There’s a growing problem with Apple’s role in the contact-tracing apps that countries are developing to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. This has been underlined by the UK’s announcement that its long-awaited NHSx app is being parked in favor of a different model recommended by Apple and Google. Apple is effectively dictating to governments the…
The creator of the Satori/Okiru, Masuta and Tsunami/Fbot botnets has been sentenced to prison for compromising hundreds of thousands of devices.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Social media companies have always struggled to find the right balance between enabling free speech and while moderating inappropriate content. But since Donald Trump entered the White House, this debate has taken on a complicated new layer: Should private companies censor the President of the United States, even when he violates the company’s posting guidelines…
The carding store victimized mainly U.S. citizens and is responsible for $20 million in fraudulent purchases.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Back in 2015, Microsoft opened its flaghip physical store just five blocks away from the iconic Apple cube in Manhattan. Featuring both Surface products and a curated set of partner hardware, it seemed a warning shot — a statement that the company was getting serious in its efforts to rival Apple’s mindshare. Today, less than…
The botnet can be used to mount different kinds of attacks, including code-execution and DDoS.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
IT failures are more common than we think. Admitting that you have a problem means there is a risk in doing business with you, and that leads to customer churn. Most companies try to conceal their failures and pretend there is nothing wrong. Ultimately, the clients suffer. For banks and financial institutions, such problems are…
Researchers believe that Click2Gov, municipal payment software, may be at the heart of this most recent government security incident.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
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The United States Department of Justice yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old Washington-based hacker to 13 months in federal prison for his role in creating botnet malware, infecting a large number of systems with it, and then abusing those systems to carry out large scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against various online service and targets. According to…
