Day: December 9, 2019

Uninstall AVAST and AVG free anti-virus: they are massively slurping your data! Mozilla and Opera have removed them from their stores

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Two browsers have yanked Avast and AVG online security extensions from their web stores after a report revealed that they were unnecessarily sucking up a ton of data about users’ browsing history. Wladimir Palant, the creator behind Adblock Plus, initially surfaced the issue—which extends to Avast Online Security and Avast SafePrice as well as Avast-owned Read more about Uninstall AVAST and AVG free anti-virus: they are massively slurping your data! Mozilla and Opera have removed them from their stores[…]

NASA to launch projectile (DART) to see if it can deflect asteroids

Posted on by Robin Edgar

DART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid.  DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space.  The DART mission is in Phase C, led by APL and managed under NASA’s Solar System Exploration Program at Marshall Read more about NASA to launch projectile (DART) to see if it can deflect asteroids[…]

Bol.com partner Toppie Speelgoed loses 10000 Belgian and Dutch customer records, now for sale on hacker forum

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Personal information and what they bought, where it was delivered to. De gegevens van vermoedelijk bijna 10.000 Belgische en Nederlandse klanten die een paar jaar geleden online speelgoed kochten, worden door een hacker te koop aangeboden op het internet. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van VRT NWS. Het gaat om persoonlijke gegevens en bepaalde aankopen van Read more about Bol.com partner Toppie Speelgoed loses 10000 Belgian and Dutch customer records, now for sale on hacker forum[…]

Budget Energy and NLE leak 29000 customer records – names, adresses, possibly phone numbers and bank accounts

Posted on by Robin Edgar

De persoonsgegevens van mogelijk 29.000 klanten van energiebedrijven Budget Energie en NLE liggen op straat. Naast namen en adressen is er kans dat er ook telefoonnummers en bankrekeningnummers zijn gelekt. De data is niet per ongeluk gelekt, het gaat volgens het bedrijf om een moedwillige diefstal. Moederbedrijf Nuts Groep heeft klanten van Budget Energie en NLE Read more about Budget Energy and NLE leak 29000 customer records – names, adresses, possibly phone numbers and bank accounts[…]

Reddit Uncovers Russian Interference Campaign Ahead of Pivotal UK Election

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Fears of Russian interference ahead of a heated U.K. election were all but confirmed this week with a Reddit post. In a post Friday, Reddit announced that its internal investigation found evidence that an account purportedly linked to Russian disinformation campaign was behind last month’s leak of contentious US-UK trade documents on the platform. “We Read more about Reddit Uncovers Russian Interference Campaign Ahead of Pivotal UK Election[…]