Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:07:16 +0000

A surprising number of users seem to be setting Trello boards, and their often highly sensitive content, to ‘public’.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xSnZVFqX8_4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook knows a lot about your online habits – here’s how to stop it

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:12:34 +0000

Facebook’s new Off-Facebook Activity feature is part of the company’s effort to appear more privacy-friendly to its users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sYdMXSoeSaM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:30:55 +0000

eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/08noJbBMayg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Intel promises fix after researchers reveal ‘CacheOut’ CPU flaws

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:11:17 +0000

Forget the infamous Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws from 2018, the problem that’s tying down Intel’s patching team these days is a more recent class of side channel vulnerabilities known collectively as ZombieLoad.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9wzLWKs_aWI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:53:54 +0000

… with a clumsily worded proposed bill that wouldn’t protect researchers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d9HY01sLptw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fraud spike prompts Chrome developer lock-out

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:17:56 +0000

Google Chrome extension developers have been left high and dry for weeks as the company struggles to cope with a spike in fraud on the Chrome Web Store.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LoRzNY2ZY7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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