Privacy experts reviewed popular video-chat apps
Researchers looked at 15 video chat apps — Zoom, Google Hangouts, FaceTime, Jitsi Meet, Skype, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, Microsoft […]
cybersecurity
GDPR Compliance Site Leaks Git Data, Passwords
Researchers discovered a .git folder exposing passwords and more for a website that gives advice to organizations about complying with […]
Insurance Client Sues Small Law Firm $1.5M for data Breach
Warden Grier, a small four-person law firm, is being sued by it’s client – Chicago based insurance company Hiscox Insurance […]
Aggregated data provides a false sense of security
Accessing personal data comes at a risk to privacy, and there are many unfortunate examples of harm coming to individuals […]
NSA shares list of vulnerabilities commonly exploited to plant web shells
The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) have published a security advisory this week warning […]
Apple iPhone mail app vulnerable to hacking
Apple’s built-in iPhone email app has a major security flaw, according to new research, allowing hackers to exploit an iPhone […]
Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users
Google just gave its two billion Chrome users a brilliant (if long overdue) upgrade, but it doesn’t mask all of […]
Google removes 49 Chrome extensions caught stealing crypto-wallet keys
The Chrome extensions were mimicking cryptocurrency wallet apps like Ledger, MyEtherWallet, Trezor, Electrum, and others, but, in reality, they were […]
Security lapse exposed Clearview AI source code
A misconfigured server exposed the company’s internal files, apps and source code for anyone on the internet to find. The […]
EU publishes toolbox for coronavirus tracking apps
Contact tracing apps, if fully compliant with EU rules and well coordinated, can play a key role in all phases […]
Australian police used Clearview AI facial recognition software to counter child exploitation
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has admitted to using a facial recognition tool, despite not having an appropriate legislative framework […]
Will Google’s and Apple’s COVID Tracking Plan Protect Privacy?
Last week, Google and Apple announced that they were working together to develop privacy-protecting technology that could enable COVID-19 contact-tracing […]