security

A round, fabric-covered smart speaker with four white indicator lights sits on a textured surface. Next to it, a smartphone displays a "Welcome Home" screen with a notification that one device is found. The scene suggests setting up or connecting a smart home device.

January 17, 2021

Google Smart Speakers Offer Guest Mode for Privacy

Google smart speakers now offer Guest Mode, a setting that allows you to boost your privacy using voice control.

Close-up of a convex security camera lens reflecting a distorted view of a building exterior. The lens is centered on a metallic, gray surface with subtle reflections and lighting. The camera's circular shape dominates the image, creating a wide-angle effect.

January 17, 2021

Amazon’s Ring Neighbors app exposed users’ precise locations and home addresses

A security flaw in Ring’s Neighbors app was exposing the precise locations and home addresses of users who had posted to the app.

Close-up of several COVID-19 vaccine vials with clear liquid, each labeled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine." The vials have blue caps and are arranged in a neat row on a reflective surface, casting faint reflections. The labels include some small, detailed text beneath the main title.

January 17, 2021

Vaccine passports: what are they and do they pose a danger to privacy?

Race to build app for people to demonstrate Covid-19 jab or a negative test, but rights groups worry about ‘identity checks’.

A laptop displays an image of a hooded figure with green binary code cascading down the screen, resembling hacking or cybersecurity themes. The background is a dark digital matrix with lines of numbers and symbols. The laptop sits on a plain surface.

January 17, 2021

German police take down ‘world’s largest darknet marketplace’

A German-led police sting has taken down the “world’s largest” darknet marketplace.

January 15, 2021

Facebook’s EU-US data transfers face their final countdown

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has agreed to swiftly finalize a long-standing complaint against Facebook’s international data transfers for EU to US.

A person in a white shirt is holding a credit card in their left hand while their right hand is on a laptop keyboard. The scene suggests an online transaction or shopping, with focus on the hand holding the card and the laptop on a wooden table. The background is blurred.

January 12, 2021

Experian warns of facial recognition, synthetic ID fraud

The widespread shift to e-commerce and touchless payments has escalated fraud risk, including the possibility of fraudsters combining altered photos with synthetic ID.

January 11, 2021

WhatsApp private chat groups get EXPOSED again on Google search

WhatsApp has suffered an embarrassing privacy breach, with its private chat groups being indexed on Google’s search engine.

A woman with long dark hair is facing a small, rectangular device labeled "fuse". The device projects a blue light forming a geometric pattern on her face, indicating facial recognition technology. She wears a white top, and the background is dark gray.

January 8, 2021

Intel launches RealSense ID camera system for on-device facial recognition

The system is designed to perform facial authentication on consumer-facing devices such as point-of-sale systems, ATMs and kiosks.

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January 2, 2021

Ticketmaster Pays $10 Million Criminal Fine for Intrusions into Competitor’s Computer Systems

Ticketmaster Used Passwords Unlawfully Retained by a Former Employee of a Competitor to Access Computer Systems in Scheme to “Choke Off” the Victim’s Business.