An alarming number of pre-installed Android apps are not included in Google Play which open the smartphone and tablet users to data exploitation by their device manufacturer.
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
In a malware attack on Bapco, hackers gained access to the network and loaded the data wiper into the central anti-virus software, from where it was distributed to all machines.
Facebook’s ban of deepfake videos appears to be a focus on the wrong threat as the technology has not shown to be advanced or user-friendly enough to create damaging "fake news”.
New report shows government agencies are regularly using cloud extraction tools as surveillance technology to analyze and extract private data from major cloud services.
Recently discovered TikTok's security flaws make it possible to spoof the source of SMS messages, alter people's feeds and accounts, and also access sensitive personal information via API calls.
Apple has introduced significant changes to the security and privacy features in iOS 13 which could cause users to ignore important prompts and use unsafe workarounds to get rid of them.
A new law was included in 2020 budget bill which requires any U.S. company providing cyber capabilities to first notify the State Department and obtain permission before selling to foreign governments.
Impact of cyber attacks on RavnAir has forced at least a dozen flights out of the air on a busy travel weekend in December and it seems that there may be more delayed and canceled flights into February.
Travelex experienced a malware attack which forced the company to take its website offline and suspend some services for at least two days, creating problems for travelers and business partners.
There is still an elevated threat of serious Iranian cyber attacks on US targets even as the potential for an all-out war seems to have simmered down for the moment as Iran is known to act through asymmetric warfare.
