Security
1Password announces U2F support for increased security
1Password’s new features will make accounts more secure and will help to prevent phishing.
The US Custom and Border Patrol announce a major data breach
The database contains thousands of images of those crossing the border.
Chinese university found to have leaked 9.5 billion rows of email metadata
The university managed to pack the vulnerability quickly but the students haven’t yet been informed.
New email scam to website owners threatens to target their reputation
The latest email scam revolves around threatening website owners with reputation damage, unless they pay up.
The EU hid the fact that the EU’s embassy in Moscow was hacked
It’s not yet known why the EU decided to keep it a secret.
The Pirate Bay has closed user registrations while it deals with spam attacks
Everything had been going well for TPB until this latest issue.
Jewish dating app JCrush has leaked private info about members, including explicit messages
Poor security practices lead to the exposure of personal intimate information about users.
Data breach at the Australian National University: 200,000 people’s details exposed
It’s the latest major leak of personal data.
Millions of “private” Theta photos were available online, easily accessible
The photos were available online without any password protection.
Chinese dating apps database exposes 42.5 million US customer records
As of the time of writing, the exposed database is still online.
Flipboard has suffered a major hack
Passwords for all users must be reset.
Report reveals that some of the code that’s holding Baltimore City hostage has origins at the NSA
Once again, it’s NSA code that got into the wrong hands that’s causing a lot of trouble.