Thousands of FedEx (FDX) customers’ private information was exposed after the company left scanned passports, driver’s licenses and other personal documentation on a publicly accessible server. The incident was first discovered by researchers at a German-based security center called Kromtech earlier this month. According to the security firm, the server belonged to Bongo International, a […]
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How Chrome Ad Blocking Is Already Changing the Web…
What was once unthinkable — that Chrome would block online ads, Google’s lifeblood — becomes reality on Thursday. That’s when Chrome takes a significant step in the direction that hundreds of millions of us already have gone by installing ad blockers. Chrome stops far short of those browser extensions, which typically ban all ads, but […]
Six U.S. Intelligence Agencies Warn Against Using Huawei Phones…
“We’re deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don’t share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks. That provides the capacity to exert pressure or control over our telecommunications infrastructure. It provides the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. […]
U.S. Homeland Security Refutes NBC Report That Claims Russia Hacked 2016 Elections…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said a recent report by NBC News was misleading. The channel claimed Russia “successfully penetrated” the voting systems of several states. “Recent NBC reporting has misrepresented facts and confused the public with regard to Department of Homeland Security and state and local government efforts to combat election hacking,” DHS […]
SURVEY: Less-Cool Facebook Losing Youth at Fast Pace…
With mom, dad and grandma signing up in increasing numbers, Facebook is losing younger users in the United States at a faster pace than previously estimated, researchers said Monday. A report by eMarketer said Snapchat is drawing youths away from Facebook at a quicker clip than Facebook-owned Instagram. Facebook is still growing in the US […]
Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook—and the World…
One day in late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook’s employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks. His message pertained to some walls at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters where staffers are encouraged to scribble notes and signatures. On at least a couple of occasions, someone had […]
Scam Hijacks Google Chrome Browser, Tries to Get Your Personal Data…
Scams that hijack the world’s most popular browser, Google Chrome, are making the rounds again. It starts with a fake error message. For computer users, this is a vexing problem because the underlying malicious code locks up the browser. “The bug that it triggers is more than just an annoyance in the sense that it […]
Major International Cyber Fraud Ring Takedown…
Thanks for participating on the call. My name is David Rybicki. I am a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division here at the Department of Justice and I supervise the Division’s Organized Crime and Gang Section. Today marks a significant step in the battle against transnational cybercrime. A federal grand jury in the […]
Watch Out! New Cryptocurrency-Mining Android Malware Is Spreading Rapidly…
Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, threat actors are increasingly targeting every platform, including IoT, Android, and Windows, with malware that leverages the CPU power of victims’ devices to mine cryptocurrency. Just last month, Kaspersky researchers spotted fake antivirus and porn Android apps infected with malware that mines Monero cryptocurrency, launches DDoS attacks, […]
Facebook Moves to Ban Advertising Promoting Cryptocurrency…
On Tuesday, Facebook announced a new policy banning ads promoting cryptocurrency, as a means of preventing what the company called “financial products and services frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.” This means that advertisers – including companies that operate fully legal businesses – will be banned from the promotion of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, […]
Unpatched DoS Flaw Could Help Anyone Take Down WordPress Websites…
A simple yet serious application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress CMS platform that could allow anyone to take down most WordPress websites even with a single machine—without hitting with a massive amount of bandwidth, as required in network-level DDoS attacks to achieve the same. Since the company has denied patching […]
Arrest Warrant Upheld in Julian Assange Case…
A UK judge has ruled against dropping Julian Assange’s arrest warrant, declining to set him free from the Ecuadorian embassy where he’s been holed up since 2012, according to reports initially challenged by Assange. According to Assange, only the first technical point of his legal challenge has failed. Judges will hear and decide on the […]
SpaceX Launches World’s Most Powerful Rocket Toward Mars…
The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars. Screams and cheers erupted at Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the […]
Samsung Confirms Making Chips for Mining Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrency…
South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced that it’s developing hardware specially designed for cryptocurrency mining. The move is aimed at boosting the firm’s profits. The disclosure was made in Samsung’s latest earnings report, in which the company also said that it had overtaken Intel to become the world’s biggest chipmaker last year. “Samsung’s foundry […]
Watch as Drone ‘Dive-Bombs’ U.S. Passenger Jet Landing in Vegas Airport…
Drone racing is a high-tech sport sweeping across the United States. Millennials are rushing to become the next drone pilot building these fast and agile multi-rotor crafts in their parents’ basements. All of these drones are controlled through FPV (First Person View) systems. FPV is a type of flying system where pilots use cameras to […]
Newsweek Fires Top Editors, Senior Reporters…
Newsweek has fired its editor-in-chief, executive news director and two senior writers after publishing reports regarding financial challenges at the publication and an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office into Newsweek’s parent company. Editor-in-chief Bob Roe, executive news director Ken Li and senior reporters Josh Saul and Celeste Katz were all fired on Monday […]
More Than a Muckraker: Robert Parry Believed the Possibilities of Our Craft…
When news of Robert Parry’s death reached me a week ago, I had to stop working for a long time. I would call it an interim of respectful silence except that it was closer to paralysis. The fight against all that is corrupt, misguided, maliciously intended and simply wrong in our national life instantly seemed […]
‘Deep State’ Veterans find New Homes in Mainstream Media…
“Former CIA director John Brennan has become the latest member of the NBC News and MSNBC family, officially signing with the network as a contributor,” chirps a recent article by The Wrap, as though that’s a perfectly normal thing to have to write and not a ghastly symptom of an Orwellian dystopia. NBC reports that […]
Wow. Just Wow!: Company Accused of Spying on Customers Via Sex Toys…
A technology company selling vibrators uses a mobile application to spy on its customers in their most intimate moments, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday. An anonymous customer of Lovense, a sex technology company based in Hong Kong, accused the company of using its technology to spy on […]
Facebook’s Number of Subscribers Drop for First Time…
The number of people in the U.S. and Canada who check Facebook every day dropped between the third and fourth quarter of 2017, the first such quarterly drop in company history. Facebook usage in North America has been largely flat for the last several years, leaving international growth to pick up the slack. But the […]
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