Tag: Security

Airport worker fired for slipping ‘you ugly’ note to traveler

Airport worker fired for slipping ‘you ugly’ note to traveler

Neal Strassner says a security guard handed him a torn piece of paper with the two words scrawled on it. A security screener at a New York airport ...
3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone

3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone

  There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge. You can even 3 ...
Twitter’s support form leaked phone number country codes to IPs in China & Saudi

Twitter’s support form leaked phone number country codes to IPs in China & Saudi

Twitter accidentally exposed the ability to pull an account’s phone number country code and whether the accounts had been locked by Twitter. The c ...
Apple rebukes Australia’s “dangerously ambiguous” anti-encryption bill

Apple rebukes Australia’s “dangerously ambiguous” anti-encryption bill

Apple has strongly criticized Australia’s anti-encryption bill, calling it “dangerously ambiguous” and “alarming to every Australian.” The Au ...
China embed microchip to hack the US

China embed microchip to hack the US

ILLUSTRATOR: SCOTT GELBER FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK By Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley October 4, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT SHARE THIS ARTICLE & ...
Until data is misused, Facebook’s breach will be forgotten

Until data is misused, Facebook’s breach will be forgotten

We cared about Cambridge Analytica because it could have helped elect Trump. We ignored LocationSmart because even the though the company was se ...
What Instagram users need to know about Facebook’s security breach

What Instagram users need to know about Facebook’s security breach

Even if you never log into Facebook itself these days, the other apps and services you use might be impacted by Facebook’s latest big, bad news ...
Bipartisan bill seeks to elevate the federal CIO position

Bipartisan bill seeks to elevate the federal CIO position

On Wednesday, Texas Rep. Will Hurd and Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly introduced a bipartisan bill that would reorganize how IT is managed throughout ...
Dixons Carphone now says millions more customers affected by 2017 breach

Dixons Carphone now says millions more customers affected by 2017 breach

A Dixons Carphone data breach that was disclosed earlier this summer was worse than initially reported. The company is now saying that personal ...
Data breach  exposes trade secrets of carmakers GM, Ford, Tesla, Toyota

Data breach exposes trade secrets of carmakers GM, Ford, Tesla, Toyota

Security researcher UpGuard Cyber Risk disclosed Friday that sensitive documents from more than 100 manufacturing companies, including GM, ...