Four global drinks giants are responsible for more than half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six developing countries each year, enough to cover 83 football pitches every day, according to a report. The NGO Tearfund has calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from the open burning of plastic bottles, sachets and cartons produced by Read more about Report reveals ‘massive plastic pollution footprint’ of drinks firms[…]
Apple’s latest update to macOS Catalina appears to have broken SSH for some users. Developer Tyler Hall published a blog post on Monday detailing the issue, but removed it after his writeup got noticed. The issue is that under Apple’s macOS 10.15.4 update, released on March 24, trying to open a SSH connection to a Read more about Apple’s latest macOS Catalina update mysteriously borks SSH for some unlucky fans. What could be the cause?[…]
For almost three years, OpenWRT—the open source operating system that powers home routers and other types of embedded systems—has been vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks because updates were delivered over an unencrypted channel and digital signature verifications are easy to bypass, a researcher said. OpenWRT has a loyal base of users who use the freely Read more about OpenWRT code-execution bug found – update![…]
It seemed like a bit of a risk when Mazda decided to not offer a touchscreen in the new Mazda 3. But Mazda may have just been ahead of the trend, as Honda has also abandoned some reliance on the new Honda Jazz’s touch controls because they just aren’t “intuitive.” Despite nearly a decade of Read more about Yes! Honda Follows Mazda By Ditching Some Touchscreen Controls For Not Being ‘Intuitive’[…]
Ubisoft thinks it has a simple way to encourage people to stay at home and wait out the COVID-19 pandemic: shower them with games. It’s running a month-long campaign that will give away free games, trials, discounts and other offers to give you something to do while you’re cooped up. It’s starting things off by Read more about Ubisoft offers free games to encourage you to stay at home[…]
Marriott Hotels has suffered its second data spillage in as many years after an “unexpected amount” of guests’ data was accessed through two compromised employee logins, the under-fire chain has confirmed. The size of the latest data exposure has not been disclosed, though Marriott admitted it seemed to have started in January 2020 and was Read more about Marriott Hotels hacked AGAIN: Two compromised employee logins abused to siphon off guests’ personal info[…]
Popular video-conferencing Zoom is leaking personal information of at least thousands of users, including their email address and photo, and giving strangers the ability to attempt to start a video call with them through Zoom. The issue lies in Zoom’s “Company Directory” setting, which automatically adds other people to a user’s lists of contacts if Read more about Zoom is Leaking Peoples’ Email Addresses and Photos to Strangers[…]
In this publication we describe a technique which would have allowed a threat actor to potentially identify and join active meetings. All the details discussed in this publication were responsibly disclosed to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. In response, Zoom introduced a number of mitigations, so this attack is no longer possible. The Problem If you Read more about Zoom: how you were able to join random meetings due to incredibly poor security design[…]
The FBI has issued a warning about video messaging service Zoom, and New York Attorney General’s office has made an inquiry into its cybersecurity practices, after a string of disturbing incidents involving takeovers of teleconferences. Per Agence France-Presse, malicious individuals have been taking advantage of lax security and the surge in teleconferencing during the coronavirus Read more about FBI Issues Warning, NY Attorney General Makes Inquiry After Wave of Zoom Hijackings[…]