LabKey Vulnerabilities Threaten Medical Research Data
LabKey Server version 18.3.0-61806.763, released on January 16, patches all three issues, so users should update as soon as possible.
Privacy
How Web Apps Can Turn Browser Extensions Into Backdoors
Researchers show how rogue web applications can be used to attack vulnerable browser extensions in a hack that gives adversaries access to private user data.
Google Fined $57M in Largest GDPR Slap Yet
The French Data Protection Authority (DPA) found a lack of transparency when it comes to how Google harvests and uses personal data for ad-targeting purposes.
Twitter has fixed the issue, which has been ongoing since 2014.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has called on the government to double down on data privacy regulation in 2019.
Our reader poll showed overwhelming support for 2FA even in the wake of a bypass tool being released — although lingering concerns remain.
The storage server was left open for about a week and exposed everything from sensitive FBI investigations to data related to patients with AIDS.
Leaky Fortnite single sign-on mechanism could have allowed hackers to access game accounts.
Dual data exposures and a wide-scale data leak due to a vulnerable MongoDB database have kicked off 2019 so far.
The app was developed by legitimate Chinese manufacturing giant TCL.
