Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
The websites you visit can reveal (almost) everything about you. If you are looking up health information, reading about trade unions, or […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
How this de-anonymization attack works is difficult to explain but relatively easy to grasp once you have the gist. Someone carrying out […]
New ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs
Retbleed can leak kernel memory from Intel CPUs at about 219 bytes per second and with 98 percent accuracy. The exploit can […]
Chinese Police Exposed 1B People’s Data in Unprecedented Leak
As states grapple with the far-reaching implications of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision to reverse the constitutional right to abortion, […]
Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?
“The first thing organizations need to do is understand where they are using crypto, how, and why,” says El Kaafarani. “Start assessing […]
Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats
The surveillance-for-hire Industry has emerged in recent years as a very real threat to activists, dissidents, journalists, and human rights defenders around […]
How to Avoid the Worst Instagram Scams
If an account slides into your DMs saying you’ve won a competition or that you should check out a way to make […]
The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2022 So Far
Whether the first six months of 2022 have felt interminable or fleeting—or both—massive hacks, data breaches, digital scams, and ransomware attacks continued […]
A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with […]
You Need to Update Windows and Chrome Right Now
June has seen the release of multiple security updates, with important patches issued for the likes of Google’s Chrome and Android as […]