“A vulnerable application on a device that is connected to a corporate environment poses a potential threat.” By Maria Korolov Despite recent moves against Adobe Flash by Google and Firefox…
Day: October 29, 2015
Google threatens action against Symantec-issued certificates following botched investigation
Symantec’s investigation into a case of internal testing gone wrong failed to find a large number of certificates issued without authorization. By Lucian Constantin Google wants Symantec to disclose all…
Shocker: Adobe patches critical Shockwave remote hijack hole
Why not just add ‘Patch Adobe’ to your to-do list. Every day for the forseeable future. Darren Pauli Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in the Shockwave player that could…
Government Gateway online hack claims 'nonsense', say multiple folk in the know
There’s no such thing as the ‘crown jewels’ of identity theft Kat Hall Claims the Government Gateway online identity portal has been “hacked” have been dismissed as “nonsense” by the…
TalkTalk hack: What to do if your data is leaked
Under the data protection act (DPA), consumers have the right to demand to know what information organisations hold relating to them in the form of a subject access request. The…
British Gas logins exposed online
Company doesn’t believe its systems were breached. British Gas has contacted about 2,200 of its customers to warn them that their email addresses and account passwords were posted online. It…