Browsing the "history" Tag

A Brief History of Vanity License Plates Gone Wrong

August 18th, 2019 📆 | 3074 Views ⚑

This week, WIRED looked into the plight of Joseph Tartaro, a security researcher whose NULL vanity license plate at one

Tagged with: brief • history • license • plates • vanity • wrong

Vulnerability in Kaspersky antivirus makes your browsing history public

August 16th, 2019 📆 | 2489 Views ⚑

Antivirus solutions are one of the basic protection tools for computer users; however, this software is not safe from flaws

Tagged with: antivirus • browsing • history • kaspersky • makes • public • vulnerability

Stalin’s Encryption Code – A History of Soviet Era Cryptology

August 15th, 2019 📆 | 8331 Views ⚑

The origins of Russian cryptography date back to the early 1500s and the first leader who understood the importance of

Tagged with: cryptology • encryption • history • soviet • stalin

The Weird, Dark History of 8chan and Its Founder Fredrick Brennan

August 7th, 2019 📆 | 4868 Views ⚑

Fredrick Brennan is a vivid dreamer, and toward the end of his time running the notorious website 8chan, one sequence

Tagged with: 8chan • brennan • founder • fredrick • history • weird

Simple Command Line Forensics Tool For Tracking USB Device Artifacts (History Of USB Events) On GNU/Linux

August 3rd, 2019 📆 | 2791 Views ⚑

usbrip (derived from “USB Ripper”, not “USB R.I.P.”) is an open source forensics tool with CLI interface that lets you

Tagged with: artifacts • command • device • forensics • history • simple • tracking

Zcoin introduces private crypto transaction history without toxic waste

July 30th, 2019 📆 | 3581 Views ⚑

Tagged with: crypto • history • introduces • private • transaction • without • zcoin

Historic Hacks of the 2010s, Part 2

July 30th, 2019 📆 | 7341 Views ⚑

Written by Calvin Harper Published: 29 July 2019 Page 1 of 2 Earlier this year, we revisited hack attacks from

Tagged with: 2010s • cybersecurity • equifax • government • hackers • hacks • historic • historic hacks • history • true crime • uber

This Android malware can take photos and videos and spy on your app history

July 26th, 2019 📆 | 5098 Views ⚑

Spyware campaign spreading across Middle East targets Android phones The malware is designed to pillage mobile device data. A highly-targeted,

Tagged with: android • history • malware • photos • videos

This Android malware can take photos and videos and spy on your app history

July 24th, 2019 📆 | 3490 Views ⚑

Spyware campaign spreading across Middle East targets Android phones The malware is designed to pillage mobile device data. A highly-targeted,

Tagged with: android • history • malware • photos • videos

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Firefox ESR Browser History information disclosure

July 23rd, 2019 📆 | 3112 Views ⚑

CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) 4.1 $0-$5k A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Firefox

Tagged with: browser • firefox • history • information • mozilla • thunderbird

Russian FSB hacked: “Largest data breach in its history” – news world

July 22nd, 2019 📆 | 7615 Views ⚑

Details were revealed of cyber projects that included social media scraping, targeted collection and the “de-anonymization of users of the

Tagged with: breach • hacked • history • largest • russian • world

Equifax to pay $700 million over largest data breach in U.S. history – Boston News, Weather, Sports

July 21st, 2019 📆 | 7598 Views ⚑

July 21, 2019 July 21, 2019 BOSTON (WHDH) – Equifax is reportedly nearing a deal to pay about $700 million

Tagged with: boston • breach • equifax • history • largest • million • weather

Forbes: Russia’s FSB hacked – ‘largest data breach in its history’ | KyivPost

July 21st, 2019 📆 | 4644 Views ⚑

Published July 21 at 9:29 am A view of the headquarters of the FSB security service, the successor to the

Tagged with: breach • forbes • hacked • history • kyivpost • largest • russia

‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’

July 20th, 2019 📆 | 6245 Views ⚑

Tagged with: breach • history • largest

The Untold History of the First Cyber Moonshot

July 16th, 2019 📆 | 5844 Views ⚑

Tagged with: cyber • first • history • moonshot • untold

Iran’s history of hacking and being hacked – Axios

July 14th, 2019 📆 | 2824 Views ⚑

Given last week’s flurry of U.S. cyberattacks against Tehran, Iran’s history of retaliating with cyberattacks might raise a few eyebrows.

Tagged with: axios • being • hacked • hacking • history

This Week In Techdirt History: July 7th – 13th

July 14th, 2019 📆 | 7889 Views ⚑

from the once-upon-a-time dept Five Years Ago This week in 2014, an analysis of the Snowden leaks demonstrated that the

Tagged with: history • techdirt

This Week In Techdirt History: June 30th – July 6th

July 12th, 2019 📆 | 2729 Views ⚑

from the as-i-recall dept Five Years Ago This week in 2014, it was slightly refreshing to see the new NSA

Tagged with: history • techdirt

Cyber spies take a step out of the shadows with history of codebreaking

July 9th, 2019 📆 | 6826 Views ⚑

Britain's ultra-secretive GCHQ opens up to let startups join fight against cyberattackers The secret to being a great spy agency

Tagged with: codebreaking • cyber • history • shadows • spies

Australian Signals Directorate emerges from the shadows to commission history of itself

July 9th, 2019 📆 | 7327 Views ⚑

Updated July 09, 2019 10:20:21 Photo: The book will be released for the agency’s 75th anniversary in 2022. (Unsplash: Lianhao

Tagged with: australian • commission • directorate • emerges • history • shadows • signals

What are some Middle East inventions that helped shape the world?

July 5th, 2019 📆 | 5128 Views ⚑

Since the beginning of humankind, inventions have helped move civilizations forward, with many creations coming from Middle East and North

Tagged with: helped • history • invention • inventions • middle • shape • United Arab Emirates • world

Koh Rips Yahoo For Hiding Data Breach History In $117M Deal

June 30th, 2019 📆 | 8508 Views ⚑

Law360, San Jose (June 27, 2019, 10:45 PM EDT) — U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Thursday criticized the latest

Tagged with: breach • hiding • history • s117m • yahoo

History-sheeter Sunil served NSA notice – Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily

June 29th, 2019 📆 | 2085 Views ⚑

Berhampur: The police here have issued NSA notice (no-2/19) against dreaded criminal Sunil Behera who has more than 25 cases

Tagged with: history • notice • odisha • served • sheeter • sunil

Block your browsing history from Facebook with Mozilla Firefox Track THIS

June 29th, 2019 📆 | 8254 Views ⚑

Personal data protection specialists have just announced that Mozilla Firefox will have a number of improvements to protect users against

Tagged with: block • browsing • facebook • firefox • history • mozilla • track