Jul 13, 2022
New 0Day Hack Attack Alert Issued For All Windows Users
This zero-day vulnerability impacts most every version of Windows and Windows Server. Here's what you need to know.
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15 Million Downloaded Pregnancy Trackers That May Give Data To Cops Without A Warrant—Should You Worry?
A Forbes analysis of two pregnancy and ovulation trackers owned by a $3.6 billion media conglomerate show they reserve the right to share data with law enforcement at their discretion. Privacy activists want such companies to do more to protect users in a post-Roe v. Wade United States.
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Jul 13, 2022
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Jul 12, 2022
ICO Calls For Review Of Government's Use Of Private Messaging
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Jul 8, 2022
Law Enforcement Email Opens Floodgate For Police Hackers
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Jul 7, 2022
Apple Offers $2M To Hackers Who Can Break Its New Lockdown Mode
To ensure Lockdown Mode effectively locks down iPhones, Apple is offering up to $2,000,000 prizes for hackers who can find Lockdown Mode bypasses and break in.
Jul 7, 2022
Apple Watch To Include Game-Changing New Feature
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Google Warns Of Serious New Chrome Hack Attack Targeting Windows & Android
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Jul 7, 2022
US And UK Security Services Warn Of China Risks
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Jul 5, 2022
Senate Intelligence Committee Calls On FTC To Investigate TikTok For ‘Deception’
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Jul 5, 2022
UK Lawmakers Call For Ban On Chinese Surveillance Tools
A cross-party group of MPs is calling on the British government to follow the US' lead in banning the sale and use of Chinese-made CCTV surveillance cameras.
Jul 2, 2022
Microsoft Defender For Mac: Is This Some Kind Of Joke?
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Jun 30, 2022
Warrants Can Force Google To Look Through Your Search History–A Tragic Arson Case May Decide If That’s Constitutional
The government has repeatedly demanded Google hand over information on anyone searching specific terms. For the first time, lawyers and privacy advocates are now challenging the lawfulness of those searches in court, in the case of an arson that led to the deaths of two small girls.
Jun 30, 2022
Cybersecurity Startup Inspectiv Closes In On $8.6 Million Funding, Expands C-Suite
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Cycode Platform Enables Compliance With Security Executive Order
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Jun 30, 2022
YouTube Hacking Warning As Automated 2FA-Bypass Attacks Underway
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Jun 29, 2022
15 Million Downloaded Pregnancy Trackers That May Give Data To Cops Without A Warrant—Should You Worry?
A Forbes analysis of two pregnancy and ovulation trackers owned by a $3.6 billion media conglomerate show they reserve the right to share data with law enforcement at their discretion. Privacy activists want such companies to do more to protect users in a post-Roe v. Wade United States.
Jun 28, 2022
India Delays Controversial Data Collection Rules Following Industry Pushback
India has delayed plans to force VPN providers and cloud service operators to hold user data and share it with the government.
Jun 26, 2022
UK Data Subject Access Requests Hang In The Balance
While the Pandemic, Ukraine War and Cost of Living Crisis complicate an assessment of how good or bad Brexit will ultimately be for the UK, it’s clear that the government hasn’t completed the tearing up of retained EU law. Data protection law could soonn be shredded.
Jun 25, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Meta Failed To Protect Instagram’s Child Models From Pedophiles
A photographer accused of selling photos to pedophiles is allowed back on Instagram. Forbes alerts Meta to over a dozen accounts with over half a million followers sexualizing child and teenage models. Now the tech giant is coming under heavy fire for its policing of predators.