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Privacy
T-Mobile received the most US data requisition requests
Open SSL mystery bug to be fixed Thursday July 9
Outdated Bitcoin mining software loses miners thousands
Mastercard trials selfies as password replacement
Telco T-Mobile’s US arm received more data requests than its larger peers in 2014.
Karl Thomas • 07 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
A new version of Open SSL is set to be released imminently, patching a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability.
Bitcoin has issued an urgent warning that very recent transactions could be invalid, due to a glitch with older mining software that could cause Bitcoins to be double-spent.
Karl Thomas • 06 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
A new app could see Mastercard accepting selfies instead of passwords to make purchases online.
Karl Thomas • 03 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Cybercrime
PCI Council updates encryption standards
A key update to the PCI standard has been issued by the PCI standards body, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).
Karl Thomas • 02 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Eastern England councils in slew of data breach errors
A series of more than 160 data breaches have struck local authorities in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the past year, according to new reports.
Karl Thomas • 01 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
US suspends background checks system after flaw found
An entire US department program is to be suspended in order to fix vulnerabilities discovered during a security audit.
Karl Thomas • 30 Jun 2015 • 1 min. read
Less Technical
ICANN policy changes trigger privacy concerns
Internet name authority ICANN has unsettled privacy advocates after a new working group document flagged changes to the way domain proxy services can operate.
Karl Thomas • 29 Jun 2015 • 1 min. read
Cisco warns of default SSH key in several products
Cisco security engineers have disclosed that there is a single default ‘maintenance’ SSH key hardcoded into several families of Cisco security appliances.
Karl Thomas • 26 Jun 2015 • 1 min. read