Security
Almost all of the 2020 candidates are using bad email security practices
It seems political candidates have yet to learn from the mistakes of the past.
Zoom suggests its major spying security flaw is worth it for “faster, one-click-to-join meetings”
Not only is the flaw present in the software, but even after you uninstall it using the conventional methods, a vulnerability remains.
Hillary Clinton will no longer be a cybersecurity keynote speaker
It seems the conference decided she wasn’t a good match.
2 billion smart home records left exposed on the internet
The Orvibo website claims that the company supports millions of IoT devices and it can guarantee that data are safe and secured. However, researchers discovered otherwise.
Firefox has a file theft vulnerability that’s been unpatched for 17 years, security researcher says
According to the researcher, Mozilla has no plans to fix the issue.
Slack is vulnerable to attacks until it uses end-to-end encryption, experts warn
Governments and hackers can get access to user’s messages, unless Slack introduces extra encryption.
Western governments issued a “Regin” malware attack on Russia’s Yandex service, Reuters reports
Spokesperson for Yandex, Ilya Grabovsky, confirmed the incident.
Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to cyber attackers
The city went against the advice of the FBI and paid the ransom to get access to their files back.
US military personnel had their private medical data exposed online
The database leak contained names, addresses and personal medical info.
Over two million smart devices are major security risks and should be thrown out, researcher says
The security devices are impossible to patch.
US government websites are redirecting to hardcore porn, and they’ve been doing it for years
Like most problems related to governments, they never get fixed.
Have I been Pwned, the popular security service, will be sold to a new owner
It’s not yet known who the service will be sold to.