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News for September 28, 2022
Google Retiring Manifest V2 in 2023by Artie Kaye Extensions in Chrome have to meet certain standards and criteria to function properly. The current iteration Manifest V2 will be retired starting in 2023, replaced with V3 entirely by June. This will require extensions to be updated to function under the new required parameters. One of the…
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News for September 26, 2022
Morgan Stanley Improper Data Disposalby Artie Kaye The financial company was issued a civil money penalty by the SEC regarding improper disposal of their data storage. Unwiped storage found its way into the hands of private citizens. Personal identifying information was still on drives and network devices. Not all devices believed to be unwiped have…
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News for September 23, 2022
Twitter Not Logging Users Out After Password Resetby Artie Kaye After manually changing one’s password, the platform was not signing users out of all instances. This affected Android and iOS users, not desktop access. After this came to light, Twitter took actions on accounts that it suspected might have been affected, logging users out across…
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News for September 21, 2022
Spellcheck Password Transmissionby Artie Kaye Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome have advanced spell check features that can be used. Chrome’s is a toggle in the settings, and Edge is an addon one can install. These functions communicate the data you type in to servers at the respective companies to aid in spell checking. Cybersecurity firm…
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News for September 19, 2022
Glasses Can Reflect Information To Webcamsby Artie Kaye What is displayed on your screen can be picked up and reflected to people in a Skype or Zoom call. Text can be reflected off the lenses and potentially be deciphered by anyone that has the video. The capability of the camera doesn’t have to be that…