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.
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US Congress passes new IoT cybersecurity law
Congress recently made significant progress toward greater IoT security in the United States when it enacted the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020.
Chinese embassy blames hackers for retweet of Trump’s claim that Democrats cheated in election
The Chinese embassy in the U.S. said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election.
Premiere security firm FireEye says it was breached by nation-state hackers
FireEye, a $3.5 billion top cybersecurity company has been hacked by a well-endowed nation-state.
Class action suit launched against Dell after data breach led to years of scam calls
A proposed class action suit has been launched against Dell Technologies on behalf of thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised in a data breach.
Trump admin mulls blocking cloud firms from countries like China
A proposed executive order that could keep American cloud computing companies out of certain foreign countries is being circulated within the Trump administration.
Nation-state backed hackers going after COVID vaccine supply chain
Cyber attackers have targeted the cold supply chain needed to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report detailing a sophisticated operation likely backed by a nation-state.
Twitter data breach decision due on December 17
Despite “very divergent views” between EU data protection authorities over a case of data breaches by Twitter, a final decision […]
Android apps with millions of downloads are vulnerable to serious attacks
Android apps with hundreds of millions of downloads are vulnerable to attacks that allow malicious apps to steal contacts, login […]
CBP proposes to require mug shots of all non-US citizen travelers
CBP issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that wouldn’t apply to US citizens, but would require all non-US citizens, including permanent US […]
Amazon faces backlash over using Sidewalk for neighborhood networks
Amazon customers are being automatically opted in to Sidewalk, a feature set to launch later this year that the company […]
IRS Could Search Warrantless Location Database Over 10,000 Times
The IRS was able to query a database of location data quietly harvested from ordinary smartphone apps over 10,000 times, […]