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Google announced today that it has discovered a “vulnerability in the design of SSL version 3.0” This allows the plaintext of secure connections to be calculated by a network attacker. Google says that disabling SSL 3.0 support is enough to mitigate the issue, but that could cause compatibility issues. Therefore, the company has announced support for TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV, which will prevent SSL 3.0 from being used when a client attempts to retry a failed connection....

Mudit Grover, 19-year-old male who lives in Jaipur, India is in real trouble now. He was openly posting those hacked Snapchat photos and Mashable put this investigative effort into sh**t that actually matters. http://mashable.com/2014/10/14/behind-the-snappening/ The Strange Story Behind the Site Openly Posting Those Hacked Snapchat Photos mashable.com Some of the 98,000 Snapchat hacked pictures and videos have been posted to a site that makes them easier to view, though they are still a disorganized dump....

1 Million people are already testing the Windows 10 Technical Preview. 64% of them have installed on their actual PCs and rest 36% of them are in VMs. That’s quite a lot! http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/10/13/checking-in-on-the-windows-insider-program/ Checking in on the Windows Insider Program blogs.windows.com It’s been awesome to see so many of you joining the Windows Insider Program and letting us know what you think about the Windows 10 Technical Preview software. As Terry mentioned last week, this is…

Nearly 7 million Dropbox usernames and passwords have been hacked, apparently via third-party services that hackers were able to strip the login information from. Just like Snapchat, Dropbox blamed third-party services. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/10/14/dropbox-passwords-leak-online-alleged-hack/ [Update] Hundreds of Dropbox passwords leaked online but Dropbox denies it was hacked - The Next Web thenextweb.com A thread surfaced on Reddit today that contained links to files containing hundreds of usernames and passwords for Dropbox accounts in plain text, but it’s unclear where they were obtained from....

Nearly 7 million Dropbox usernames and passwords have been hacked, apparently via third-party services that hackers were able to strip the login information from. Just like Snapchat, Dropbox blamed third-party services. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/10/14/dropbox-passwords-leak-online-alleged-hack/ [Update] Hundreds of Dropbox passwords leaked online but Dropbox denies it was hacked - The Next Web thenextweb.com A thread surfaced on Reddit today that contained links to files containing hundreds of usernames and passwords for Dropbox accounts in plain text, but it’s unclear where they were obtained from....

Sharing nude photos and videos with smartphones is fun and exciting, and teenagers aren’t going to stop doing it, hacks or no hacks. This new photo-sharing app, Yovo, uses a common optical illusion and protects your naked pics with a brilliant optical illusion. Yovo places blurred lines above the images you send, and those lines move across the screen very quickly so they aren’t perceived by the human eye. If someone tries to take a screenshot of a photo, however, the blurred lines mask much of the image....

Skype launches Qik, an app that lets friends talk with videos. Users can send videos using the service to their friends, and their friends can reply back in a similar fashion. It’s a bit like Vine meets, well, just about any other messaging app. Available for free on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. http://www.skype.com/en/qik/ Skype Qik | Video Messenger App www.skype.com Send video messages from your mobile to groups of friends with Skype Qik....

Dropbox has just provided another reminder not to place complete faith in cloud storage, having allowed a bug to delete some users’ files automatically. http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/13/dropbox-selective-sync-bug/ Dropbox bug wipes some users’ files from the cloud www.engadget.com Cautious types will frequently tell you not to rely on cloud storage as your only backup, and a handful of internet denizens have just learned this the

JPMorgan Chase, Dairy Queen, Target and Home Depot are all large chain companies that have experienced a breach in security regarding customer information within the last month. Now you can add Kmart to that list as well. http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/kmart-becomes-latest-retailer-report-data-breach-n223471 Kmart Becomes Latest Retailer to Report Data Breach - NBC News www.nbcnews.com Sears Holdings Corp. announced Friday it detected a data breach at its Kmart stores that started last month, affecting certain customers’ credit and debit ca…

No more nude leaks please! This time Snapchat’s turn. Perverts can see this selfie of mine with nothing on :(