California has taken steps to increase the password security on new devices made after January 1 2020. Senate Bill No. 327 forces manufactures to create unique passwords for each device or force the user to create a new password on their first login. This only applies to devices that are accessible outside the local network. (1) The preprogrammed password is unique to … [Read more...]
Facebook is Sharing “Shadow Contact Information” with Advertisers
Facebook did not have a good week last week and details are still coming. At the start of the week, Facebook users found that Facebook uses "shadow contact information" from 2-factor authentication and friends phonebooks to target advertisements to users. Later in the week, Facebook announced that at least 50 million users accounts were compromised through a series of … [Read more...]
T-Mobile Notifies Its Customers of A Security Breach
T-Mobile is having a rough year. Back in May, security researchers discovered an open API that could allow attackers to siphon off sensitive customer information. Now, just a few weeks ago, T-Mobile disclosed that that on August 20th their security team found unauthorized users retrieving data from T-Mobile servers. At this time, they believe over 2 million accounts were … [Read more...]
Football vs Futbol, who has the better password?
You may be tired of hearing how bad our password picking is by now, but we continue to pick weak and easily guessed passwords. Dashline recently reported that NFL team names are commonly used for passwords. More users are picking NFL team names for their passwords now that the season has started. The Eagles took the first spot after winning last year’s Super Bowl. This doesn't … [Read more...]
Teen Steals Apple’s Keys
A teen in Melbourne, Australia was able to hack into Apple’s networks and retrieve over 90 GB of data in the course of a year. Investigators found “authorized keys,” likely private authentication keys, on the teen’s computer. He used VPNs to gain access to Apple servers to download this data which he saved in a folder conveniently named "hacky hack hack." After gaining access … [Read more...]
