The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity Publishes a Draft Certification Scheme for Cloud Services
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published a draft scheme for cloud services
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Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case
Silicon Valley tech giants say spyware maker NSO Group should not be allowed to claim immunity.
Law enforcement wiretapped the very service used by criminals to evade interception
The virtual private network (VPN) Safe-Inet used by the world’s foremost cybercriminals has been taken down in a coordinated law enforcement action
The vulnerabilities that allowed Russia’s SolarWinds hack have been known for decades
The awareness that something like this could happen dates all the way back to the dawn of the internet, when it was a Defense Department research-sharing project called the ARPANET.
Trump Twitter Account Hacker Won’t Be Punished
The Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service has announced that, the Dutch hacker who broke into the Twitter account of Donald Trump, will not be punished.
Firefox to ship ‘network partitioning’ as a new anti-tracking defense
Firefox 85 will ship with a feature named Network Partitioning as a new form of anti-tracking protection.
UK Online Safety Bill may have implications for freedom of expression and privacy
The UK Online Safety Bill may have “implications for freedom of expression and privacy” as private messaging may fall within the scope of the regulatory framework.
Sensitive Data Leak From Baidu Apps Allows Lifetime User Tracking According To Researchers
About 1.4 billion people worldwide were affected by the data leak from Baidu and other apps.
Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People
By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information.
Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
Cloudflare and Apple say they’ve developed a new internet protocol that will make it far more difficult for internet providers to know which websites you visit.
Court orders encrypted email biz Tutanota to build a backdoor in user’s mailbox
Court in Germany last month ordered Tutanota to help investigators monitor the contents of a user’s encrypted mailbox.
Google and Apple are banning technology for sharing users’ location data
Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to X-Mode Social’s code that may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your location data.