Class action data privacy lawsuit claims that Google app tracking continues to record user activity on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps despite users applying the recommended settings.
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Alicia Hope has been a journalist for more than 5 years, reporting on technology, cyber security and data privacy news.
Recently Discovered SAP Bug Allows Anybody Without Technical Knowledge to Hack Business Applications
SAP bug allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain unrestricted access to SAP systems without a username or password to create new privileged users or shut down the entire system.
Home security cameras upload data when motion is detected, creating a predictable pattern that increases privacy risks by allowing third parties to know when someone was present at home without the need to watch the footage.
Study showed that most popular home routers contain known vulnerabilities in their firmware, with no security updates over the last 12 months for 46 out of 172 router models.
Stolen passwords from over 100,000 data breaches circulating on the dark web has reached 15 billion, a number that has risen by 300% within the last two years.
Critical TCP/IP security flaw in a widely used software library affects hundreds of millions of IoT devices connected to the internet, including products from HP, Intel and many others.
Researchers attribute the sharp rise in DDoS attacks to malicious efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic when most consumers became dependent on online services while workers started working from home.
Computer security researchers uncovered a macOS ransomware that exclusively targets computers running the operating system, exploiting macOS users’ false sense of security.
Study found cyber losses stemming from cyber threats had grown almost six-fold, and firms are stepping up their cyber security spending by 39% to keep up with the increasing cyber attacks.
Business users' billing information was inadvertently stored in the browser's cache, making it possible for the exposed data to be accessed by users who share computers.
