29 Jun YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views YouTube is currently running what it describes as a “small experiment globally,” warning users to toggle off their ad blockers and avoid being limited to only three video views. […]
17 Jun SMS delivery reports can be used to infer recipient’s location A team of university researchers has devised a new side-channel attack named ‘Freaky Leaky SMS,’ which relies on the timing of SMS delivery reports to deduce a recipient’s location. […]
31 May Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services. […]
20 May HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update HP is working to address a bad firmware update that has been bricking HP Office Jet printers worldwide since it was released earlier this month. […]
19 May ASUS routers knocked offline worldwide by bad security update ASUS has apologized to its customers for a server-side security maintenance error that has caused a wide range of impacted router models to lose network connectivity. […]
16 May GitHub reveals reason behind last week’s string of outages GitHub’s Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering shared more details today on a string of outages that hit the code hosting platform last week. […]
10 May YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos. […]
10 May Surprise! Coldplay lyrics hidden in Kingston SSD firmware What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That’s the question that crossed a security researcher’s mind as he analyzed Kingston’s firmware and stumbled upon the lyrics of a popular Coldplay song buried deep within it. […]
06 May Twitter says ‘security incident’ exposed private Circle tweets Twitter disclosed that a ‘security incident’ caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to show publicly to users outside of the Circle. […]
05 May Z-Library eBook site disrupted again by FBI domain seizures The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to disrupt the world’s largest shadow eBook library, Z-Library, by seizing more domains used by the platform. […]