Day: June 24, 2019

And this is how monopolies take advantage of Open Source: Google’s plan to fork curl for no reason than to have their own version

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Google is planning to reimplement parts of libcurl, a widely used open-source file transfer library, as a wrapper for Chromium’s networking API – but curl’s lead developer does not welcome the “competition”. Issue 973603 in the Chromium bug tracker describes libcrurl,”a wrapper library for the libcurl easy interface implemented via Cronet API”. Cronet is the Read more about And this is how monopolies take advantage of Open Source: Google’s plan to fork curl for no reason than to have their own version[…]

Meds prescriptions for 78,000 patients left in a database with no password

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A MongoDB database was left open on the internet without a password, and by doing so, exposed the personal details and prescription information for more than 78,000 US patients. The leaky database was discovered by the security team at vpnMentor, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, who shared their findings exclusively with ZDNet earlier Read more about Meds prescriptions for 78,000 patients left in a database with no password[…]

Hack of U.S. Border Surveillance Contractor Is Way Bigger Than the Government Lets On

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Even as Homeland Security officials have attempted to downplay the impact of a security intrusion that reached deep into the network of a federal surveillance contractor, secret documents, handbooks, and slides concerning surveillance technology deployed along U.S. borders are being widely and openly shared online. A terabyte of torrents seeded by Distributed Denial of Secrets Read more about Hack of U.S. Border Surveillance Contractor Is Way Bigger Than the Government Lets On[…]

Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable to Flaw in SupportAssist software

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Millions of PCs made by Dell and other OEMs are vulnerable to a flaw stemming from a component in pre-installed SupportAssist software. The flaw could enable a remote attacker to completely takeover affected devices. The high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2019-12280) stems from a component in SupportAssist, a proactive monitoring software pre-installed on PCs with automatic failure detection and Read more about Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable to Flaw in SupportAssist software[…]

Chrome is the biggest snoop of all on your computer or cell phone – so switch browser before there is no alternative any more

Posted on by Robin Edgar

You open your browser to look at the Web. Do you know who is looking back at you? Over a recent week of Web surfing, I peered under the hood of Google Chrome and found it brought along a few thousand friends. Shopping, news and even government sites quietly tagged my browser to let ad Read more about Chrome is the biggest snoop of all on your computer or cell phone – so switch browser before there is no alternative any more[…]