Cyber attack on Norwegian media company Amedia halted the publication of printed newspapers and potentially compromised personal information of employees and subscribers.
In general, law enforcement does not have access to E22E messages sent via secure messaging apps. However, there is a workaround: message backups sitting in cloud storage services.
Report contends that the pandemic was used as an excuse to normalize various elements of mass surveillance, with some of these having no real impact on Covid-19 response at all.
Tiandy, one of the largest firms in the video surveillance field, has a relationship with Iran. It is known for its ethically questionable product line, which includes "smart tables" designed to accompany Chinese torture chairs.
Fraudsters stole at least S$8.5 million from OCBC Bank customers through fake SMS impersonating the bank. OCBC warned of increased phishing scams in December 2021.
Positive Technologies found that cybercriminals can penetrate 93% of company networks, disrupt processes and services, steal funds and data, while insiders can breach 100% of networks.
Ethereum DeFi system Polygon has announced that it patched a critical vulnerability that stood to put some $24 billion of its MATIC coins at risk. The company kept the issue quiet for weeks as it worked to patch it out.
Proposed CBDC from India's central bank, which could get a test run in 2022, has some concerned about the implications for privacy. The "digital rupee" pilot could launch as early as April.
ReasonLabs researchers warned that a 'Spider-Man: No Way Home’ illegal download was a torrent malware containing a persistent Monero crypto miner.
Recent amendment to India's election laws enables the government to link the Aadhar national identification system to voter rolls, raising worries that voter ID may be used for privacy invasion.
