Security
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1.6KApple Suspends Human-Reviewed Siri Program
After the many criticisms raised by an article published by The Guardian , according to which some recordings of our requests to...
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1.9KCambridge, Massachusetts Also Plans To Ban Facial Recognition Technology
As the concerns over facial recognition technology and privacy grow, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is also taking steps towards prohibiting its...
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1.8KLAPD Data Breach Compromises Personal Data Of Thousands of Officers
The city of Los Angeles is currently dealing with a data breach that has compromised the personal information of around 2,500 LAPD...
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2.2KRansomware Attacks Hit Louisiana Schools, State of Emergency Declared
Ransomware attacks have seen an increase in the past couple of months, starting with the city of Baltimore, which has been turned...
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1.8KSiri’s Recordings Are Constantly Analyzed by Apple, According to Informer
After Google’s and Amazon’s incidents, Apple is now in the same situation of ‘secretly sharing with contractors audio recordings of its users’.The...
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10.7KScience Fiction Writers Help The French Army Develop Ways To Fight Future Threats
Back in October 2018, the French Ministry of Defense (MoD) created a new lab, dubbed the Defense Innovation Lab, which identifies “civilian...
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1.7KHuawei Helped North Korea Build Its Wireless Network, Report Says
Huawei had been placed on a blacklist by the United States due to security concerns a while ago but, eventually, it was...
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3.0KSlack Resetting Some User Passwords Due To 2015 Breach
Some of you might remember that, back in 2015, Slack faced a security breach that saw hackers gaining access to its central...
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2.6KGoogle Takes Down Stalker Apps From Google Store
We can, technically, be tracked anywhere now thanks to our phones or smartwatches but, according to mobile threat researcher Avast, some of...
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2.0KOakland Is The Third U.S City To Vote Against The Use of Facial Recognition
Earlier this year, we saw the city of San Francisco ban the use of facial recognition, which made it the first U.S...
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1.9KAT&T Sued for Selling Sensitive Customer Information
Recently, AT&T was sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for selling users location data to third parties. The proposed class action suit...
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4.9KGoogle Docs, Office 365 and iWork Banned in Some German Schools
A number of schools in Germany have decided to ban the use of Office 365 Google Docs and Apple’s iWork on school...
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2.7KMedia Files Shared on WhatsApp and Telegram Are Not Completely Secure
Apps like WhatsApp and Telegram may not always be able to keep files safe after they’ve been sent, even though they’re known...
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3.1KGoogle Is Looking Into the Source of Voice Data Leaks
This week, Google responded to a report from broadcaster VRT NWS, which revealed that contractors have access to Google Assistant’s voice recordings....
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2.2KNew Apple Mac Update Removes Vulnerable Zoom Component
Over four million users that work for 750,000 companies all over the globe use the Zoom software for video conferencing. It’s extremely...
