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SnapChat Financial Details Leaked
A leaked SnapChat deck that revealed revenue and other financials were (accidentally?) leaked, according to a TechCrunch article at http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/26/snapchat-series-f/. If it was an Office document some simple DRM could have stopped this, but this has got me thinking about how
123456 … Is Still the Most Common Password
ZDNet reports that the most common password back in 2014 is still the most common today: 123456. http://www.zdnet.com/article/these-are-the-worst-passwords-from-the-linkedin-hack/ Twitter’s Digits seems pretty interesting and looks promising if you’re interested in a way to replace passwords. –Kevin
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR)
Microsoft publishes a security intelligence report every 6 months or so. They pull data from lots and lots of data points (especially their SmartScreen filter for Internet Explorer and Edge) so they have some unique insight that others don’t. Highly
Looks like Data Breaches Everywhere!
Whoa, looks like data breach activity has really picked up this week. Here are some of the latest victims, and these are major services: Spotify Minecraft Beautiful People –Kevin
Opera Web Browser Just Added Free VPN!
Opera just announced that they are adding free built-in VPN to their Opera web browser. This is great! Why didn’t anyone think of this before (Chrome, Firefox and IE/Edge are soon follow for sure). –Kevin P.S. Even though it does
The FBI Purchased an 0-Day to Hack iPhone
A lot of folks in the industry suspected this, and this article supports the notion that the FBI purchased a 0-day vulnerability (a vulnerability not previously known in the public) to hack into the San Bernardino iPhone. Check it out
Phishing Scams Getting More and More Popular
Been hearing and more about scams like this where someone at a company receives a fraudulent email that tries to trick them into sending sensitive employee data or transfer money. Here’s one in our neck of the woods out here
WhatsApp Now Encrypting Messages?!
I thought they already did? Anyways, better late than never, interesting read from both a strategy and technical perspective: http://www.wired.com/2016/04/forget-apple-vs-fbi-whatsapp-just-switched-encryption-billion-people/ –Kevin
FBI Drops Their Case Against Apple, Helps Arkansas
Looks like the FBI didn’t need Apple’s help after all (http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/28/justice-department-drops-lawsuit-against-apple-over-iphone-unlocking-case/). They were able to unlock the infamous San Bernardino iPhone, and now they are helping US states requesting for help unlocking suspect iPhones (good). I read (not in this
Video: Watch how easy it is for someone to hack your iPhone
Here’s a pretty good article/video on how easy it is for someone to hack your mobile device (in this example they used an iPhone, but really any mobile device is susceptible to similar attacks). I think there’s definite value for