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Access Control

Access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource. The act of accessing may mean consuming, entering, or using. Permission to access a resource is called authorization. Locks and login credentials are two analogous mechanisms of access control.

Ex-Amazon employee who hacked Capital One bank used its servers to mine cryptocurrency
  • Vulnerability (computing)

Ex-Amazon employee who hacked Capital One bank used its servers to mine cryptocurrency

  • Matthew Beedham
  • 6 years ago
Hostinger’s database of 14 million customers’ info hacked
  • Security

Hostinger’s database of 14 million customers’ info hacked

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
Online sneaker marketplace failed to come clean about 6.8M record data breach
  • Data

Online sneaker marketplace failed to come clean about 6.8M record data breach

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago

Google will remove shady data-stealing Chrome extensions starting October 15
  • Data

Google will remove shady data-stealing Chrome extensions starting October 15

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for SIM-swap bungle
  • Cryptocurrency

Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for SIM-swap bungle

  • David Canellis
  • 6 years ago
PSA: FaceApp can use your uploaded photos and your likeness for “commercial purposes” (Updated)
  • Mobile app

PSA: FaceApp can use your uploaded photos and your likeness for “commercial purposes” (Updated)

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data
  • Google

Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
A German minister wants access to your encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages
  • WhatsApp

A German minister wants access to your encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages

  • Ivan Mehta
  • 6 years ago
Flipboard hack exposed sensitive user data for over 9 months
  • Computer security

Flipboard hack exposed sensitive user data for over 9 months

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years
  • Google

Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 6 years ago
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