Online backup firm Carbonite is forcing all of its 1.5 million users to change their passwords after reporting it was targeted in a password reuse attack.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Let’s Encrypt Celebrates Big HTTPS Milestone
Certificate authority Let’s Encrypt is celebrating a major milestone in the young nonprofit’s existence issuing its 5 millionth certificate this month.
Avira Phantom VPN is now available for Apple iOS & Mac!
Great news everyone: Our Phantom VPN now incorporates all major operating systems for computers and mobile devices: Android, Microsoft Windows, and Apple iOS as well as Mac.
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Photo reveals even Zuckerberg tapes his Webcam and Microphone for Privacy
What do you do to protect your ‘Privacy’ and keep yourself safe from potential hackers?
Well, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just need a bit of tape to cover his laptop webcam and mic jack in order to protect his privacy.
Yes, Zuck also does the same as the FBI Director James Comey.
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Zuckerberg posted a photo on Tuesday to celebrate Instagram’s 500 Million monthly user
Adware puts on football championship kit
Don’t blame the ‘Hand of God’ for those ads on your smartphone
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GoToMyPC Suffers Major Password Reuse Attack
Citrix Systems is forcing all its GoToMyPC remote desktop access service customers to reset their passwords because of a “very sophisticated attack” that targeted the service over the weekend.
Acer Ecommerce Site Spills Credit Card Information of Thousands
Taiwanese electronics company Acer sent letters to customers indicating that some of their financial information – credit card data included – may have been accessed over the last year.
Patrick Wardle on macOS Gatekeeper, Crypto Enhancements
At last week’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced some security upgrades around Gatekeeper and a new filesystem that includes native support for encryption. Mac hacker Patrick Wardle, director of research at Synack, explains whether this a big deal and how the upgrades address some problems he’d disclosed to Apple.
Threatpost News Wrap, June 17, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including a password issue at Github, the xDedic marketplace, and another Flash zero day.
Breached Credentials Used to Access Github Repositories
Password reuse strikes GitHub users, some of whom will have to reset their credentials after unauthorized attempts were made to access a large number of GitHub accounts.