noyb has leaked documents that show Facebook approached the EDPB with their concept of “user contracts” that sidestep GDPR rules for user consent after numerous receptive meetings with the Irish DPC.
The European Vulnerability Database was announced via press release on May 13, which indicated that the undertaking is already operational. Though the timing is likely coincidental to at least some degree, the announcement comes just weeks after the MITRE CVE database avoided defunding.
The FTC advisory tracks crypto scams up to May 2022, but the losses from 2021 alone represent a 60x increase from those recorded in 2018, and over 5x the 2020 numbers.
DeFi projects continue to be a popular target of attack for advanced hackers, as a number of finance pools associated with Curve were hit on July 31 for a total loss of about $61 million. The attack appears to have been the result of a vulnerability found in certain versions of the Vyper programming language.
Following closely on the heels of the introduction of new tools designed to provide safety enhancements to WhatsApp users, Meta has announced that it has taken 6.8 million scam accounts off the platform in the first half of 2025.
Xiaomi is accused of illicit data collection through their phones and apps that record and forward users’ usage tracking and web browser history to servers hosted by Alibaba.
Cyber espionage group is thought to have been in action since at least 2013, with a heavy focus on certain APAC countries and regions. The Chinese hackers also focuses in on political targets.
French luxury giant Dior suffered a cyber attack that resulted in a data breach in numerous countries after unauthorized individuals accessed its information systems.
The Montana TikTok ban is now facing a lawsuit from parent company ByteDance, on the basis of violation of Constitutional rights and assorted federal laws. The ban is not slated to take effect until January 2024, and legal challenges were expected in the interim.
Ransomware attackers have ambitiously expanded their operations in the past year. Innovation continues as the Ragnar Locker Team is using Facebook Ads to pressure victims into paying up.
