We’re gonna have to start reading the fine print. Like Amazon, Google’s privacy policy includes language which lets police access data from its products, without user permission and without a warrant.
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can be used to track individuals’ movements.
Reports are emerging that Russian state-sponsored cyber actors are taking advantage of an astoundingly stupid default configuration for Cisco’s Duo multifactor authentication (MFA) protocols. The Ruskies have been able to use Cisco’s mistake to register new devices for MFA and yep, access the victim’s network where they do all sorts of nasty things. The cyber…
Canopy was incubated by Ford’s New Business Platform team and plans to begin integrating its security solution with on-board vehicle cameras in Ford vehicles next year.
With 99% of companies going hybrid post-pandemic, broad endpoint security and data integrity concerns are on the rise. Companies are also moving back to Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) instead of corporate owned equipment in the office and at the employee’s home.
US Cyber Games announced today that Allied Esports will produce their US Cyber Games Draft Day taking place on October 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST. The even will simulcast the first-ever US Cyber Team draft on Allied Esports’ Twitch channel and TikTok live stream.
The U.S. government today announced new resources and initiatives to protect American businesses and communities from ransomware attacks. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), together with federal partners, launched a new website to combat the threat of ransomware.
The 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack is the worst cyberattack in our nation’s history. It is literally “beyond measure” at this point. In fact, the government may never know how badly the attack compromised our nation’s digital infrastructure.
Today, Facebook filed separate lawsuits in federal court against four individuals providing services intended to artificially inflate likes and followers of Instagram accounts, a practice known as fake engagement.
Although Activision has yet to comment on the incident, it’s common knowledge tonight that the company has sufferered a major data breach. The credentials were leaked publicly and first reported on Twitter.
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