Myspace, the once mighty social network, has lost every single piece of content uploaded to its site before 2016, including millions of songs, photos and videos with no other home on the internet. The company is blaming a faulty server migration for the mass deletion, which appears to have happened more than a year ago, …
Summary: All of Intel’s Core CPUs are susceptible to cyber attacks exploiting flaws in their speculative execution capabilities, has revealed. Intel processors are vulnerable to an attack, nicknamed Spoiler, to which AMD processors are immune according to new research paper [PDF] at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Lübeck. Intel will not be able …
KrebsOnSecurity is reporting on a new scam that used unrenewed domains to scam credit cards. If you own a domain name that gets decent traffic and you fail to pay its annual renewal fee, chances are this mistake will be costly for you and for others. Lately, neglected domains have been getting scooped up by …
Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users’ accounts. In the latest report, the data trove was discovered by the BBC, who found an ad for the sale of details on 120million Facebook accounts. Hackers were selling access for $0.10 per account – that’s about 8p. The ad, …
Several children’s apps on Google’s app store have been found to inappropriately lure youngsters to watch ads or make purchases, according to a pair of consumer groups that cited a new study in calling for an investigation by federal authorities. “Popular apps for preschoolers are rife with marketing,” Josh Golin, executive director of Campaign for …
Skybox® Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, announced today the release of its mid-year update to the Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report which analyzes vulnerabilities, exploits and threats in play. The report, compiled by the team of security analysts at the Skybox® Research Lab, aims to help organizations align their security strategy with the reality …
It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect on Monday. The rules which were enacted during the President Barack Obama era in 2015, prohibited internet providers from charging more for certain content or from giving …
Phone maker Apple has updated its developer guidelines to explicitly ban “mining” cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The new rules restrict apps that drain battery, generate excessive heat, or put unnecessary strain on device resources — all of which take place in bitcoin mining. “Apps, including any third party advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated …
Digital forensics software firm Elcomsoft researchers have discovered an interesting security feature that’s slated to become available in the next version of iOS; and could make it harder to extract data from your stolen or seized iPhone. It’s called USB Restricted Mode, and it basically locks down the data connection over the Lightning port one …
If you value your privacy or live in an oppressive state, VPN apps give online users a solid way to circumvent restrictions and stay (somewhat) hidden on the web. But fans of the Opera VPN app for Android and iOS will have to find another service, as it’ll be shutting down at the end of …