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Database exposed 133 million US Facebook users’ phone numbers

An interesting article from Naked-Security by Sophos A researcher has stumbled on a publicly exposed database containing the telephone numbers of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. According to TechCrunch, Sanyam Jain of research non-profit the GDI Foundation recently found the unprotected database containing 419 million user records on a web host. He wasn’t able

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What could a No Deal Brexit mean for data transfer

Here’s an interesting article from The Register discussing what might happen if we are forced into a No Deal Brexit. Is your organisation ready for this? GDP-arrrrrrgggghhh! A no-deal Brexit: So what are you going to do with all that lovely data? What we know, plus potential ways to make that data flow Feature Restricted

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McDonald’s McFails with accidentally ‘adult’ cups

Summer romance themed cups are not as innocent as they seem. McDonald’s Japan has released a set of cups to promote its new range of soft drinks, McFizz. The cups are supposed to elicit a theme of summertime romance, showing naive line illustrations of a boy and girl on opposite sides of the cup, who

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What are computer viruses and are they still a threat?

As defined by Malwarebytes Labs, a computer virus is “malware attached to another program (such as a document), which can replicate and spread after an initial execution on a target system where human interaction is required. Many viruses are harmful and can destroy data, slow down system resources, and log keystrokes.” Most computer viruses target systems running