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A website security specialist dedicated to the bug reporting helped fix a critical SQL injection flaw affecting an enterprise database in the famous coffee chain Starbucks. The flaw could have exposed confidential financial and accounting data. Thanks to his discovery, expert Eugene Lim (also known as ‘spaceraccoon’) received a $4,000 bounty, paid through Starbucks’ vulnerability […]
Hackers in Argentina found a way to exploit computers over public WiFi and use them to mine bitcoin. How do we stay secure as public internet access becomes more common? How much do you think about personal safety when you go out? In our modern society, police are there to protect you from harm, robbery, […]
Website mining cryptocurrency from people computers isn’t something we haven’t heard about. A guy even went a step ahead and mined cryptocurrency from his Tesla Car for free. The cryptojacking incident happened with Stensul CEO Noah Dunkin would rather sound unusual to many. Earlier this month, Dunkin was up at a Buenos Aires Starbucks for a caffeine doze. […]
Summary: Earlier this week Bob Sullivan reported that hackers can easily access Starbucks customer accounts by stealing their username and passwords and naturally Starbucks app users panicked — Starbucks in its official statement denied the allegations of any sort of security breach. An independent tech reporter Bob Sullivan shocked the users of Starbucks app by reporting that […]