thegarbz writes: Epic games is no stranger to controversy recently. The Fortnight developer late last year launched its own games store in direct competition with Steam. Unlike Steam, however, Epic only claims a 12% fee for hosting a game on their store vs Steam’s 30%. What has angered many is not the competition but rather…

Password resets reset. Too bad Uncle Sam hasn’t got the message yet Microsoft has finally decided to get rid of password expiration policies in Windows because forcing people to reset their passwords periodically harms security.… …read more Source:: Register

The UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said on Thursday he could not rule out a criminal investigation over the “unacceptable” disclosure of confidential discussions on the role of China’s Huawei in 5G network supply chains. From a report: Huawei, the world’s biggest producer of telecoms equipment, is under intense scrutiny after the United States told…

The number gets even higher among larger SMBs. …read more Source:: DarkReading

From the classic to the cutting edge, we’ve got you covered. …read more Source:: CNet

The credentials included passwords for Columbia’s databases and email protocol servers. The flaw has been fixed. …read more Source:: CNet

GoDaddy resets passwords for several hundred compromised accounts. …read more Source:: ZDNet

GoDaddy removed a cluster of more than 15,000 fraudulent websites discovered by a researcher at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 analysis team. From a report: The scam, which sold products like weight loss pills, used breached websites to add legitimacy to its sales and involved using fake celebrity endorsements. Jeff White, the researcher at Unit…

Avengers: Endgame doesn’t have a postcredits scene, but that doesn’t mean we can’t relive the ones that stand out in the other 21 MCU movies. …read more Source:: CNet

Deleted data lingers on disks… according to this ‘ere study, anyway You would think that, with computers dominating every aspect of our lives, people would be aware that storage devices can retain information even after clicking “Empty Recycle Bin”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister