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Tomáš Foltýn • 22 Mar 2019 • 2 min. read
Social Media
Facebook exposed millions of user passwords to employees
Digital Security
Most second-hand thumb drives contain data from past owners
Scams
I Still Didn’t See What You Did
The social network says that the passwords were never exposed externally and that it found no abuse of the glitch
Tomáš Foltýn • 22 Mar 2019
Our penchant for plugging in random memory sticks isn’t the only trouble with our USB hygiene, a study shows
Tomáš Foltýn • 21 Mar 2019
More advice for detecting and avoiding sextortion scams
Bruce P. Burrell • 21 Mar 2019
Google hit with €1.49 billion antitrust fine by EU
The third penalty that Europe has levied on the tech giant in less than two years brings the total to €8.25 billion
Tomáš Foltýn • 20 Mar 2019
You should pick your Android security app wisely, test shows
It’s prudent to get a security solution for your device, but a test by AV-Comparatives shows why you need to choose judiciously
Tomáš Foltýn • 19 Mar 2019
I didn't see what you did, redux
Cyberblackmail/sextortion again raises its not-so-pretty little head
Bruce P. Burrell • 19 Mar 2019
Facebook suffer most severe outage ever
Facebook owned Instagram and WhatsApp also affected by unexplained interruption
Shane Curtis • 14 Mar 2019
Privacy
Over 2 billion records exposed by email marketing firm
The repository of email addresses and other records would offer a gold mine of data for scammers
Tomáš Foltýn • 11 Mar 2019
Internet of Things
Flaws in smart car alarms exposed 3 million cars to hijack
The vulnerabilities, which resided in associated smartphone apps, were both easy to find and easy to fix
Tomáš Foltýn • 08 Mar 2019
