Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-off
Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click […]
Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details
A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist. ——– […]
Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency
The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen. […]
Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix
The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying […]
Voatz Internet Voting App Is Insecure
This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: “The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of […]
Pay Up, Or We’ll Make Google Ban Your Ads
A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. In […]
FC Barcelona Twitter account hacked – again
The same hackers have also got their mitts on social media accounts of other high-profile sporting targets The post FC Barcelona Twitter […]
Martin and Dorothie Hellman on Love, Crypto & Saving the World
Martin Hellman, co-creator of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange, and his wife of 53 years, Dorothie, talk about the current state of cryptography […]
Bluetooth bugs – researchers find 10 “Sweyntooth” security holes
More trouble in the Internet of Things – Bluetooth firmware code in many devices is found to have numerous bugs. ——– Free […]
Cookie-nabbing app could have served users side helping of XSS
A popular GDPR compliance WordPress plugin vendor has patched a flaw that rendered both site visitors and admins vulnerable to XSS attacks. […]