Public Enemy Number One? – #CrimeTalk If 2011 was “The Year of the Data Breach”, then 2012 is fast becoming “The Year Anonymous Became Public Enemy # 1!” Anonymous, Anonymouse, and “tools”, are all terms I have used to describe this decentralized group of computer operators who use their skills to harass, embarass and otherwise annoy. If you think they’re going […]
Major Credit Card Processor hacked – is the sky falling? Last Friday, I was reading my daily dose of Brian Krebs’ blog, KrebsOnSecurity.com, and read his story about a company called Global Payments Inc. being hacked. He didn’t name the company on Friday, the Wall Street Journal did later in a story. Either way, we now know the company’s name now.
MASS RMV DATA STOLEN – WHY? Last Thursday two masked men, operating a stolen jeep, pulled up next to a courier’s white van that was parked outside a MA RMV location, jumped out of the jeep and stole five bags from the courier’s van. This is according to witness’ accounts reported to police.
“Slippery Slope” defined… #crimetalk Way back in law school we learned a term called the “slippery slope.” In academia, it usually has a negative connotation because it usually means…”the beginning of the end.”
Beware! Investigation Confirms Google Location Tracking of Millions Even When It’s Disabled Have you turned off your location and Google is not tracking you? Then you might be wrong. Google is so keen to know your geographical presence that it records your motion even when you give it a specific instruction of NO.
California’s CCPA Law To Set the Standards for United States Last month in July, the California state has signed “California Consumer Privacy Law” (CCPA) that constitutes as a strict GDRP kind of data privacy law. This law is the first bill of such clause and therefore, it is believed to set standards for other states too. The impact of California privacy bill is at high possibility because of its size and influence on whole […]
New Chrome Extension, HackNotice Could Save You From Hacking Attack Chrome has launched an extension, HackNotice that can pre-alert you if, the website you have open in your chrome browser is hacked recently or not. This free service is created by Steve Thomas, the co-founder of PwnedList (which is now disgraced).
SnapChat’s Source Code Exposed on GitHub Snapchat confirmed the news of source code leak after an iOS update. Some of the Snapchat’s source code was exposed on the code repository platform, GitHub. This information was obtained probably when the company messed up and update to the iOS previous this year in May.
Guide to Remove Browser Nail Effectively – Malware Removal Browser Nail is a piece of software that belongs to the adware category. Its main function is to deliver all forms of ads, including deals, coupons, sales, offers, and banners on users’ browsers. It also stealthily collects users’ personal data by tracking their browser cookies in order to show them more customized ads.
Google Holds These Stuff About You Cookie is the traditional measure that a normal website uses to get basic even full information about your, such as your operating system, your IP, ID even password if you agree to save your sensitive details automatically. Then how can you effectively manage your privacy right? How can you maintain your PC security? More? Here […]
