September 03, 2019

XKCD forums breached

How did the Correct Horse Battery get Stapled?

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June 19, 2019

Pass the salt! Popular CMSs aren’t securing passwords properly

A group of researchers has discovered that many of the web's most popular content management systems are using obsolete algorithms to protect their users' passwords.

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May 23, 2019

Google stored some passwords in plaintext for 14 years

Nobody got at the subset of G Suite passwords, Google said, apologizing and saying that it's working to ensure this is an isolated incident.

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March 12, 2019

Study throws security shade on freelance and student programmers

A recent study shows that if you aren't prepared to ask or pay for security, you probably won't get it.

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September 11, 2018

Fetish app put users’ identities at risk with plain-text passwords

Whiplr, a naughty, naughty little app, has now secured passwords with "one-way encryption" and is "adding more security measures".

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May 25, 2018

Facebook’s counterintuitive way to combat nonconsensual porn

"Upload your nudes to stop revenge porn" might sound crazy but it actually makes sense.

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January 11, 2018

Facebook settles after 14-year-old sues over nude image reposting

The alleged extortionist, still facing charges, reposted the image to shame sites multiple times. Why didn't Facebook use hashes to stop it?

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October 10, 2017

Learning from the Disqus data breach

What does the Disqus data breach tell us about security?

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August 19, 2016

Twitter takes down 235K extremist accounts

Third parties say that Islamic State traffic on Twitter has plummeted by 45% over the past 2 years.

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