crawler bot that will run malicious code after identifying a vulnerability which allows it to run. The bot is then able to replicate the exploit on the sites with the same vulnerability. With WordPress’ undeniable popularity, this could potentially lead to millions of sites getting hacked at a...
This prompted at least some to assume their accounts had been hacked, yet even people who logged out and changed their passwords were still encountering the problem. Spotify said it has "multiple detection measures in place" to counter fraudulent streaming, though if so it's not clear ...
A fan who says they uploaded "Kid Cudi/Pissy Pamper" to Spotify under the name Lil Kambo, explains that the process of getting leaked music on the platform was fairly simple. "When I first started, I usedDistroKid, which took about 2-3 days to upload," they say. "It didn't detec...
“Humanity is trying so hard to measure everything. We have to resist this attitude.” “At Spotify, we’ve tried really hard to establish this philosophy. With our Hackathons, we do our best to tell people to trust themselves, go crazy — we absolutely don’t care if what they produce...
Update, August 3rd, 11.33AM ET: Updated to include information on LastPass’s new pricing scheme. Onthe Converge podcast, Google’s Mark Risher tells us why everything we know about passwords is wrong. Listen to it here or onApple Podcasts,Google Play Music, orSpotify....
an always-on Internet connection so it can dial home and check if your purchase is valid; or that it’s limited to a single device and rendered permanently useless once that device breaks, or the DRM service goes down. If the perfect DRM was invented that couldn't be hacked, you can ...
Glenn Greenwald: Well, one of the things that I worry about the most is — my husband is a Congressman in Brazil, so he is a public figure and a lot of my work is very public as well. So we have had the conversation with them before about how things they say on the Internet can...
I may give my debit card number to Fandango to make buying movie tickets a little bit easier, but I’m less worried about security there because if they get hacked I can always just turn off that credit card. I’m less worried about them getting access to that...