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Tag: Security
The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin
Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a […]
Resecurity says security breach was nothing more than hackers duped by a honeypot
A hacking group claiming to have breached the defenses of Resecurity and gained access to internal data was actually fooled […]
Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025
The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list. Credit: Aurich Lawson […]
Microsoft makes securing files faster with hardware-accelerated BitLocker
If you have use BitLocker to secure files within Windows 11, you will almost certainly have noticed something of a […]
Nissan confirms customer data was involved in Red Hat security breach
Back in September, US software firm Red Hat suffered a security breach. The incident was not acknowledged until October, but […]
US slaps a ban on foreign-made drones and components
Ever mindful of security, the US has announced a ban on new foreign-made drones and components key to their manufacture. […]
Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
Besides ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, the extensions harvest all conversations from Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok, and Meta AI. Koi said […]
SoundCloud warns of data breach with ‘limited data’ of a fifth of its users
Following a period of instability over the last few days, SoundCloud has confirmed a data breach by “a purported threat […]
Google is discontinuing its dark web report security tool
Google has suddenly – and quietly – announced that its dark web report is to be discontinued. Designed to scan […]
