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Safety and Security
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2.9KTwitter Apologizes To Clients For Business Data Breach
Twitter has issued an apology to its business clients acknowledging that personal information may have been compromised, the BBC reported. “We’re very...
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1.8KFormer eBay PR Chief Reportedly Involved In Harassment Campaign
A former eBay communications chief and veteran public relations executive was involved in a campaign to cyberstalk and harass a Massachusetts couple...
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1.5KFormer eBay Employees Charged In Cyberstalking Newsletter Publishers
Six former eBay employees have been charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who publish a newsletter that company executives viewed as critical...
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2.8KTikTok’s Data Privacy Policies Draw Eyes Of EU Authorities
TikTok, the popular Chinese short-form mobile video app, is facing more scrutiny over its privacy policies, Bloomberg reported. The EU’s investigative unit...
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4.4KWhy ‘Privacy By Design’ Is Mobile Apps’ Next Big Thing
After some three months of keeping consumers at home, governments around the world are beginning to let people publicly mix again —...
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3.5KBoA Experiences Potential PPP Application Data Breach
Bank of America notified principal owners of a potential data breach after the bank uploaded the loan applications of some customers to...
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2.3KIntraEdge Rolls Out Temperature-Checking Kiosks For Businesses
To help businesses safely resume their operations, IntraEdge has rolled out its Janus “privacy-first” self-check temperature kiosks, according to an announcement. The technology...
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5.7KFTC To Probe What User Info Zoom Collects
The Federal Trade Commission may be looking into privacy concerns surrounding online video call software Zoom, Chairman Joseph Simons revealed. Zoom has...
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3.6KGamblers Descend On Reopened S. Dakota Casinos
Casinos in Deadwood, South Dakota are opening up again, complete with pictures of enthusiastic gamers clad in masks as they crowd around...
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2.2KArmor-Plating Personally Identifiable Information
An unprecedented deluge of personally identifiable information (PII) is right now coursing between government agencies, financial institutions (FIs), individuals and business owners,...
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4.7KMarriott Data Breach Exposed Data Of 5.2M Guests
Marriott International experienced a massive data breach in an “incident” that involved a property system. The hotel firm said in a notice...
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27.3KDHS Postpones REAL ID Enforcement Deadline Until 2021
The Department Of Homeland Security (DHS) is lengthening the enforcement deadline for REAL ID because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...
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4.9KPrincess Cruises Discloses Possible Data Breach
Princess Cruises disclosed a potential data breach in a notice posted on its website. The travel company said that from April 11...
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5.4KAmazon Covertly Working On Cold Vaccine
Amazon has been secretly working for years to cure the common cold with an initiative called “Project Gesundheit,” according to a report...
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10.3KWorld Health Organization Cautions Against Cash Usage
The World Health Organization (WHO) is advising people to not use paper tender and to use as many cashless options as possible...
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3.1KCongress Closes $8B Deal To Fight COVID-19
Congress reached a deal on Wednesday (March 4) for an $8.3 billion bipartisan emergency funding package to fight the Coronavirus, according to...
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1.7KVP Pence To Meet With Airline Execs On Gathering Data To Fight Coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with airline CEOs and an airline industry trade group on Wednesday (March 5) over Coronavirus concerns...
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2.4KProposed US Law Could Hamper End-To-End Encryption
With a bill that seeks to tackle the distribution of child abuse material, U.S. legislation will reportedly be introduced in the weeks...
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3.3KThe Cost Of Love: FTC Data Shows Over $200M Lost To Romance Scams In 2019
Consumers reported losing $201 million to romance scams last year — an almost 40 percent increase since 2018 per new U.S. Federal...
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2.4KConsumers’ Appetite For Home DNA Testing Wanes Amid Privacy Concerns
The busy business of home DNA facing its first major test, as consumer demand for the products is beginning to dim. The issue...
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3.8KGoogle Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs
Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs...
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4.3KFed Study: Wholesale Payments Vulnerable In Bank Cyberattack
A pre-mortem analysis sounds … ominous. Mortem, after all, is Latin for “dead.” And the term is attached to a report from the...
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2.6KGoogle Chrome To Eliminate Third-Party Cookies In Privacy Push
After bans brought about by Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple, Google also is seeking to make so-called third-party cookies “obsolete.” Cross-website cookies have...
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10.2KTesla Invites Hackers To Compete For $1M In Cash And Prizes
To challenge hackers to find flaws in its vehicles, Tesla, the electric automaker, is returning to the Pwn2Own hacking competition run by...
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3.2KCyberexperts Flag Danger Of Deepfakes At House Hearing
Researchers have reported concerns about the timely importance of addressing deep fakes and other types of digital deception amid the backdrop of...
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4.3KChinese Hacking Attacks Take Down 2FA
In a recent series of attacks, security researchers claim they have found indications that a hacking group linked to the Chinese government...
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2.8KTikTok CEO Headed To Washington To Discuss App Security Concerns
As suspicions surrounding the app’s ties to China continue to increase, TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with legislators in Washington, D.C....
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9.9KPCI Issues New Requirements For Tap-And-Go Payments
The PCI Security Standards Council has issued a new data security standard that will allow vendors to provide merchants with tap-and-go payment...
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3.6KEU Warns Of Legal Risks With 5G Supplier Contracts
Ahead of a meeting of European ministers, a European Union (EU) document noted that governments in the bloc should mull the broader...
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4.6KRansomware Attack Cripples Some Billtrust Systems
As it recovers from a ransomware attack that started last week, business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is in its last stages of putting...
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3.6KSecurity Research Firm Finds Vulnerability In Vatican’s ‘eRosary’
A major security flaw has been discovered in the Vatican’s eRosary smart device. Last week, the Vatican announced the launch of its...
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2.9KTwitter May Have Mistakenly Used Users’ Data For Advertising
Twitter has revealed that some user data might have been used for advertising purposes. “We recently discovered that when you provided an...
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2.4KHunt Continues For Missing Ex-Danske Bank Exec
Aivar Rehe, the 56-year-old former executive of Danske Bank who was in charge during a 200 billion euro money laundering operation that...
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2.8KLloyds To Launch Support Team To Fight Financial Abuse
British financial institution Lloyds Bank is putting together a team to fight domestic financial abuse by offering help to victims, according to...
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3.8KPrivacy Concerns Spark Fresh Moves In Digital World
The push to offer more online privacy to increasingly concerned consumers continues. This time, it’s a move from Google, but it’s unclear...
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6.3KChatbot Company Sued By Delta Over Data Breach
Delta Airlines Inc. has filed a lawsuit against a firm that powered a chatbot on its website. The lawsuit alleges that [24]7.ai...
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6.3KWhy Trust Is The Super Glue To Making Cross-Border Payments Work
Trust is important for all of payment, commerce and financial services – it is more or less the glue that holds transactions...
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2.5KConsumer Watchdog Warns Against Elder Financial Abuse
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is urging financial institutions to report any suspicions they may have about financial exploitation of elderly...
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5.0KResearchers Find Over 2 Billion Records Exposed In Orvibo Data Breach
In a reported leak of billions of user records in a smart home data breach, researchers have found that a database that...
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4.5K7M Venmo Transactions Scraped To Warn Users
A computer science student scraped seven million Venmo transactions to warn users that their public activity can still be stolen. Dan Salmon...
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4.4KGAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing
After the massive Equifax data breach, a federal watchdog is warning the government against relying on credit agencies to verify the identifies...
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2.7KAlexa Users Can Now Delete Voice Recordings
Amazon announced on Wednesday (May 29) an easier way for users to delete voice recordings on all Alexa-enabled devices, responding to the...
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2.5KFacebook’s Sandberg Says No To Breakup
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has pushed back against the idea that Facebook is too big and should be broken up,...
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3.6KCIA Takes To Instagram
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is getting ready to launch its own Instagram account. Director Gina Haspel revealed the news last week...
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5.7KRing Patches Doorbell Vulnerability That Allowed Eavesdropping
Researchers discovered a vulnerability in the Ring doorbell that could allow hackers to send fake images into the video feed, or even eavesdrop on...
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4.3KUber Fixes Bug That Reveals Client Secrets
After becoming aware of a bug on its back-end systems, Uber repaired a vulnerability that provided access to secret developer tokens. A...
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5.4KState Bank Of India Exposes Financial Data Of Millions
State Bank of India, India’s biggest bank, was forced to patch a server that was unsecured, providing anyone with access to customers’...
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4.1KApple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
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7.1KCheck Point Finds Flaws In Fortnite’s Single Sign-On System
Through a series of vulnerabilities in the technology of the Fortnite game, an attacker could have been able to gain control of...
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9.2KRBI Releases Guidelines For Electronic Card Payments
The Reserve Bank of India has released guidelines for what it calls the “tokenization” of debit and credit card transactions, according to...
