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Moonpig security flaw could reveal personal details and credit card information

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 9:51 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, cards, flaw, Insider, Moonpig

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Moonpig, which sells customised greetings cards and other items via UK, US and Australian sites, has a significant security flaw that could expose customer details and partial credit card information. It was reported by Paul Price in August 2013 but remained unfixed. The security hole means names, birth dates, email and street addresses can be accessed by changing the customer identification number sent in an API request. It also allows orders to be placed under any account and could allow access to the last four digits of credit cards and expiry dates. The lack of any limit on API requests meant…

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Google updates Hangouts on iOS with location sharing, status messages and new stickers

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 9:19 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, im

Google has just updated its instant messaging app Hangouts on iOS with a bunch of new features. Version 2.5 brings one-tap location sharing along with suggestions, new sticker packs, status updates like we had back in the good ol’ days of IMing, the ability to search for contacts by phone numbers and access to SMS and voicemail from your Google Voice account. Additionally, voice call performance has been improved and a few bugs have been squashed. This follows the Android app update from last month that introduced a similar feature set. The new features are available on iOS now. ➤…

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$5 million stolen from Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp in hack attack

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 7:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bitcoin, Insider

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Less than a week into the new year and we have our first major cyber-crime: Slovenian Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp was hacked yesterday, and has suspended its service for the time being, reports ZDNet. According to a message on its homepage, Bitstamp noted that one of its operational wallets was compromised on Jan 4, and subsequently suspended its service. Less than 19,000 BTC (worth about $5 million; one BTC is about $270) was stolen. The company says that the majority of its funds are held in ‘cold storage’, on offline machines that can’t be accessed over the Internet — and only…

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