Twitter Collected and Shared iOS Location Data
Twitter on Monday, May 13, 2019, revealed that a bug in Twitter for iOS led to the micro-blogging platform inadvertently collecting location data and sharing it with a third-party.
San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Use by Police
A ban on facial recognition for law enforcement in San Francisco highlights growing public concerns about technology which is seeing stunning growth for an array of applications while provoking worries over privacy.
Wormable Windows RDS Vulnerability Poses Serious ICS Risk
A critical remote code execution vulnerability patched recently by Microsoft in Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) poses a serious risk to industrial environments, experts have warned.
Mozilla Bans Firefox Extensions Containing Obfuscated Code
Mozilla this week announced plans to update its Add-on Policy for Firefox, to ban extensions that contain obfuscated code
The change, which will enter into effect on June 10, 2019, is expected to allow the Internet organization to respond faster to reports of malicious extensions.
2020 Campaign Staffers Being Trained to Handle Cyber Threats
While candidates were focused on campaigning in 2016, Russians were carrying out a devastating cyber operation that changed the landscape of American politics, with aftershocks continuing well into Donald Trump’s presidency.
And it all started with the click of a tempting email and a typed-in password.
Whether presidential campaigns have learned from the cyberattacks is a critical question ahead as the 2020 election approaches. Preventing the attacks won’t be easy or cheap.