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Virtual keyboard app exposes personal data of 31 million users

07

Dec

2017

Personal data belonging to more than 31 million users of a third-party smartphone keyboard app called ai.type were exposed online due to an unprotected online database. In total, nearly 580 gigabytes of user records were left visible in a MongoDB database after the app’s Israel-based developer failed to use some form of authentication to secure […]

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Newly Published Exploit Code Used to Spread Mirai Variant

27

Nov

2017

Qihoo 360 Netlab researchers reported on Friday that they are tracking an uptick in botnet activity associated with a variant of Mirai. Targeted are ports 23 and 2323 on internet-connected devices made by ZyXEL Communications that are using default admin/CentryL1nk and admin/QwestM0dem telnet credentials. Read More

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Upcoming Firefox feature could warn users when their password gets stolen

27

Nov

2017

Mozilla is piloting a program with the aim to introduce a feature in Firefox that will notify users when their credentials may have been leaked or stolen in a data breach. In a GitHub repo set up for the initiative, Bengaluru, India-based Mozilla developer Nihanth Subramanya explains the reasons behind the “Breach Alerts Prototype” and […]

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