Hackers infiltrated a big Facebook data partner to launch scams
When hackers take over your account on Facebook, it could mean you see suspicious posts about deals on Ray-Ban sunglasses, which are definitely bogus…
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5 Ways Your Organization Can Ensure Improved Data Security
Each year on January 28, the United States, Canada, Israel and 47 European countries observe Data Privacy Day. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to…
Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints
New York facial recognition startup Clearview AI – which has amassed a huge database of more than three billion images scraped from employment sites,…
New ‘CacheOut’ Attack Leaks Data from Intel CPUs, VMs and SGX Enclave
Another month, another speculative execution vulnerability found in Intel processors.If your computer is running any modern Intel CPU built…
Antivirus firm Avast is reportedly selling users’ web browsing data
Avast, which makes free antivirus software that’s used by millions of people around the world, is reportedly selling “highly sensitive” web browsing…
Microsoft fixes ‘error’ that exposed customer database
Microsoft on Wednesday said it conducted an investigation into a security breach of one of its customer databases and found records could have been…
Russia has nothing to do with the cyberattack on the friendly Austrian Foreign Ministry
The hacker attack that the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs underwent prompted European countries to take active measures to defend against such…
Who Are the Digital Service Providers (DSP) under the NIS Directive?
The European Union developed the Directive in response to the emerging cyber threats to critical infrastructure and the impact cyber-attacks have on…
Google finds Apple Safari anti-tracking feature actually enabled tracking
Apple focuses on privacy protections as a major selling point for its products, but a feature designed to protect your privacy when using its…
9th Methbot suspect arrested in massive clickfraud ring
New York police have arrested yet another man suspected of running the clickfraud factory known as Methbot: a farm of 1,900 data servers rented to…