Hermit spyware is deployed with the help of a victim’s ISP

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:03:54 +0000

A new commercial spyware for governments, called Hermit, has spotted in the wild. It affects iOS and all Android versions.

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City worker loses USB stick containing data on every resident after day of drinking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:26:21 +0000

We take a look at reports of a USB drive containing data on all 460k residents of a city in Japan, and how encryption helped lessen the risk.

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Brave Search wants to replace Google’s biased search results with yours

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:23:53 +0000

Brave Search, the privacy search engine you may not have heard of, is a year old and growing fast.

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Instagram introduces new ways for users to verify their age

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:47:00 +0000

Meta has announced it’s going to test new age verification methods like social vouching and video selfies for INstagram users.

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