Security News > 2019 > February

Student gets creative with data accidentally blasted out by university
2019-02-08 11:27

A university employee accidentally emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information on every one of the college's 4,557 students.

Carbonite to acquire Webroot
2019-02-08 11:25

Carbonite, a leading cloud-based data protection provider, and Webroot, a leading cybersecurity company, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Carbonite will...

Apple fixes FaceTime eavesdropping bug, two iOS zero-days
2019-02-08 11:08

Apple has pushed out critical security updates for iOS and macOS, which fix the “Facepalm” FaceTime eavesdropping bug but also two zero-day flaws that, according to Google researchers, have been...

Police demands Waze stop pinpointing their checkpoints
2019-02-08 10:44

Waze users are helping intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and could thus be "engaging in criminal conduct," say police.

Google Created Faster Storage Encryption for All Low-End Devices
2019-02-08 10:33

Google has launched a new encryption algorithm that has been built specifically to run on mobile phones and smart IoT devices that don't have the specialized hardware to use current encryption...

Facebook ordered to keep apps data separate without user consent
2019-02-08 10:27

So much for creating a three-headed Cerberus marketing-happy chat dog! Also, we'll soon see the who-what-huh? behind the ads we're shown.

Google Spots Attacks Exploiting iOS Zero-Day Flaws
2019-02-08 09:55

Google security researchers revealed that two of the vulnerabilities patched by Apple on Thursday with the release of iOS 12.1.4 were zero-day flaws exploited in the wild by malicious actors. read more

OK, Google. Music in 2019 isn't what it was, but Play nice, will ya?
2019-02-08 09:50

Bug appears to hate tunes released this year A bug has music lovers with a Google Play subscription stumped – devices won't cast music from 2019 to connected speakers.…

Housing biz made to pay £1.5k for sticking fingers in its ears when served a subject access request
2019-02-08 08:44

If someone asks for their data, you give it to them, scolds ICO A Buckinghamshire housing developer has been forced to pay up £1,500 after ignoring a person's request for information the company...

New infosec products of the week: February 8, 2019
2019-02-08 08:34

Masergy launches Secure Wi-Fi and extends protection into the customer LAN Masergy has launched Masergy Secure Wi-Fi as the latest feature in the ongoing evolution of the company’s Secure Hybrid...