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As you may recall, earlier this month Zoom revealed that it would only enable end-to-end encryption on paid accounts. The free accounts were not going to get that protection. After public outcry (and, I suspect, loss of customers), Zoom now says it will add end-to-end encryption for all users starting in July of 2020. Since releasing the draft design of
With the UK's NHS Contract Tracing app being tested in the Isle of Wight this week, the BBC ran a story on how the app works in the evening news today. While the lovely graphics illustrated how the app worked, the story conveniently forgot to mention that all the contact data collected goes back to a central database. Unlike much
Zoom, the company that makes the software that so many people are using now that they have to work from home, posted A Message to Our Users. In it, Zoom Founder and CEO, Eric S. Yuan, apologizes for security failures and provides details about the things they are doing to fix the problems. Zoom starts by pointing out that usage
Mike O'Connor bought the domain name corp.com in 1994. He is now interested in selling it, but has concerns that someone working with organized cybercriminals, or state-funded hacking groups, will buy it. If that happens, it could be devastating to corporations failed to update the name of their active directory path. Krebs on Security has a detailed blog about exactly
Reuters reported that the United States Navy banned TikTok from government-issued mobile devices because the app represented a “cybersecurity threat”. A bulletin issued by the Navy on Tuesday showed up on a Facebook page serving military members, saying users of government=issued mobile devices who had TikTok and did not remove the app would be blocked from the Navy Marine Corps
Both Facebook and Twitter have announced that they have removed networks of accounts that were engaging in inauthentic behavior. The New York Times reported that the accounts used fake profile photos that were generated with artificial intelligence. The use of AI generated fake photos appears to be a new tactic. Facebook announced that they removed two unconnected networks of accounts,
Wawa revealed to its customers that a data security breach has impacted all of their store locations. The post was written by CEO Chris Gheysens, who apologized to customers and reassured them that the customers will not be responsible for any fraudulent charges on their payment cards. Based on our investigation to date, we understand that at different points in