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WEB2 days ago · Russian election interference efforts have shifted to spreading “outlandish fake conspiracy theories” about the Harris-Walz campaign, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) warns. Breaking cybersecurity and information news, independent research, latest tech analysis and product reviews all produced by Cybernews in-house experts.
New FTC report slams social media firms for harmful data use
WEB1 hour ago · In a new staff report, the FTC accuses the companies of not “consistently prioritizing” users’ privacy. According to the agency, the firms also scoop up data en masse to power new AI tools and refuse to confront potential risks to kids. The sprawling 129-page report is based on responses to orders issued back in December 2020 to nine ...
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WEB1 day ago · TikTok and the US government face off for the first time in court to argue whether a US law forcing the Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest the short video app or be banned is unconstitutional. egal.f a three-judge panel – all in an attempt to block a US law that would ban the short video app unless its parent company, the Chinese-owned ByteDance, divests from the popular platform.
US passport agency gets a digital upgrade, promises faster …
WEB16 hours ago · The US Department of State’s new online passport renewal system is now fully available to the public as of September 18th. Issued under the department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, the DOS says the launch is a “significant step forward in ensuring that Americans can more easily access passport services.”.
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WEB2 days ago · 04 September 2024. Security chips produced by Infineon Technologies, a major secure element manufacturer spanning multiple product lines, have been found vulnerable to side-channel attacks. Researchers disclosed that YubiKey, a hardware authentication device popular among crypto enthusiasts, can be cloned. Read more.
FBI warns about China-controlled botnet affecting thousands of ...
WEB1 day ago · The FBI has warned that cyber actors linked to China have compromised over 260,000 internet-connected devices, mostly routers, to create a massive botnet. It’s used for malicious activities, such as distributed denial of service attacks, or as a proxy to conceal identities. According to the FBI advisory, the botnet has been active since mid ...
Iranian hackers lurking in Middle Eastern government and telecom ...
WEB3 hours ago · Previously, Check Point researchers shed light on another Iranian threat actor, Void Manticore, that specializes in the destructive phase of the attacks, delivering payloads to erase critical information and corrupt systems.. Mandiant identified the specialized tooling used by UNC1860. Malware controllers have a graphic user interface, suited to facilitate a hand-off to other threat groups.
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AT&T ordered to pay $13M settlement in latest setback for company
WEB2 days ago · In a press release on September 17th, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve an Enforcement Bureau investigation into the company’s “supply chain integrity” and “whether it failed to protect” the data of AT&T customers. …
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WEBWe put it to the test. by Ernestas Naprys. 03 September 2024. Cupertino's crown jewel from 2022, the iPhone 14 Pro, isn’t getting Apple Intelligence despite being only marginally slower than the flagship from 2023, benchmarks reveal. Apple’s choice to skimp on RAM in its devices seems to have come back to bite them.
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