Internet Insecurity
Hacker Defaces Ticketfly’s Website, Steals Customer Database
A hacker took control of Ticketfly's website and claims to have stolen the company's customer database.
An Exploit Left Millions of Steam Users Vulnerable for the Past 10 Years
A security researcher found a serious vulnerability that allowed hackers to take control of a Steam user’s computer.
For the Love of God, Stop Renting Routers From Comcast
A bug in Comcast’s router and modem activation process potentially exposed the private data of millions of customers who rented hardware from the company.
Someone Has Infected At Least 500,000 Routers All Over The World And No One Knows Why
But Ukraine’s government says it thinks that Russia will use “VPNFilter” to attack Saturday’s Champions League final.
Trump’s iPhone Security Practices Are Awful
Anonymous White House officials say Donald Trump uses two iPhones. Apparently, Trump doesn’t take enough security precautions on them, such as swapping them every 30 days, like Barack Obama used to do.
Who's Afraid of Kaspersky?
We went to Kaspersky Lab's SAS conference, where the controversial Russian anti-virus firm showcases its best research, wines and dines competitors and journalists, and burns American espionage operations.
People Are Freaking Out That PGP Is ‘Broken’—But You Shouldn’t Be Using It Anyway
Hackers that can intercept your encrypted emails, or steal your emails from your computer or a server, may be able to decrypt them taking advantage of new vulnerabilities found in the way some email clients treat HTML.
'Disappearing' Signal Messages Are Stored Indefinitely on Mac Hard Drives
If you use the Signal desktop app, be careful with your notification settings.
Android App With 10 Million Downloads Left Users’ Photos and Audio Messages Exposed to Public
The developers of Drupe, a popular Android app, left its users' data, including selfies and audio messages, on insecure, publicly accessible Amazon cloud servers.
The Internet Archive Can't Preserve the Web's History by Itself
The Joy Reid saga highlights the strengths and weaknesses of web archiving.
Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years
The social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and alleged credit card numbers of dozens of people are being advertised and sold on Facebook. The internet giant deleted some of them after Motherboard flagged the posts.
Teen Who Hacked Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Gets Sentenced to 2 Years of Prison
A judge in London sentenced a British teenager who was part of the hacking group Crackas With Attitude, which targeted prominent US government employees.