07 Sep

ChatGPT’s Impact on Privacy and How to Protect Yourself

How To Manage Your Privacy When Using ChatGPT Love it or hate it, ChatGPT has become one of the most talked about tech developments of

Author rabih
07 Sep

If you like to play along with the illusion of privacy, smart devices are a dumb idea

Depressingly predictable research from Which? serves as another reminder, if one was needed, that furnishing your home with internet-connected “smart” devices could be a dumb

Author rabih
07 Sep

UK drops ‘spy clause’ for scanning encrypted messages, admits it’s not ‘feasible’

Comment Sanity appears to have prevailed in the debate over the UK Online Safety bill after the government agreed to ditch proposals – at least

Author rabih
07 Sep

China reportedly bans iPhones from more government offices

Analysis Chinese authorities have reportedly banned Apple’s iPhones from some government offices. News of Beijing’s ban was reported by the (reg-walled) Wall Street Journal, which

Author rabih
06 Sep

Microsoft: China stole secret key that unlocked US govt email from crash debug dump

Remember that internal super-secret Microsoft security key that China stole and used to break into US government email accounts back in July?  The Windows giant

Author rabih
06 Sep

Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections

A California man has admitted he failed to bake anti-money laundering protections into his cryptocurrency exchange, thus allowing scammers and drug traffickers to launder millions

Author rabih
06 Sep

Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe

Video Efforts by cops to seize and shut down encrypted messaging apps favored by criminals, and then mine their conversations for evidence, appear to have

Author rabih
06 Sep

Coffee Meets Bagel outage caused by cybercriminals deleting data and files

If you got snubbed by the object of your affections on dating app Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) in late August, don’t feel bad, the company

Author rabih
06 Sep

The Future of Work: How Technology & the WFH Landscape Are Making an Impact

As of the writing of this article, the height of the pandemic seems like a distant but still vivid dream. Sanitizing packages, sparse grocery shelves,

Author rabih
06 Sep

Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so

Chief information security officers (or CISOs) see human error as the most significant risk to data protection compared to other UK board directors. Meatbag errors

Author rabih
06 Sep

Staying ahead of threats: 5 cybercrime trends to watch

New reports from Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) shed a light on how the battle against cybercrime is being fought Source

Author rabih
05 Sep

Northern Ireland’s top cop quits after security breach, disciplinary controversy

Northern Ireland’s police chief, Simon Byrne, resigned last night after an emergency meeting of the Policing Board amid discontent in the rank and file over

Author rabih
05 Sep

Freecycle gives users the gift of a security breach notice

Freecycle, the charity aimed at recycling detritus that would otherwise be headed for landfill, has become the latest organization to suffer at the hands of

Author rabih
05 Sep

You patched yet? Years-old Microsoft security holes still hot targets for cyber-crooks

It’s generally accepted that security flaws in Microsoft’s products are a top magnet for crooks and fraudsters: its sprawling empire of hardware and software is

Author rabih
05 Sep

Big Tech has failed to police Russian disinformation, EC study concludes

The power of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) to actually police the world’s very large online platforms (VLOPs) has been tested in a new

Author rabih
05 Sep

McAfee’s New Privacy & Identity Guard Launches at Staples Stores

Your privacy means everything. And your identity too. The launch of McAfee Privacy & Identity Guard will protect them both.  We’re proud to announce the

Author rabih
05 Sep

Freecycle gives users the gift of a data breach notice

Freecycle, the charity aimed at recycling detritus that would otherwise be headed for landfill, has become the latest organization to suffer at the hands of

Author rabih
05 Sep

NIST’s Planned Updates to Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide

Background: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-66 Healthcare organizations face many challenges from cybersecurity threats. This can have serious impacts on the security of patient data,

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