Top US health agency hit with cyberattack as it responds to COVID-19 outbreak
Misinformation was spread as a result of the attack
ACLU is demanding Homeland Security, CBP, ICE, and TSA hand over records on facial recognition at the border
Privacy advocates are demanding more transparency
Comcast accidentally published 200,000 phone numbers of Xfinity customers
The last data breach cost the company $33 million in a settlement
Patent hints that encrypted displays could appear on future Apple devices
Improving user privacy by showing unintelligible content to potential onlookers
Ring's new Video Doorbell 3 will show four seconds of video before motion is detected
The feature was previously limited to their wired doorbells
Intel CPUs are vulnerable to new "LVI" attack that breaks the secure enclave of the CPU
Something worse than the infamous Meltdown does exist
Law enforcement in India used facial recognition to ID 1,100 rioters in New Delhi
Privacy groups claim the use of the system was against the law
Vermont sues Clearview AI for violating state privacy laws
Its controversial app has seen no end to the backlash
Microsoft takes down botnet that infected nine million devices
Necurs was one of the largest botnets ever
Immobilizer security flaw leaves millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia cars vulnerable to theft
Affected owners might need to visit a dealership for remedying the problem
AMD CPUs are vulnerable to a severe new side-channel attack
"Finally, an issue with AMD CPUs!" - someone at Intel probably
Intel CSME vulnerability allows hackers to break encryption and DRM
Researchers say the issue is unfixable without replacing the hardware
Do any of your devices use these passwords? You could be at risk from hackers
Attackers love default passwords
Ring products log every doorbell press, detected motion, and app interaction
Amazon loves to grab user data
Security researcher details how mom helped break into prison computer network
Quality social engineering
ThreatFabric: Cerberus Android malware can bypass 2FA and allow remote access to your device
Researchers expect the threat landscape to get crowded this year
Reddit CEO calls TikTok "spyware" and "fundamentally parasitic"
Steve Huffman said the app is "truly terrifying"
'Intruder' steals Clearview AI's entire client list
It was due to a 'vulnerability,' but there was 'no compromise of servers, systems, or network'
Hackers scored a record $40M in bug bounties in 2019
Seven of them have made a million dollars from their craft
Mozilla begins rolling out DNS encryption by default for Firefox users
As long as you live in the US
Apple and TikTok won't testify in a March congressional hearing about their ties with China
This is the second time they leave their seats empty
TSA bans the use of TikTok on its official social media accounts
TSA becomes the latest government agency to ban TikTok over security concerns
Google warns against sideloading its apps on new Huawei devices
It says the practice is a security risk
US urges European countries to tap Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung for their 5G needs
The trade war is still very much alive