When I think about security and privacy, I often focus on sophisticated attacks and exotic exploits, or on user error and social engineering. A recent report about the security design of Tinder reminds me that we need to also keep an eye out for someone just leaving the door unlocked and wide open. Tinder does […]
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It is time to talk about passwords again. They are like the seatbelts of the security world. There are many more exciting security tools but few are as important to keeping you safe from the risks you encounter day to day. Splash Data recently released their list of the most common passwords from 2016 based […]
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A huge number of websites, including some of the biggest names, were knocked off the internet recently due to a gigantic distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS attack is where thousands to millions of devices all send traffic to a target to completely overload its servers or internet connection. In the recent case the […]
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If you care at all about security and privacy, a recent security analysis of the D-Link DWR-932 B LTE router will make your head explode. Researcher Pierre Kim found an amazing set of security vulnerabilities that should embarrass a first year developer. First, by default you and SSH and Telnet (yes Telnet!) into the router using […]
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