Security
Shane Dawson, James Charles, King Bach, and other YouTubers hacked after alleged AT&T SIM swap
James Charles, King Bach, Amanda Cerny, and Keemstar have blamed AT&T for the hack.
Telegram’s design is putting Hong Kong protestors’ privacy at risk, engineers say
Telegram has been vital in helping Hong Kong protestors stay anonymous while organizing.
The YubiKey 5Ci is the first dual USB-C two factor authentication key
This makes two-factor authentication easier with more modern devices.
MoviePass reportedly exposes 50,000 customer card numbers, hundreds of emails, and credit card numbers
Earlier this month, MoviePass was also accused of changing customer passwords to encourage them to use the service less.
Malicious Google Calendar spam is on the rise
It’s been over a decade since this type of spam started appearing – and it’s more prevalent than ever.
UK ISP Virgin Media appears to store customer passwords in plain text, sends them to customers by post
This means Virgin Media staff or people who get access to the letter containing the password could maliciously access Virgin Media customer accounts.
StockX accused of not disclosing massive data breach of 6.8 million records
The company could face a massive fine after failing to disclose the breach.
Former NSA director Michael Hayden rebuts AG Barr, says people shouldn’t have to accept encryption backdoors
Hayden has been speaking out about the dangers of encryption backdoors for many years.
Thieves use phishing attempts to unlock stolen iPhones
A combination of hardware theft and phishing attempts is a sophisticated way of taking iPhone theft.
Slack breach reveals security problems for companies that live inside Slack
Companies that put everything in Slack could be opening themselves up to a catastrophic situation.
Mass of Chinese marketing data left open online in leaked loan app database
It’s not the first time there’s been such a massive breach from an unsecured server online.
The entire adult population of Bulgaria compromised in cyber attack
The tax agency has been criticized for poor security.