Computer giant Acer hit by $50 million ransomware attack
Computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the threat actors are demanding the largest known ransom to date, $50,000,000.
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More Mac malware was detected last year than ever before
macOS malware development surged by over 1,000% in 2020, report says.
Cars Have Your Location. This Spy Firm Wants to Sell It to the U.S. Military
15 billion car locations. Nearly any country on Earth. ‘The Ulysses Group’ is pitching a powerful surveillance technology to the U.S. government.
As Digital Currency’s Popularity Rises, So Do Privacy Fears
Backers see a way to reach the unbanked. But any system could give the government a record of every dollar you spend.
Are the parental control apps we use to protect our kids actually unsafe too?
Parents are increasingly turning to parental control apps to keep their kids safe online – but are they actually safe? Not always.
Facebook Is Building An Instagram For Kids
“We have identified youth work as a priority for Instagram and have added it to our H1 priority list,” reads an internal Instagram post obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Swiss authorities raid home of hacker potentially responsible for breaching surveillance cameras
Swiss law enforcement raided the home of a hacker potentially responsible for breaching around 150,000 surveillance cameras, exposing sensitive footage from homes, hospitals and prisons.
Twitter will soon let you use a security key as your only 2FA method
Twitter is planning a future update that will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the only authentication method.
US Moves Closer to Retaliation Over Hacking as Cyber Woes Grow
The Biden administration is reportedly close to a decision on retaliation for state-sponsored hacking as fears grew over the fallout from the latest of two major cyberattacks.
Facing Off Against Employee Monitoring Requirements
Many jurisdictions have adopted legal requirements that indirectly regulate network monitoring activities, since monitoring typically requires the collection and tracking of IP addresses, device IDs and other data that can be linked to a particular employee’s communication devices.
A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16
A gaping flaw in SMS lets hackers take over phone numbers in minutes by simply paying a company to reroute text messages.
The future of data privacy: confidential computing, quantum safe cryptography take center stage
IBM is working on future-proof encryption methods able to keep our data safe both in storage and active use.