A database of 70,000 offender and incident logs was only supposed to be accessible internally within UK hardware store B&Q, but was instead exposed for anyone to access – no password required.
So you’d expect B&Q to fix this pretty quickly after being told about the problem, right?
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Microsoft bug linked to spy campaigns, bank thefts reportedly took 6 months to fix
SC Magazine A bug in Microsoft Office and WordPad has been used in the wild in campaigns delivering the Helminth backdoor trojan, the surveillance tool FinSpy, and Dridex banking malware. A zero-day bug in Microsoft Office and WordPad that hackers exploited to spy … |
There have been many episodes of celebrities being targeted by cybercriminals. Let’s take a look at some of the worst cases of celebrity data loss…
Naked Security – Sophos
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Android random number flaw implicated in Bitcoin thefts
Naked Security Its "coins" are strings of bits, and anyone can generate one, given enough time (and assuming no-one else generates the same coin first). The calculations required to "mine" a Bitcoin are configured so that the complexity of finding them doubles every … |