The wording of Google’s latest privacy policy update essentially declares that the entire internet is its domain to scrape for training its AI models and creation of its AI products, a position that is all but assured to generate legal challenges.
An Android tracking app sometimes used by parents and employers (along with more unsavory purposes) has been hacked. Data breach affects at least 13,000 devices, along with contact information for about 26,000 customers and location data points for about 13,400 people.
A surge in mobile threats continues to impact mobile-powered businesses, with 43% of all compromised devices fully exploited, marking a 187% year-over-year increase.
Taiwan hardware supplier’s data breach has been traced back to systems integrator Kinmax Technology, which lists a broad variety of tech industry titans as clients: Cisco, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft among them.
Officials have warned that the NHS patient data stolen in the University of Manchester cyber attack could become publicly available with potential ramifications. The incident impacted UoM, which holds patient information of 1.1 million patients across 200 hospitals.
The USPTO says that an API vulnerability was present between February 2020 and March 2023, causing a data leak of about 61,000 private residential addresses attached to patent filings.
Security researchers have discovered hundreds of federal network devices with exposed management interfaces violating the recently mandated CISA security requirements detailed in the Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-02.
Cyber attack on parent company Suncor Energy has disrupted the Petro-Canada's payment and loyalty reward systems. Petro-Canada has about 1,500 gas stations and is the second-largest chain of gas stations in the country.
In opposition to the proposed UK Online Safety Bill, Apple has issued a statement referring to encrypted messaging as being critical to privacy and online safety.
US military personnel were warned against turning on unsolicited smartwatches mailed to service members that auto-connect to Wi-Fi and smartphones, potentially collecting sensitive information.
