WhatsApp working on thumbprint authentication for chats
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a fingerprint authentication feature to protect its users’ chats from being seen by others. […]
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British intelligence officials propose way to access encrypted group chats
Two British intelligence officials have proposed what they see as a potential solution to a key challenge facing law enforcement […]
Here’s what to expect in cybersecurity in 2019
If you thought 2018 was a tough year for tech, 2019 is going to be so much worse. The groundwork […]
Uber fined €400,000 in France over data breach
Uber in France has been hit with a €400,000 fine by the country’s data protection watchdog in response to a […]
How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale
Hackers can bypass these protections, as we’ve seen with leaked NSA documents on how Russian hackers targeted US voting infrastructure […]
How one hacked laptop led to an entire network being compromised
A corporate laptop being used in a coffee shop at a weekend was enough to allow a sophisticated cybercrime group […]
Data breach whistle-blowers rise after GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation has given people the courage to notify the authorities on any data breaches that otherwise may […]
Iranian phishers bypass 2fa protections offered by Yahoo Mail and Gmail
A recent phishing campaign targeting US government officials, activists, and journalists is notable for using a technique that allowed the […]
Facebook let companies read and delete your private messages
“We don’t sell data to anyone,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in April. What he didn’t mention is that […]
Cybersecurity in 2019
While you prepare your defenses against the next big thing, also pay attention to the longstanding threats that the industry […]
5 Ways Facebook Shared Your Data
Facebook for years gave major tech companies, including Yahoo and Netflix, greater access to people’s data than it disclosed, a […]
This is the future of authentication, according to security experts
Passwords may not have been much of an annoyance back in the 1960s, when they were first believed to have […]