Twitter: Your Privacy Is For Sale (You Can’t Opt Out)

Twitter has nuked a key privacy setting. You used to be able to opt out of sharing your private information with advertisers—but not any more.
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Broken Biometrics: Fingerprint Readers Spoofed ‘80% of the Time’

Researchers managed to defeat many fingerprint sensors on portable devices, which is extremely worrying.
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Russia Hijacks Traffic of Huge Cloud and CDN Services

Google, Amazon, Facebook and 200 other services had their internet traffic routed through Russia on Wednesday.
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Critical Chrome Cyber Bugs: Update NOW

Google Chrome has a bunch of bugs, some of which might pwn your PC or Mac. Go get the update.
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Bill Gates’ YouTube Bitcoin Giveaway (Of Course Not)

More than 30 popular YouTube channels livecasting Bill Gates asking for a small Bitcoin payment and promising you’ll double your money.
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Apple Turns the Anti-Ad Thumbscrews With Safari Cookie Blocking

Apple’s latest salvo in the privacy war is to fully block third-party cookies in Safari—by default.
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Font File Fail: Critical Windows Zero-Day; Patch in 3 Weeks

Microsoft is warning Windows users about a new unpatched critical vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
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Russia Fronton Tool ‘Will Take Down Entire Countries’

Digital Revolution has dumped a trove of documents showing Putin’s FSB commissioned a powerful DDoS tool.
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Report: 97% of Firms Compromised Right Now. Really?

New research is full of alarming statistics about how cyber-compromised most companies are. We rip the report to shreds.
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COVID-19 Fears Bring Google Chrome Dev to Screeching Halt

The novel coronavirus is making Googlers work from home. “Adjusted work schedules” mean the Chrome teams will focus only on security updates, for now.
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