Over the weekend, the verified @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account was hacked, as reported earlier. Fox News confirmed the hack in a story today and added some details: Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Those reports were incorrect, of course, and the president was spending the July 4 holiday with his family at … [Read more...]
Fox News Twitter Account Hacked – Falsely Announces Obama Assassinated
The verified Twitter account of @foxnewspolitics has been apparently hacked and tweeted 8 hours ago that USA President Barack Obama was assasinated. The tweets are still up at the moment saying: Just regained full access to our Twitter and email. Happy 4th @BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is … [Read more...]
Artist’s Friendly Rendition of HTTPS
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Dropbox Terms of Service Updated Twice. Are Cautious Users Switching Backup and Sync Services?
Dropbox sent out an e-mail late last night informing users of the popular file syncing service that it has updated the Terms of Service. Dropbox had just updated their ToS in April and garnered some publicity across the web for adding a section that stated they would hand over your files at the request of law enforcement. As set forth in our privacy policy, and in compliance … [Read more...]
Has An Account Of Yours Been Compromised?
LulzSec hacks, the Gawker breach, and other database hacks recently have released a number of databases full of personal information, e-mail addresses, and account passwords into the public domain. A few sites have cropped up after the big releases to allow individuals to check if their accounts were included in the breach without having to download the .csv files themselves … [Read more...]