Employee monitoring app exposes users, leaks 21+ million screenshots
Unfortunately, spyware apps with poor reputations and even weaker security practices are all too common. I’ve lost count of how many blogs I’ve written about…
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AI is getting “creepy good” at geo-guessing
If you are worried about revealing your exact location—or if you maybe even fib about it at times—there are some good reasons to worry about…
Zoom attack tricks victims into allowing remote access to install malware and steal money
Be careful when talking to people you’ve not met with before over the Zoom video conferencing system; you might get more than you bargained for.…
4.7 million customers’ data accidentally leaked to Google by Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California leaked the personal data of 4.7 million people to Google after a Google Analytics misconfiguration. The tech giant may have used…
Android malware turns phones into malicious tap-to-pay machines
Got an Android phone? Got a tap-to-pay card? Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime –…
Shopify faces privacy lawsuit for collecting customer data
Shopify faces a data privacy class action lawsuit in the US that could change the way globally active companies can be held accountable. The proposed…
All Gmail users at risk from clever replay attack
Cybercriminals are abusing Google’s infrastructure, creating emails that appear to come from Google in order to persuade people into handing over their Google account credentials.…
Did DOGE “breach” Americans’ data? (Lock and Code S06E08)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… If you don’t know about the newly created US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), there’s a strong…
Text scams grow to steal hundreds of millions of dollars
Text scams alone cost US citizens at least $470 million in 2024, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Because many…
Text scams grow to steal hundreds of millions of dollars
Text scams alone cost US citizens at least $470 million in 2024, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Because many…
Apple patches security vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!
Apple has released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities which are reported to already have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated…
Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated
If you sometimes feel that the internet isn’t the same vibrant place it used to be, you’re not alone. New research suggests that most of…