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Google's security research unit, Project Zero, has raised concerns about a series of vulnerabilities discovered in Samsung chips used in multiple Android models, wearables, and vehicles.
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After the Information Commissioner's Office announced that it has tentatively determined that TikTok violated the UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020 by failing to handle the personal data of minor children, the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok may be subject to a $29 million fine.
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Microsoft's cybersecurity team said Wednesday that hundreds of millions of TikTok users could have their accounts taken over because of a 'high severity' security flaw in the Android app.
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The US Commerce Department says it will “vigorously defend” a recently blocked executive order from President Trump which would effectively ban TikTok in the United States.
A federal judge
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TikTok got yet another reprieve on Friday after a federal judge blocked a Trump administration ban which would have effectively shut down the Chinese-owned app in the US on Nov. 12.
The Pennsylvania
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Twitter is beefing up its security ahead of November’s US presidential election — a bid to avoid another debacle like the bitcoin scam earlier this year, which saw the accounts of Joe Biden and Barack Obama get hijacked by hackers. “As we learn from the experience of past security incidents and implement changes, we’re also …
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company’s Nevada factory was the target of a foiled cyberattack allegedly plotted by a Russian national. Musk confirmed a news report identifying Tesla as the company targeted by Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, who tried to pay an employee $1 million to install malware on the electric-car maker’s computer network, according …
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The leader of the cybercrime gang linked to Garmin’s massive service outage is a big-spending playboy hacker with an affinity for sports cars and alleged ties to the Russian government. Maksim Yakubets is the alleged ringleader of Evil Corp., the hacker group that reportedly claimed the smartwatch maker as its latest victim last week. The …
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More than a thousand Twitter employees had access to the tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others during a massive security breach last week. The hack, which Twitter over the weekend said was made possible when the attackers “manipulated a small number of …
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Illicit merchants are selling personal data for thousands of Instacart users on the dark web at bargain-bin prices, a new report says. Information for as many as 278,531 of the grocery delivery service’s accounts — including names, order histories, email addresses and partial credit card numbers — was on sale in two dark web stores …
Google's security research unit, Project Zero, has raised concerns about a series of vulnerabilities discovered in Samsung chips used in multiple Android models, wearables, and vehicles.
