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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. One of the most chilling aspects of Russias recent hacking spree—which breached numerous United States government agencies among other targets—was the successful use of a “supply chain attack” to gain tens of thousands of potential targets from a single compromise at the IT services firm SolarWinds. But this wasnt the only striking feature of the assault. After that initial foothold, the attackers bored deeper into thei...

minute read Share this article: Medical-device security has long been a challenge, suffering the same uphill management battle that the entire sprawling mess of IoT gadgets has faced. A hacked insulin pump is the last thing a diabetic wants to worry about when life-saving fluids are pumped into their body. Sadly, concerns about medical device IT security are a healthcare reality. Last year, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued more than a half-doz...

minute read Share this article: The tech giant removes 164 more offending Android apps after banning software showing this type of behavior from the store last year. Google has removed 164 apps, downloaded a total of 10 million times, from its Google Play marketplace because they were delivering “disruptive” ads, considered malicious. Last year, the tech giant banned apps that delivered this type of advertising, called out-of-context ads. But the problem continues to plague Goo...

Security researchers lambasted the controversial macOS Big Sur feature for exposing users' sensitive data.

The company announced accounts for ages 13-15 will default to privacy setting, among other safety measures.

| 14 January 2021 In the latest part of the company’s plans to support human creative tasks by connecting them through software-mediated collaboration and automation, Motion Picture Laboratories (MovieLabs) has announced the latest steps in the MovieLabs Enhanced Content Protection (EPC) specification. Originally published in 2013 and since widely implemented by industry partners, the EPC is said to be designed to raise the bar for protecting 4K, HDR and early window content in c...

March 3, 2021 So glad I came across this now just after going through the scheme as a victim. Having had an Atomic wallet for my cryptos for years was a very comforting thing. But once I had a problem with balances that showed as pending transactions but were indicated as confirmed in the History tab of my Atomic wallet phone app for a week, I still had enough confidence that all was okay as usual. I emailed the Support team on the matter wanting to inform them of the existe...

minute read Share this article: CISA has issued an alert warning that cloud services at U.S. organizations are being actively and successfully targeted. The Feds are warning that cybercriminals are bypassing multi-factor authentication (MFA) and successfully attacking cloud services at various U.S. organizations. According to an alert issued Wednesday by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), there have been “several recent successful cyberattacks” focused...

Judge bars former Tallahassee city ethics officer from internet-connected devices after her arrest for cyberstalking. A Tallahassee city ethics officer was arrested and charged with cyberstalking her coworker and former lover, and is now banned by a judge from using the internet for anything besides work, paying bills and her legal defense. Julie Meadows-Keef is accused of cyberstalking Bert Fletcher, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported. Both worked in Tallahassee city government. She ...

minute read Share this article: WhatsApp aimed to clear the air about its updated privacy policy after reports of mandatory data sharing with Facebook drove users to Signal and Telegram in troves. WhatsApp is making explicit clarifications around its updated privacy policy, after reports ran amok about the messaging app mandating all-encompassing data-sharing with parent company Facebook. The app’s new privacy policy and terms of service, which will go into effect Feb. 8, says th...