May 31, 2019

Flipboard data breach – what users should do now

Hugely popular news aggregation site Flipboard - one billion app downloads from Google Play and counting - has become the latest internet company to admit it has suffered a breach.

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March 20, 2019

Elsevier exposes users’ emails and passwords online

The science publisher is blaming a misconfigured server that exposed a constant stream of its users’ credentials.

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February 01, 2019

Hacker talks to baby through Nest security cam, jacks up thermostat

Yet another family unnerved by yet another voice coming from a nursery webcam serves as yet another argument against password reuse.

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January 29, 2019

Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices

Japan will hack citizens' IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don't like the notion? Here's how to lock 'em down!

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January 23, 2019

Hijacked Nest cam broadcasts bogus warning about incoming missiles

A hacked Nest camera broadcast the fake warning about incoming North Korean missiles, sending a family into “five minutes of sheer terror.”

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December 05, 2018

Quora.com admits data breach affecting 100 million accounts

Hackers have compromised data from the accounts of 100 million users of question and answer site Quora.com.

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November 07, 2018

Voting machine manual tells officials to reuse weak passwords

The manual turns good advice on its head, telling officials to use, reuse and recycle weak passwords.

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October 17, 2018

Is this the simple solution to password re-use?

Researchers concluded that passphrase requirements such as a 15-character minimum length deter the majority users from reusing them on other sites.

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October 03, 2018

Hacked Fortnite accounts and rent-a-botnet being pushed on Instagram

The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.

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