22 Apr

Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE

Yet another international cop shop has come out swinging against end-to-end encryption – this time it’s Europol which is urging an end to implementation of

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22 Apr

US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate

Fresh US legislation to force the sale of TikTok locally was passed in Washington over the weekend after an earlier version stalled in the Senate.

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22 Apr

Europol becomes latest law enforcement group to plead with big tech to ditch E2EE

Yet another international cop shop has come out swinging against end-to-end encryption – this time it’s Europol which is urging an end to implementation of

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22 Apr

Germany arrests trio accused of trying to smuggle naval military tech to China

Germany has arrested three citizens who allegedly tried to transfer military technology to China, a violation of the country’s export rules. The three individuals in

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22 Apr

How to Spot AI Audio Deepfakes at Election Time

We’ve said it several times in our blogs — it’s tough knowing what’s real and what’s fake out there. And that’s absolutely the case with

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22 Apr

Watchdog tells Dutch govt: ‘Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy’

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has warned that government organizations should not use Facebook to communicate with the country’s citizens unless they can guarantee

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22 Apr

US House of Representatives passes new TikTok ban bill to Senate

Fresh US legislation to force the sale of TikTok locally was passed in Washington over the weekend after an earlier version stalled in the Senate.

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22 Apr

Giving NIST Digital Identity Guidelines a Boost: Supplement for Incorporating Syncable Authenticators

We all need supplements sometimes. Whether it’s a little extra vitamin C during flu season or some vitamin D during the dark days of Winter.

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22 Apr

UK data watchdog questions how private Google’s Privacy Sandbox is

Google’s Privacy Sandbox, which aspires to provide privacy-preserving ad targeting and analytics, still isn’t sufficiently private. According to a draft report from the UK’s Information

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22 Apr

Has the ever-present cyber danger just got worse?

Sponsored On the face of it, there really isn’t much of an upside for the current UK government after MPs described its response to attacks

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22 Apr

Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam

Opinion It was a bold claim by the richest and most famous tech founder: bold, precise and wrong. Laughably so. Twenty years ago, Bill Gates

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22 Apr

Rarest, strangest, form of Windows saved techie from moment of security madness

Who, Me? It’s Monday once again, dear reader, and you know what that means: another dive into the Who, Me? confessional, to share stories of

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22 Apr

Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases

BLACK HAT ASIA Researchers at US/Israeli infosec outfit SafeBreach last Friday discussed flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky security products that can potentially allow the remote

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22 Apr

China creates ‘Information Support Force’ to improve networked defence capabilities

China last week reorganized its military to create an Information Support Force aimed at ensuring it can fight and win networked wars. President Xi Jinping

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22 Apr

MITRE admits ‘nation state’ attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation

Infosec In Brief In a cautionary tale that no one is immune from attack, the security org MITRE has admitted that it got pwned. The

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19 Apr

Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped

Sacramento International Airport (SMF) suffered hours of flight delays yesterday after what appears to be an intentional cutting of an AT&T internet cable serving the

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19 Apr

How To Teach Your Kids About Deepfakes

Is it real? Is it fake?  Deepfake technology has certainly made everything far more complicated online. How do you know for sure what’s real? Can

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19 Apr

WhatsApp, Threads, more banished from Apple App Store in China

Apple has removed four apps from its China-regional app store, including Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, after it was ordered to do so by Beijing for

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