A trove of consumer auto loan data—some 1 million records—has been locked down after a researcher found an exposed and accessible database online.
Lack of Security Talent Afflicts Healthcare
At Source Boston, Josh Corman of the Atlantic Council said that healthcare is suffering from a lack of security talent, devices rife with vulnerabilities, and government incentivizing bad behavior.
Air Force Hopes To Attract Hackers With Bug Bounty Program
The Hack the Air Force bug bounty program invites white hats from inside and outside the U.S. to hack its websites.
News in brief: Uber under fire in ‘Hell’ lawsuit; Europe could be hit by laptop ban; Fancy Bear ‘targeted Macron’
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Healthcare CERT warns about ‘Mole’ ransomware – what you need to know
More ransomware: this one changes your file extensions to .MOLE, thus the name.
More LastPass flaws: researcher pokes holes in 2FA
LastPass has been in the news again for another chink in its armour – though it has now been fixed, you’ll be glad to hear
Why ransomware continues to dominate conference agendas, despite being ‘old news’
While there are still victims of ransomware who feel they have no option but to pay up, we’ll continue to focus on it
Netflix Is Now In China Via a Deal With iQiyi
randomErr writes: Last year, Netflix tried to go into China but ran into regulatory issues. So Netflix has entered into a licensing deal with iQiyi. iQiyi was founded in 2010 by Baidu in a very similar way that Google owns…
AT&T Brings Fiber To Rich Areas While the Rest Are Stuck On DSL, Study Finds
According to a new study from UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, AT&T has been focused on deploying fiber-to-the-home in the higher-income neighborhoods of California, giving wealthy people access to gigabit internet while others are stuck…
Facebook Shows Related Articles and Fact Checkers Before You Open Links
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Facebook wants you to think about whether a headline is true and see other perspectives on the topic before you even read the article. In its next step against fake news, Facebook…