Collaborate Disseminate
An Asian woman carrying malware lied her way into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, writes the BBC. According to Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, 32-year-old Yujing Zhang claimed she was going to the pool and pretended t… Continue reading Woman Concealing Malware Lied Her Way into Trump’s Florida Club
Fake service applications in Italian from mobile operators were found to be invasive spyware after successfully bypassing Google Play Store’s filters, according to a group of researchers from non-profit security organization Security Without Bord… Continue reading Italian Android Spyware Infected Google Play Store for Years, Researchers Find
Saudi Arabia hacked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone and stole private information, according to Gavin De Becker, a private investigator working for Bezos. De Becker said the cyberattack is linked to Bezos’ connection to the Washington Post, wh… Continue reading Jeff Bezos’ Phone Allegedly Hacked by Saudi Arabia for Link to Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi
Facebook has decided to fight the tough EU data protection laws after a 2018 Belgian court order forbade Facebook’s use of the cookies, social plug-ins and interaction buttons it used to track online activity of users and non-users on third-party… Continue reading Facebook Determined to Appeal Belgian Tracking Ban
Perhaps we should all change our Facebook passwords to play it safe, following news that Facebook kept, from as early as 2012, “hundreds of millions” of user account passwords in plain text, making them available to some 20,000 employees, w… Continue reading Millions of Facebook Passwords Kept in Plain Text for Employees to Access
Orange County in North Carolina suffered its third ransomware infection in six years, the local government announced on its website on Monday. The attack, probably stemming from a phishing email, a very common practice in such situations, crippled the … Continue reading North Carolina’s Orange County Hit by Third Ransomware Attack in Six Years
Google was fined almost €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) by the European Commission for an antitrust violation, the legislative body announced. Labeled as “outright prohibition,” Google was fined for abusive practices regarding competition… Continue reading EU Hits Google with Third Antitrust Fine for Illegal Search Ad Practices
Facebook Faces Criminal Investigation over Data Handling Partnerships Facebook’s troubles seem never-ending, as the company now faces a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors for its data-sharing practices and partnerships with global tech… Continue reading Facebook Faces Criminal Investigation over Data Handling Partnerships
The US election might be different in 2020 thanks to a project by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US Department of Defense research division, aiming at bullet-proofing voting machines by moving away from proprietary software that… Continue reading DARPA to Develop $10 Million Open Source Voting System
Google’s bad ads report for 2018 is out, and according to Director of Sustainable Ads Scott Spencer, 2.3 billion non-compliant ads were taken down for violating policies, almost 1 billion fewer than the 3.2 billion ads detected in 2017. Many repr… Continue reading Google Takes Down 2.3 Billion Ads, Almost 60 Million Phishing Scams