Indian government has cited national security as the reason for banning 59 Chinese apps, including popular apps such as TikTok, UC Browser and Clash of Kings.
Ransomware gangs regularly add new tactics and twists to their playbooks to increase pressure on victims. The latest development comes from the Ragnar Locker group, who are now threatening to publish sensitive information if the victim even makes contact with authorities.
The FCC’s historic overturning of the Obama-era Net Neutrality rules could have profound implications for the Open Internet. While there are potential censorship and service pricing implications of this move, what are the long-term impact on data privacy and cyber security?
The days of federal privacy laws coming to Silicon Valley may happen sooner than you think. In a much-publicized keynote speech given at the 40th ICDPPC in Brussels, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave his full-throated support for laws that would be at least as stringent as the EU GDPR.
Twitter has in recent years has begun periodically requiring phone number checks for "account security." What users have not always been aware of is that these items have been added in to Twitter's internal personalized advertising system.
Google appears to be limiting the web privacy powers of W3C Privacy Interest Group by being the only member to vote “No” in giving PING the ability to block new technical specification with negative implications.
Report finds that the vast majority of app developers are pushing vulnerable code, and that truly secure applications capable of repelling a determined attacker are few and far between.
It appears that for some, including the biggest names in tech, the possibility of pulling out of Europe over the new Schrems data transfer requirements is not entirely off the table.
Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente has disclosed a data breach stemming from online tracking that inadvertently shared with third-party advertisers how users interacted with and navigated through the website and mobile applications, and search terms used in the health encyclopedia patient information.
Data breach on Cash App Investing platform exposed customer information of 8.2 million users in the U.S. after a former employee downloaded customer reports.
