In late 2023, President Joe Biden approved Congress’ 2024 defense bill, allocating $886 billion for various purposes. Additionally, the bill discreetly extended a debated federal surveillance program.
While your fingerprint is traditionally considered a unique identifier, its reliability in safeguarding personal information is facing a new challenge. The latest iteration of the Chameleon Android malware is purportedly capable of circumventing fingerprint security measures, posing a threat to the confidentiality of your PIN.
Hackers gained unauthorized access to personal data from over a million individuals by exploiting a security flaw in a file transfer tool used by Welltok, the healthcare platform owned by Virgin Pulse.
The American company Vishay purchased a large semiconductor factory in Wales, known as the Newport Wafer Fab, for $177 million. Before this, the factory was owned by Nexperia, which bought it in 2021.
DNA testing and genealogy companies are making sure their users’ accounts are more secure by requiring them to use two-factor authentication.
Kaspersky researchers recently uncovered a cyber campaign named ‘TetrisPhantom’. This campaign specifically targets secure USB drives used by government bodies in the Asia-Pacific region. The attackers are trying to access encrypted data stored on these devices.
WhatsApp for Android introduces passwordless passkey feature, enabling users to unlock accounts using face, fingerprint, or pin security. Tested in beta, the feature offers 40% faster access and enhanced security, but an iOS version is not yet available.
Over a million data points from 23andMe accounts seem to have been compromised and surfaced on BreachForums. Although the full extent of this breach remains uncertain,
The UK’s data watchdog stated on Friday that Snapchat may not have adequately evaluated the privacy risks to children posed by its artificial intelligence chatbot.
Russian hacker (Wazawka) Matveev added that he has lost interest in ransomware, saying he has lost interest in it. While he confessed that he misses hacking, he also hinted that he might return to hacking in the future, he added a mysterious twist, “but no one will know about it.”
