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Target says hackers got in by using a vendor's credentials
Reblogged from Naked Security: The hackers who spent the holiday season shopping with at least 70 million stolen credit- and bank-card numbers got at them through one of Target's vendors, the retailer...
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Leave the absolute zero to NASA. Your quantum computer will be an API
Reblogged from Gigaom:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdHDHEuOUE&w=562&h=317] If you've seen the video below, you know what it takes to run a quantum computer. The only version...
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Yahoo prompts password reset after mass attack on email service
Reblogged from Naked Security: Yahoo has revealed that it's resetting passwords for a number of its email users after discovering a coordinated effort to gain access to accounts. An advisory published...
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UK WUSAT2 CubeSat to launch 2015
Reblogged from AMSAT-UK: A team of University of Warwick engineering students are designing and building a CubeSat WUSAT2 which will be launched 100 km into space in 2015. The third and fourth-year...
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SEA attempts to hack Facebook and other MarkMonitor domain customers
Reblogged from Naked Security: If you find a good tactic and it works you stick with it, right? That certainly seems to be the case for the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Early in 2013 we watched them...
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Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release NSA snooping stats
Reblogged from Naked Security: Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo - all of which filed suit against the US government's secret surveillance court over gag orders attached to data demands - on...
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Critics say Facebook is erasing pieces of history by deleting pages about the...
Reblogged from Gigaom: As we discussed in a recent post on "viral" content, Facebook's (s fb) power and reach as a media platform has eclipsed even that of Google (s goog), which can be both good and...
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Samsung continues to push the Galaxy S4, introduces black faux-leather edition
Reblogged from Gigaom: The Galaxy S4 is nearly a year old, but that won’t stop Samsung from churning out new variants. We’ve already seen the Galaxy S4 Active, Mini, Zoom and Google Play(s goog)...
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Drone strikes increasingly rely on NSA surveillance data, report suggests
Reblogged from Gigaom: The CIA and U.S. military are increasingly relying on surveillance information from the NSA to locate then attack drone targets, with innocent people being killed as a result,...
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Thousands of Tesco.com user passwords leaked online
Originally posted on Naked Security: UK retailer Tesco has been forced to suspend 2,239 user accounts after a list of email addresses, passwords and Clubcard voucher balances was posted online. The...
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The “Talking Angela” chain letter: Three tips to help you avoid Facebook hoaxes
Originally posted on Naked Security: Facebook is a persuasive medium: a lot of people pay a lot of attention to what they read there. That’s not surprising, because a lot of what you read on Facebook...
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MasterCard aims to reduce card fraud with smartphone geo-location technology
Originally posted on Naked Security: With the risks posed by credit card and identity fraud always on the rise, credit card companies are always looking for innovative new ways to strengthen security....
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Are you safe against mobile threats? Check out our tips for keeping the...
Originally posted on Naked Security: Right now, it’s Mobile World Congress week in Barcelona, Spain. With tens of thousands of visitors each year, the event really does put the G-for-Global in GSM....
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To secure your data you have to secure the device
Originally posted on Gigaom: Security is a big issue when it comes to the internet of things. This isn’t privacy, which is a different but related topic , but merely securing the devices and data they...
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Privacy groups lodge complaint over Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp
Originally posted on Naked Security: The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against...
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The Final Countdown – Windows XP end of support popup has started
Originally posted on Naked Security: There are 31 days in March. So, counting from when this article was written, that gives almost exactly one month left until Windows XP gets its Goodbye, Farewell...
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Snowden calls encryption “defense against the dark arts”
Originally posted on Gigaom: Encrypting our communications is the best way to thwart mass government surveillance programs, according to fugitive whistle blower Edward Snowden, who appeared via...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lashes out at Obama over “damage” to internet
Originally posted on Gigaom: In an unusual Facebook post (s fb), Mark Zuckerberg blasted President Obama on Thursday over controversial hacking tactics used by the NSA in the name of national...
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How much will Office for iPad actually help Microsoft? (Hint: Less than you...
Originally posted on Gigaom: It took a few years of denials and rumors but Microsoft Office for iPad is officially available . The company debuted the software for free on the iTunes App Store(s aapl)...
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Facebook in 2020: What will the future hold?
Originally posted on Gigaom: If the past month’s activity is any indication, Facebook (s fb) and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning an ambitious roadmap. Tuesday’s acquisition of Oculus VR for $2...
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