Sydney man charged with selling personal details of customers online in joint international operation
Disclosing vulnerabilities to protect users across platforms
On Wednesday, February 27th, we reported two 0-day vulnerabilities — previously publicly-unknown vulnerabilities — one affecting Google Chrome and another in Microsoft Windows that were being exploited together. To remediate the Chrome vulnerability (CVE-2019-5786), Google released an update for all Chrome platforms on March 1; this update was pushed through Chrome auto-update. We encourage users to verify…
Ex-DFA contractor ‘took off’ with passport data, says Locsin
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) Foreign Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr said that a former contractor for Philippine passports “took off” with personal data after the end of its contract with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Locsin bared this in a tweet on Tuesday, January 8, in reaction to a Twitter thread about passport renewal where some…
Someone Hacked 50,000 Printers to Promote PewDiePie YouTube Channel
This may sound crazy, but it’s true! The war for “most-subscribed Youtube channel” crown between T-Series and PewDiePie just took an interesting turn after a hacker yesterday hijacked more than 50,000 internet-connected printers worldwide to print out flyers asking everyone to subscribe to PewDiePie YouTube channel. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, is a famous YouTuber from Sweden…