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Resources to stay safe and secure online
Meta has announced the introduction of end-to-end encryption on the Facebook website, and the Messenger app to enhance the privacy of user communication for one-to-one messages and voice calls across …
A new threat for iPhone users has emerged involving fake keyboards that look exactly like Apple’s default iOS keyboard and log everything typed on the device across all applications. The logged data, …
23andMe has confirmed that the security incident in October 2023 directly impacted 14,000 users and indirectly exposed the sensitive data of another 6.9 million profiles. 23andMe is an American …
Staples had to take some of its order processing and product delivery systems offline to protect its network and its customer data from an unnamed “cybersecurity risk.” Staples is an office supply …
LY Corporation, the operator of the LINE secure messenger, has disclosed a massive data breach caused by a malware attack on service provider NAVER Cloud. LINE is a popular communication platform with …
Threat actors have claimed a data breach against multinational tech giant General Electric, leading to accessing confidential information relating to the U.S. government defense R&D agency DARPA. …
Troves of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) data used in digital advertising are now systematically abused by spyware makers to track billions of people worldwide. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) …
Nothing Chats, a messaging service that promised to give users of Nothing phones the ability to chat with their friends over iMessage as if they would do from an iPhone device, has been removed from …
Signal says it spends tens of millions of USD yearly to provide a reliable and secure communications platform to users who value their privacy. A post by president Meredith Whittaker and engineer …
The Russian state has added the ‘Shadowsocks’ to its list of blocked internet services, essentially banning the protocol that many users in the country relied on for bypassing blocks and censorship. …
Tuta has issued a statement that refutes claims by a former police officer that it operated as a “storefront” for intelligence gathering, calling the allegations false. Tuta (formerly …
Signal is testing the displaying of Usernames instead of phone numbers to protect people’s privacy while using the popular end-to-end encrypted messenger app. Privacy advocates, including this …
A threat actor claims to have hacked Consolidated Edison (ConEdison), stealing a dataset comprising 500,000 records that expose sensitive information on customers and contractors. ConEdison is a New …
Update: Cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt examined the data in this leak and found it to contain a mix of authentic scraped data from LinkedIn users and email addresses constructed from …
The LockBit ransomware gang has added Shimano to its extortion site on the dark web, claiming an attack against the Japanese firm. Shimano is a multinational cycling components, fishing, and rowing …
The British Library has been the target of a cyberattack that has rendered various online services unavailable to the public for three days. The British Library is the UK’s national library based in …
Apple announced plans to introduce a security-enhancing feature on the iMessage called ‘Contact Key Verification.’ This new feature promises to make the app more resistant to man-in-the-middle attacks …
The aerospace and defense industry giant Boeing confirmed to RestorePrivacy that it is assessing claims about a cybersecurity incident by LockBit ransomware group. The Boeing Company, a highly …
