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Popular social news aggregation platform Reddit has disclosed that it was the victim of a security incident that enabled unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The company blamed it on a “sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack” that took place on February 5, 2023, aimed at […]
WallStreetBets moderators had warned of crypto scams in their name yet scammers were able to trick members into sending $2 million in Binance Coin (BNB). Real-time scams are no joke and especially not when cryptocurrency is involved. According to reports, members of the WallStreetBets (WSB) forum were scammed into a cryptocurrency deal that may have […]
Over the last few decades, companies have added various restrictions in their technologies such as TVs, smartphones, and computers, etc. Known as Parental Controls, these digital chains are used to prevent kids from overexploiting (as it’s assumed) the technology perks they get from their mommy and daddy. But as it turns out, many kids are […]
Thanks to a recent Reddit AMA round, we now know that Google wants Stadia to run on all iOS devices. Earlier it was confirmed that Google Stadia will be available on Chromecast and Pixel devices. Since the popularity of game-streaming technology is expected to increase in the future, Google wants Stadia to run on iOS […]
Reddit users will not be able to access the platform for a few hours. According to personal data protection specialists, the subreddit r/technology will be offline for at least the next 24 hours, in an attempt of supporting the social media strike driven by Larry Sanger, one of Wikipedia’s founders. “We will join the Sanger’s […]
Reddit is apparently shadowbanning posts that contain links to the popular file-hosting service Openload. Such posts are now hidden and the links are removed from the public eye. For the unacquainted, Openload is one of the largest file-hosting sites on the web, but it is often under scanner because of the frequent appearance of pirated content on the platform. […]
Since Google launched its 2018 flagships, the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL, the smartphones have become prone to a number of issues. Adding to its list of glitches, a Google Pixel 3 XL recently caught fire, as reported by a user. The Pixel 3 XL user (@Dysonborksphere), via a post on Reddit, reported the incident. The post suggests […]
The company has recognized the security flaw Enterprise network security specialists report that a hacker who compromised the accounts of some Reddit employees who work with the company’s source hosting and cloud providers penetrated some of their systems and accessed users’ data, including email addresses and a backup of a database containing old passwords. “We […]
The popular news aggregator website Reddit has revealed that it suffered a data breach between June 14 and 18. While Reddit calls the attack “serious,” it hasn’t disclosed the number of users affected and said no data was altered. The hacker got read-only access to “some systems that contained backup data, source code, and other logs.” […]
Reddit announced today as it suffered a data breach in June, hackers compromised the (2FA) enabled employees’ accounts and gained read access to the Reddit systems. Reddit CTO Chris Slowe says “between June 14 and June 18, an attacker compromised a few of our employees’ accounts with our cloud and source code hosting providers.” From […]
Reddit is the most known discussion forum on the internet, and later today they announced that the hacker managed to fiddle with their system and have managed to leak user’s data and other information. In a post-mortem, Reddit said the attack was serious and resulted in an old database backup and a newer set of […]
Believe it or not, there is still a large number of people who use passwords such as “password,” “password123”, “[dog’s name]1” and others along the same lines. And in the era of sophisticated hacking, these passwords are not exactly “safe.” Before me, this is the first thing websites should inform you while setting up a password. But apparently, many […]
The Partnership sounds like something that would result on Facebook or Twitter, which are rife with imprinted content not on a site like Reddit. Well, internet, I’m sorry to tell you that marks may soon be sliding more on Reddit. On Thursday, Reddit shared a significant business announcement full of jargon you force not like. […]
A couple of months ago, Reddit announced its plans to stop sharing its main website’s open source code base. The website gave a number of reasons, which weren’t welcomed by the open source community. So, we’ve decided to prepare a list of some free and open source Reddit alternatives that you can give a try. […]
In January, Huffman published the plan. In July, Reddit grew $200 million at a cost of $1.8 billion to redesign its website. The company began 2017 with some 140 employees. It now operates 250. Huffman believes Reddit wants to “catch up” in terms of look and feel before it can begin truly innovating. Reddit is […]
It is a well-known fact that Facebook, the social media giant has access to user data since it’s part of their advertising and marketing policies. But how do they collect this data or keep an eye on it? Well, it seems like it’s done both automatically using algorithm and manually in which Facebook moderators get […]
Back in 2008, when Reddit was a small company and its future was uncertain, it decided to adopt the open source approach. To make sure that the Reddit community could keep the website alive, it went ahead and made its main source code available to all. As it turns out, the things have changed. In […]
The sold vulnerability facilitates Bypassing 2FA on Poloniex – The hacker sold the flaw after they waited for Poloniex’s reply for 2 months. The security researcher who bypassed the two-factor authentication on Poloniex, a digital asset exchange service based in the United States, states that he has sold the vulnerability now after giving the company 60 […]
We all make mistakes, but some mistakes are fatal ending up with devastating consequences just like one of those Amazon engineers who’s typo error caused a major service outage worldwide. But then there’s this man “/cscareerthrowaway567” who recently posted on Reddit explaining that he accidentally destroyed a production database on the first day of his job, […]
The East Coast was under siege on Friday morning from a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that brought down more than a dozen prominent websites, including Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, GitHub, Amazon and Reddit. The initial attack was followed later in the day by at least two more waves of attack. The attack against […]
Major websites have gone down worldwide — The reason is still unclear but a major DNS provider is suffering a massive DDoS attack and experts are connecting the dots. Twitter, Reddit, Spotify, Etsy, Box, Wix Customer Sites Squarespace Customer Sites and bunch of other websites were offline earlier today. That’s because someone conducted a massive distributed […]