Digital signature service DocuSign has discovered that hackers managed to breach its systems, grab customers’ email addresses, and send them malware.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Have you ever handed your phone over to someone you didn’t know so that he or she could verify data you have saved in an app? A minister and his wife did and their story is a disturbing cautionary tale as to why you shouldn’t hand your phone over to anyone.
The following information comes from a lawsuit (pdf) against Toyota and a specific dealership as well as a Dallas Morning News report.
Pastor Tim Gautreaux and his wife, Claire, were interested in buying a Prius from Texas Toyota of Grapevine. They had taken the dealership’s advice and used an app to get pre-approved for financing via Capital One Financial Corporation. An internet car salesman claimed he needed to show the pre-approved financing information in the app to his manager. The pastor unlocked his phone and handed it over.
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