Microsoft’s aim to user friendly interface jeopardizes email security
Users are increasingly urging Microsoft to revise how Outlook displays sender email addresses, citing the feature’s potential to aid phishing and scamming efforts. The issue has been a growing concern, with over 100 votes on Microsoft’s support forums, where users and administrators argue that the current system, which prioritizes showing a sender’s “friendly name” over […]
Winners can also lose: Attorneys may not get the fees they claim in settlement with Google
Attorneys who settled a class action lawsuit with Google LLC over privacy issues related to Chrome’s “Incognito” mode are facing skepticism from a federal judge regarding their request for $217 million in attorneys’ fees. The settlement, reached in April, required Google to delete billions of data records and implement some privacy reforms, but did not […]
Largest data breach in history? Cyber Security Today for Friday, August 9, 2024
One of the largest data breaches in history with 2.9 billion records gathered without consent or knowledge, complaints that making Microsoft outlook’s email interface more “user-friendly” has inadvertently left the door wide open for phishing criminals and presentation at Black Hat reveals that could allow attackers to “unpatch” fully updated systems and reintroduce old security […]