Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: “The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of Voatz, the First Internet Voting Application Used in U.S. Federal Elections.” Abstract: In the 2018 midterm elections, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to allow select voters to cast their […]

The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

The same hackers have also got their mitts on social media accounts of other high-profile sporting targets The post FC Barcelona Twitter account hacked – again appeared first on WeLiveSecurity ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. In this scam, the fraudsters demand bitcoin in exchange for a promise not to flood the publisher’s ads with so much bot and junk traffic that Google’s automated anti-fraud systems suspend the user’s AdSense […]

Martin Hellman, co-creator of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange, and his wife of 53 years, Dorothie, talk about the current state of cryptography and what making peace at home taught them about making peace on Earth. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

More trouble in the Internet of Things – Bluetooth firmware code in many devices is found to have numerous bugs. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma

A popular GDPR compliance WordPress plugin vendor has patched a flaw that rendered both site visitors and admins vulnerable to XSS attacks. ——– Free High Security Email from Sigma