Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 13:04:04 +0000
On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. Privacy advocates aren’t happy.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:01:36 +0000
Law enforcement believes that these hackers duping major tech companies are teenagers. But they are causing severe harm.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:05:36 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:09:35 +0000
Meta says it has detected and removed two disinformation campaigns regarding the current Russia-Ukraine war.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:12:18 +0000
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| The suit alleges that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texans, including non-Facebook users. Categories: Privacy Tags: CUBIDTPAface recognitionfacebookfacial recognitionJerome PresentiKen Paxtonmetastate of TexasTexas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier ActTexas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection ActYann LeCun |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:46:54 +0000
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| The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days. Categories: A week in security Tags: IRSmacrosMagecartmetaMFA adoptionNews CorpOnline Safety BillsapSecuritassiriSugar ransomwarevalentine’s day |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:41:07 +0000
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| Meta has enabled a security boundary as a default in its virtual realm after reports of sexual harassment. Categories: Malwarebytes news |
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