Day: November 23, 2018

‘Cuddly’ German chat app slacking on hashing given a good whacking under GDPR: €20k fine

PLAIN TEXT passwords showed up on file-hosting site German chat platform Knuddels.de (“Cuddles”) has been fined €20,000 for storing user passwords in plain text (no hash at all? Come on, people, it’s 2018).… …read more Source:: Register


ThreatList: One-Third of Firms Say Their Container Security Lags

More than one-third of respondents in a new survey haven’t started or are just creating their security strategy plans. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Black(out) Friday for HSBC: iOS and Android banking apps on the fritz

Christmas soon, probably best you don’t look anyway UK customers of HSBC hoping to check their balances before heading to the pub for a Friday beverage or eight found themselves out of luck today.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google Developer Says Chrome Team is Working on a Scrollable Tabstrip For the Browser

If you’re a tab-hoarder, and you use Chrome browser, Google may have some news for you soon. The company is working on a scrollable tabstrip to make it easier for users to navigate through tabs, a developer was quoted as saying. Peter Casting, who works on Chrome UI, said, “scrollable tabstrip is in the works….


Nodus Access Case III for the Apple iPhone XR: An Italian leather folio that props up for media watching

Commuters spend a lot of time watching movies and TV shows on their phones. The Nodus Access Case III props up your phone for media, while also providing an integrated compartment for your transit pass, cash, and ID. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Ukrainian police arrest hacker who infected over 2,000 users with DarkComet RAT

Suspect was most likely hosting the RAT’s command and control server on his home computer. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Overlooked Minimalism in Assistive Technology

If your eyes are 20/20, you probably do not spend much time thinking about prescription eyeglasses. It is easy to overlook that sort of thing, and we will not blame you. When we found this creation, it was over two years old, but we had not seen anything quite like it. The essence of the…


Keanu Reeves has a mystery role in the upcoming Toy Story 4 – CNET

Whoa, dudes: Tim Allen told Jimmy Fallon that the Matrix star is playing a tiny toy. …read more Source:: CNet


Making recruitment smarter through better relationships

Recruiting the right people can be more hit and miss than science. Beamery would like to change that. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Apple restarting iPhone X production, cutting XS price over slow sales?

Apple is said to be ready to offer subsidies to operators to discount the iPhone XR in Japan. …read more Source:: ZDNet