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Former employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin maker

January 24, 2019

The plugin’s users are recommended to change their passwords on WPML’s website following havoc reportedly wrought by a disgruntled ex-employee. The company behind the widely-used WordPress plugin WPML has been through a tumultuous few days after many of its customers received an email this past weekend that purported to warn them about “a bunch of … More Former employee blamed for hack of WordPress plugin maker

Email security does not end with your password

January 23, 2019

A strong password is a great start, but there are more ways to make sure that your email is as secure as possible. Email is a crucial part of most people’s daily lives, but few people consider how it’s secured, apart from entering a password to access our accounts. What options are available or even advisable to … More Email security does not end with your password

Google fined €50 million for violating EU data privacy rules

January 23, 2019

France’s data protection watchdog issues the first major penalty under the EU’s new privacy regime. France’s data protection watchdog CNIL has slapped Google with a fine of €50 million (almost US$57 million) for what the authority views as the tech giant’s failure to adhere to its obligations that stem from the European Union’s (EU) data … More Google fined €50 million for violating EU data privacy rules

Twitter bug may have exposed private tweets of Android users for years

January 22, 2019

If you use Twitter for Android and want your tweets to be private, you may want to play safe and review your settings. Twitter has disclosed that it’s fixed a bug that, for more than four years, made the private (aka ‘protected’) tweets of some of the platform’s users public. The flaw affected an unknown number … More Twitter bug may have exposed private tweets of Android users for years

Two men charged with hacking into SEC in stock-trading scheme

January 21, 2019

The hacking duo is believed to have exploited a software flaw and compromised several SEC workstations with malware in order to take early peeks at financial disclosures. Two Ukrainian men are facing charges over their roles in an international stock-trading scheme that began with the pair’s breaking into the computer systems of the US Securities … More Two men charged with hacking into SEC in stock-trading scheme