Blatant Stupidity

Astonishing Incompetence: The Microsoft Way
As a former corporate customer, and, after experiencing the excruciatingly ponderous level of incompetence exhibited by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Security, Service & Systems engineers, we've terminated our contracts with the company, ...

Oops! Oracle Corporation’s BlueKai Exposes Billions Of Records On Interwebs
via Zack Whittaker, writing at TechCrunch (and, via an appreciated H/T), comes a report of the most egregiously enormous data leak this year: This time, it's Oracle Corporations' (NYSE: ORCL) BlueKai's (BlueKai's ...

Bad News For Google: Google Play Chrome Extensions Steal More User Data
And removed the offensive application extensions only when told (privately) of the disaster. Read Dan Goodin's superlative reporting and commence weeping for your data my friends - but first - change all ...

Report: 97% of Firms Compromised Right Now. Really?
New research is full of alarming statistics about how cyber-compromised most companies are. We rip the report to shreds ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Let the Throttling and Blockage Commence
Image Credit: Fox Broadcasting A License To Abuse Users And Competitors, Just Don't Forget The Disclosure Piece ...

UPnP’d: The Litany Of Ports 139 and 445
via Reddit Why in the world is this still a problem. Just say no to UPnP, and move on, dammit ...

Rather Than Focusing On Fixing Lame Windows Update System, Microsoft CEO Targets New Electronic Cricket Bat
Image Credit: Microsoft Corporation Smart Move - Satya - Smart Move Now, what was it you were going to do about the October Creators Update for Windows 10 nagging problem of deleting ...

Wait, What, Why? Google Takes WWW Away…
News, via Lawrence Abrams, writing at Bleeping Computer, of the latest hare-brained scheme popping out of the roiling, hot, bubbling diverse-cultural motile known as the Chrome development teaam. Read and Weep my ...

Black Hat: The Exposed
News, via Ionut Ilascu, writing at Bleeping Computer, of an apparent Black Hat Attendee Data Leakage SNAFU. Who needs so-called Cyberthis or Cyberthat, when information security's premier event can't safeguard information security ...

Facebook+CambridgeAnalytica = Facebookery At It’s Finest
via Graham Cluely's timely security blog, comes the story of Carole Cadwalladr whom, in her day job, is famous for her highly competent reportage at The Guardian. The specific reporting series is ...