Hackers have moved away from simple point-of-sale (POS) terminal attacks to more refined assaults on corporations’ head offices. An annual report from security firm Trustwave out today highlighted increased sophistication of web app hacking and social engineering tactics on the part of miscreants. Half of the incidents investigated involved corporate and internal networks (up from Read more about Trustwave Global IT Security Report Summarised[…]
Did you ever record a video on Facebook to post directly to your friend’s wall, only to discard the take and film a new version? You may have thought those embarrassing draft versions were deleted, but Facebook kept a copy. The company is blaming it on a “bug” and swears that it’s going to delete Read more about Facebook Blames a ‘Bug’ for Not Deleting Your Seemingly Deleted Videos[…]
A customer was questioning if rumors that T-Mobile Austria was storing customer passwords in plain text, leaving the credentials like sitting ducks for hackers. Whoever was manning T-Mobile Austria’s Twitter account confirmed that this was the case, but that there was no need to worry because “our security is amazingly good.” Hello Claudia! The customer Read more about T-Mobile Austria stores passwords as plain text[…]
NEW DELHI — Seeking to build an identification system of unprecedented scope, India is scanning the fingerprints, eyes and faces of its 1.3 billion residents and connecting the data to everything from welfare benefits to mobile phones. Civil libertarians are horrified, viewing the program, called Aadhaar, as Orwell’s Big Brother brought to life. To the Read more about ‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances[…]