885 Million First American Financial Records Exposed Online
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 22:49:31 +0000
Real estate giant First American left Social Security numbers, tax documents, and more publicly available.
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The Danger in Assange’s Charges, a Memory Experiment, and More News
Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 23:32:53 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Read MoreThe Latest Julian Assange Indictment Is an Assault on Press Freedom
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 22:40:25 +0000
By invoking the Espionage Act against Julian Assange, the Justice Department will effectively put national security journalism on trial.
Read MoreAT&T becomes first big mobile carrier to accept Bitcoin payments
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 09:47:00 -0700
AT&T will allow customers to pay their mobile bills using Bitcoin, adding its name to a short list of major businesses and government agencies that allow the blockchain-based cryptocurrency to be used as a form of payment.
While not directly accepting cryptocurrency, AT&T is the first major U.S. mobile carrier to let customers pay in Bitcoin through a third-party service provider.
Customers using its online bill pay service or the myAT&T app will be able to choose BitPay, a cryptocurrency payment processor for payments. The customer pays in Bitcoin and BitPay verifies the funds and accepts the Bitcoin on behalf of the business.
This Week in Security News: Tax Scams and Spam Emails
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 13:04:45 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how criminals can use tax deadlines for social engineering schemes and redirection URLs in spam emails to sidestep spam filters. Read on: Beware Tax Scams and…
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Read MoreFacial Recognition Has Already Reached Its Breaking Point
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 20:46:24 +0000
Facial recognition technology has proliferated unchecked in the US so far. Congress finally seems ready to do something about it.
Read MoreGoogle Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 21:14:31 +0000
On the heels of embarrassing disclosures from Facebook and Twitter, Google reveals its own password bugs—one of which lasted 14 years.
Read More5 travel security tips for the slightly paranoid
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 10:00:17 +0000
5 quick tips for (moderately) paranoid people on how to ensure security and privacy while traveling.
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