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Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said.

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Of the things you thought of upon waking up this morning, we’re betting “solar stalking” wasn’t on the list. And yet, here we are. A solar stalker is someone who could hack the energy system of a home

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 359d · 0 comments

@Techcrunch recently discovered that scammers are impersonating the website’s reporters and event leads, using the TC’s reputation “to try to dupe unsuspecting business.” Rightly so, they’re

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Instagram’s map feature spurs user backlash over geolocation privacy concerns.

c/privacy · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 1 comments

AI startup Perplexity is crawling and scraping content from websites that don’t want to be scraped. And it’s not by accident, according to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. @Techcrunch has

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 2 comments

“Windows 11 is a mess for handhelds, and we've needed a solution for a long while now,” Isaiah Williams writes. Can Microsoft's Xbox PC app win him over? Read more @TechRadar:

c/PCGaming · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 1 comments

Tea app data leak worsens, as sensitive chats up until last week are exposed.

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 1 comments

Allianz Life says "majority" of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack.

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Tea, the app that allows women to post anonymously about men they’ve dated, announced Friday that 72,000 images – selfies, photo IDs and pics from posts, comments and DMs. It’s almost enough to make

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 6 comments

The world of cybersecurity is not immune to the effects of AI slop. “People across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about AI slop bug bounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Turns out vibe-coding — using AI tools to generate code rather than writing it yourself — doesn't always pay off. Jason Lemkin, an enterprise and software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture capitalist, was

c/programming · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 1 comments

India’s largest crypto exchange CoinDCX has confirmed that one of its operational accounts was compromised in a recent security breach. @Techcrunch has more, including the millions hackers reportedly

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Microsoft Sharepoint server vulnerability puts an estimated 10,000 organizations at risk.

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Can an “ethical” spyware company justify providing its tech to ICE, the U.S.’s immigration enforcement arm that has been carrying out large-scale raids across the country? @Techcrunch explores:

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 3 comments

Was the FBI’s “raw” Jeffrey Epstein prison video modified? @WIRED dives into the “ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.”

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Ransomware attack causes outage at Ingram Micro, a U.S. tech distribution and managed services company. Read about it from @Techcrunch:

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

A security flaw in a covert surveillance app exposed passwords for 62,000 users. @ArsTechnica has more:

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

A prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is targeting the transportation sector, including airlines, the FBI and cybersecurity firms say. Read about it @Techcrunch:

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Earlier this month, hackers stole an unknown amount of customer information from the US insurance company Aflac, @Techcrunch reports. Here’s more on the data breach, when it occurred and what type of

c/cybersecurity · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

Tech writer Tom Bedford has been using Android phones his whole life, but there are some features he’d really like the software to gain. He highlights these six for @TechRadar:

c/android · by TechDesk@flipboard.social · 1y · 0 comments

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Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said.

Of the things you thought of upon waking up this morning, we’re betting “solar stalking” wasn’t on the list. And yet, here we are. A solar stalker is someone who could hack the energy system of a home

@Techcrunch recently discovered that scammers are impersonating the website’s reporters and event leads, using the TC’s reputation “to try to dupe unsuspecting business.” Rightly so, they’re

Instagram’s map feature spurs user backlash over geolocation privacy concerns.

AI startup Perplexity is crawling and scraping content from websites that don’t want to be scraped. And it’s not by accident, according to internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. @Techcrunch has

“Windows 11 is a mess for handhelds, and we've needed a solution for a long while now,” Isaiah Williams writes. Can Microsoft's Xbox PC app win him over? Read more @TechRadar:

Tea app data leak worsens, as sensitive chats up until last week are exposed.

Allianz Life says "majority" of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack.

Tea, the app that allows women to post anonymously about men they’ve dated, announced Friday that 72,000 images – selfies, photo IDs and pics from posts, comments and DMs. It’s almost enough to make

The world of cybersecurity is not immune to the effects of AI slop. “People across the cybersecurity industry have raised concerns about AI slop bug bounty reports, meaning reports that claim to have

Turns out vibe-coding — using AI tools to generate code rather than writing it yourself — doesn't always pay off. Jason Lemkin, an enterprise and software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture capitalist, was

India’s largest crypto exchange CoinDCX has confirmed that one of its operational accounts was compromised in a recent security breach. @Techcrunch has more, including the millions hackers reportedly

Microsoft Sharepoint server vulnerability puts an estimated 10,000 organizations at risk.

Can an “ethical” spyware company justify providing its tech to ICE, the U.S.’s immigration enforcement arm that has been carrying out large-scale raids across the country? @Techcrunch explores:

Was the FBI’s “raw” Jeffrey Epstein prison video modified? @WIRED dives into the “ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death.”

Ransomware attack causes outage at Ingram Micro, a U.S. tech distribution and managed services company. Read about it from @Techcrunch:

A security flaw in a covert surveillance app exposed passwords for 62,000 users. @ArsTechnica has more:

A prolific hacking group known as Scattered Spider is targeting the transportation sector, including airlines, the FBI and cybersecurity firms say. Read about it @Techcrunch:

Earlier this month, hackers stole an unknown amount of customer information from the US insurance company Aflac, @Techcrunch reports. Here’s more on the data breach, when it occurred and what type of

Tech writer Tom Bedford has been using Android phones his whole life, but there are some features he’d really like the software to gain. He highlights these six for @TechRadar:

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