Alexa bug allows hackers to access users' voice history, personal, and banking information. The vulnerability also allows hackers to install or uninstall Alexa skills on compromised accounts.
The UK has experienced a long string of disruptive cyber incidents, but the announcement of the cyber resilience bill cites attacks on managed service providers as a particular impetus for the overhaul of existing laws.
Unit 29155's actions since 2020 include cyber attacks on a number of federal agencies and critical infrastructure companies in a variety of countries. But the group seems to have switched most of its focus to Ukraine in the weeks prior to the 2022 military invasion.
A months-long data breach has exposed the personal information of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) workers.
Cyber attack on Toyota's electronics and plastic parts supplier Kojima Industries shut down 28 production lines across 14 plants in Japan, exposing production supply chain vulnerabilities.
The original version of Wordle, hosted by creator Josh Wardle on a self-hosted website, did not have any advertising or connection to ad tracking networks.
A statement of claim attached to mandatory court filings reveals that the ACMA will frame the Optus data breach as a case of negligence, asserting that the company failed to address an access control coding error that it had known about for some years.
The problem stems from developers failing to remove the Twitter API keys they use for authentication from the app before they release it to the public. This creates the possibility of account hijacking.
The Biden administration is examining the possible national security risks of having thousands of Chinese smart cars on US roadways. One possibility is that all of these cars could be remotely disabled at once, but there are also data privacy concerns.
Facebook terms of service, once obfuscated by complicated, legalistic language, is going to state clearly how they provide services free of charge to consumers in return for agreement to share their personal data with third parties and used for targeted advertising.
