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 30, 2018

Despacito YouTube video hack – teenagers charged

Web defacement is supposed to be an old-fashioned type of hack, but it probably didn’t look that way to YouTube viewers on 10 April.

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April 23, 2018

LinkedIn patches serious leak in its AutoFill plugin

Anyone could have drained their users' LinkedIn profile data

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December 19, 2017

LinkedIn accused of chilling access to information online

It's an epic legal battle for the future of the internet, and it's not net neutrality.

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December 12, 2017

Spies are watching… on LinkedIn

The young professionals portrayed in the LinkedIn listings are hot, enticing, and fictitious.

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October 10, 2017

Busted! Founder sells $51m website, hacks it, tries to sell site its own data

What's worse than Dracula sucking your blood? Dracula sucking your blood and then trying to sell it back to you

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August 31, 2017

Is your email in the latest cache of 711 million pwnd addresses?

The huge cache of addresses was discovered on a server based in the Netherlands - and the researchers are trying to get it taken down

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August 16, 2017

Judge orders LinkedIn to stop blocking third-party use of your data

How do you feel about other companies scraping your public information from LinkedIn and monetizing it?

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May 23, 2017

Warning after WannaCry sets off fake BT phishing attack

It's a sad fact that we end up seeing warnings about warnings in the aftermath of a major cybersecurity event

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