American home-improvers haven’t had a great week, with Home Depot once again dominating the security news – and this week, Android and Gmail users have had things to fret over, too. On the home improvement front, not only has Home Depot confirmed that there was a large-scale data breach at the world’s largest home improvement chain, the indefatigable security reporter Brian Krebs uncovered evidence of PIN-protected debit card information stolen in the breach being used for large-scale fraud, due to weak protection against criminals changing PIN codes by phone using basic information such as ZIP codes.
Meanwhile, University of New Haven researchers tormented Android chat app users all week, with a series of videos showing just how leaky chat apps on the platform could be: a dozen apps were shown to have serious privacy issues, including big names such as Instagram, OoVoo, OKCupid and Grindr.
Week in security: Home Depot speaks, Gmail and Android 'leak'
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