Facebook Fined €1.2 Billion for Transferring EU User Data to the US
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a record-breaking fine of €1,200,000 on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, for GDPR …
Privacy and Security News
Hackers Can Retrieve Master Passwords from KeePass Memory
KeePass, a widely-used open-source password manager, saves user input in retrievable memory strings, including master passwords that protect the …
Flaw in Telegram Gives Attackers Access to macOS Camera
A Google security engineer has revealed that the Telegram application on macOS suffers from a vulnerability that could be exploited to gain …
Brightly Discloses Data Breach Impacting Almost 3 Million Clients
Brightly Software has informed users of the SchoolDude app that hackers have gained access to its user database and stole sensitive information. …
Twitter Finally Brings End-to-End Encryption on Direct Messages
Twitter introduced a new layer of privacy and security on user communications, named Encrypted Direct Messages. This new feature is Twitter’s …
TunnelBear Adds ECH Support on Android App to Beat Censorship
The TunnelBear team has announced the support of the ECH (Encrypted Client Hello) protocol in their Android app to empower the tool’s censorship …
CyberGhost VPN for Windows Vulnerable to Command Injection
The Windows client of CyberGhost VPN older than version 8.3.10.10015 is vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to perform command line …
The Metropolitan Opera Admits Data Breach After Snatch Extortion
The Metropolitan Opera (Met) has admitted that threat actors have stolen the financial and personal details of thousands of employees and visitors, …
Apple and Google Propose Specification to Stop Bluetooth Tracking
Google and Apple have jointly submitted a proposed industry specification to prevent the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unwanted …
Google Authenticator’s Cloud Sync Security Not Up to the Task
Security researchers warn users of Google Authenticator not to turn on the cloud sync feature that Google made available to Android and iOS users …
Qualcomm Denies Unlawful User Location Data Collection on Phones
Qualcomm has denied the allegations about collecting the personal data of Android phone users illegally and without acquiring user consent. The …
Trojanized Psiphon App Infects Android Phones with Ransomware
A trojanized version of the Psiphon application for Android has been circulating online, stealing data from breached devices and deploying a …
Mullvad VPN Says Customer Data Is Safe Following Police Raid
Mullvad VPN has informed its users that the Swedish Police raided its office with a search warrant, but the company told them it hosts no user data. …
Optimizations in WireGuard Achieve Record 10Gbit/sec Throughput Speed
WireGuard expert Tailscale has achieved a breakthrough in the performance of WireGuard-based VPNs, resulting in significant improvements in …
Kodi Informs Forum Users of Data Breach Impacting Credentials
Media streaming software vendor Kodi has informed its forum users that hackers using the account of an inactive administrator have exfiltrated user …