Google's Threat Analysis Group has announced it is providing free USB security keys to a collection of politicians, activists and other high-risk individuals likely to be targeted by nation-state hackers.
Fraudsters stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 users in a Coinbase hack attributed to a multi-factor authentication flaw that allowed them to exploit the account recovery process.
Palo Alto Networks’ researchers discovered that 96% of cloud containers on public registries were prone to vulnerabilities and misconfigurations that could result in a supply chain attack.
An in-depth study from the University of Oxford has examined 24,000 Apple App Store and Google Play apps, and found that Apple's "walled garden" approach has not necessarily made a difference in terms of app privacy.
Social media and the internet advertising industry now almost entirely run on algorithmic decision-making models. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are advocating for a "right to explanation" to shed light on them.
Cloud security firm Ermetic found that vulnerable identities and misconfigured environments on most AWS accounts expose 90% of S3 buckets to potential ransomware attacks.
Proposed fruits of the Irish DPC's three-year investigation into Facebook's consent and transparency violations are GDPR fines that would amount to a maximum of about $36 million to $42 million, or what the company makes roughly every two hours.
The use of smart doorbells may be facing new restrictions in the UK, due to a recent court ruling that found an Amazon Ring doorbell pointed at a neighbor's property constituted an invasion of privacy.
While much of the rest of the world grapples with the level of access law enforcement should have to facial recognition technology, the Moscow Metro system has leapt ahead to using it as a form of fare payment.
Verizon Visible experienced an attack recently that saw customer accounts taken over and orders placed using stored payment information. Verizon has verified that the hacked accounts were compromised by a credential stuffing campaign.
