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iOS 14 beta privacy feature exposes apps like TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit accessing user data

Apple might have just included a powerful tool that helps iPhone owners become more vigilant when it comes to matters related to privacy.

27 days ago

By John Diente

Apple IPhone IOS

COVID-19 scams could be targeting stimulus payments, according to IRS

The IRS would like to remind everyone that it will never communicate via social media, text message, phone calls, and email to discuss stimulus payments.

Jun 12, 2020

By John Diente

Nintendo account information of around 300,000 users are now with hackers

Among the information that was likely stolen by hackers were user's email addresses, country, nicknames, and date of birth.

Jun 11, 2020

By John Diente

Nintendo

Honda cyberattack halts plants in India, Brazil, Turkey

In total, the cyberattack affected 11 Honda plants -- including five in the US, according to local media reports.

Jun 10, 2020

By AFP News

India Brazil Turkey

US orders first shutdown of website over coronavirus fraud

More than 33,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus in the US, and 416 have died.

Mar 23, 2020

By AFP News

Donald Trump

Did Tim Cook just slam Facebook and Google? Apple CEO warns data being 'weaponised'

Cook's speech at international conference on data privacy appeared to one-up his tech rivals and show off his company's credentials in data privacy.

Oct 24, 2018

By Associated Press

European Union Google Facebook

China tech stocks Lenovo, ZTE tumble over Beijing spy plot to hack U.S. computer systems - report

Chinese spies might have used chips supplied by another company to hack into U.S. computer systems.

Oct 5, 2018

By Associated Press

Blockchain - the wonder weapon to defeat state-sponsored cyber hackers bent on chaos

Hackers from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are seen as a major national security by the U.S government.

Sep 26, 2018

By T. Richard Stroupe, Jr.

Financial crisis 2008: Five biggest risks of a new crash

Is the world "sleepwalking" into the next global financial crisis?

Sep 14, 2018

By Nafis Alam

Google tracks your movements, like it or not

Exclusive AP investigation reveals that even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking.

Aug 13, 2018

By Ryan Nakashima

Google

Verizon to end location data sales to brokers

Verizon is first major U.S. wireless carrier to step back from a business practice that has drawn criticism for endangering privacy.

Jun 19, 2018

By Associated Press

Facebook Data Crisis: What Comes Next After A Breach Of Trust

Why the humble PowerPoint presentation could be a portal to financial disaster

End users across the enterprise are being targeted because they are the new "weak link" by hackers.

May 16, 2018

By Paul Trulove

Facebook purges 200 rogue apps as data scandal grows

Facebook suspends apps pending 'thorough investigation' following the Cambridge Analytica revelations

May 14, 2018

By Associated Press

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg

GDPR: How to disappear completely

GDPR is a regulation that requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens

May 9, 2018

By Eric Schrock

Google and Facebook won't rule the world – if we don't buy their fantasies about big data

Anthropologists have long explored how inanimate objects and nonhuman entities - like "data" - can take on fantastic, fetishistic, or even magical properties.

May 3, 2018

By Alexander Taylor

Google Facebook

Cryptocurrency: This Is What Bitcoin Mining Looks Like

The threat of crypto-jacking: Why businesses must act now

With the value of crypto-currencies soaring in recent months, it's not hard to see why cyber-criminals have jumped on the bandwagon.

Apr 30, 2018

By Terrance DeJesus

US, UK say Russia targets internet hardware for espionage

U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies said the main targets include "government and private-sector organizations," as well as "critical infrastructure" providers.

Apr 17, 2018

By Associated Press