHackers just infiltrated virtual reality, enabling them to manipulate users' immersive 3D worlds.
Lees meerAn open letter from the OpenID Foundation says that Apple introduced potential risks when it diverged from the OpenID Connect protocol.
Lees meerISPA has shortlisted Mozilla for the sort of award that, on the face of it, no tech company should be keen to win - 2019’s Internet Villain.
Lees meerBack in 2014, @DerpTrolling said he attacked sites simply based on requests from people who tweeted suggested targets.
Lees meerFrom RDP BlueKeep's message for admins to Medtronic's recall of hackable insulin pumps - and everything in between.
Lees meerThis week, we're going to the movies! It's our special summer security blockbusters edition of The Checklist, where we take a fun and whimsical look at some of the big technical concerns that pop up in our favorite movies and how they can relate to …
Lees meerSocial media isn't for everyone, but lots of us love it - so here's how to be in it and win it.
Lees meerSomebody out there has taken a big dislike to Robert J. Hansen (‘rjh’) and Daniel Kahn Gillmor (‘dkg’), two well-regarded experts in the specialised world of OpenPGP email encryption.
Lees meerThat's around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world's supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.
Lees meerAn internet craze could change the way computers see, thanks to research published by Google.
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