The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Being Turned Against Big Oil
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How to Switch to Using Passkeys With Your Google Accounts
The future is passkeys, not passwords: Google accounts are the latest to make the switch, following similar moves by Apple and Microsoft over the last couple of years (with other smaller names also making the switch). It means more convenience and more security for your account, and no need to have to remember dozens…
How Montana’s TikTokers Are Fighting Back Against the State’s Ban
TikTokers in Montana are going to war against a new law banning the app across the state. They’re banding together and joining lawsuits against the state, accusing their elected officials of suppressing their speech and upending their livelihoods.
Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Is Trying to Save the Internet. It Wants Your Feedback, Please.
In 2022, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey left the company. One of his new projects, Bluesky, is a social media app that looks exactly like Twitter. The difference? Bluesky promises an unprecedented level of control over your scrolling experience. The goal, essentially, is to undo all of Dorsey’s self-described…
7 Times Elon Musk Said ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ About Remote Work
Twitter CEO Elon Musk slammed people who work from home in an interview this week and declared the practice was “morally wrong,” despite the fact that, as head of three companies, it is virtually impossible for him to be in three offices at once. He’s the quintessential remote CEO. Although Musk’s comments dominated…
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Understanding The Concept of Privacy By Design
By Danijela Obradovic, Lawyer at Roberts & Obradovic “Privacy by Design,” a concept first introduced by former Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian, is a comprehensive approach to privacy […]
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Meet ‘Jack’ from Romania! Mastermind Behind Golden Chickens Malware
The identity of the second threat actor behind the Golden Chickens malware has been uncovered courtesy of a fatal operational security blunder, cybersecurity firm eSentire said.
The individual in question, who lives in Bucharest, Romania, has been given the codename Jack. He is one of the two criminals operating an account on the Russian-language Exploit.in forum under the name “badbullzvenom,”
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The Data Challenge: How to Map Data in A Distributed World
By Dotan Nahum, Head of Developer-First Security at Check Point Software Technologies Here’s a quick-fire question: do you know where all your sensitive data is? As businesses of all sizes […]
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US CISA warns of a Samsung vulnerability under active exploitation
US CISA added the vulnerability CVE-2023-21492 flaw affecting Samsung devices to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. US CISA added the vulnerability CVE-2023-21492 vulnerability (CVSS score: 4.4) affecting Samsung devices to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The issue affects Samsung mobile devices running Android 11, 12, and 13, it is described as an insertion of sensitive […]
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Notorious Cyber Gang FIN7 Returns Cl0p Ransomware in New Wave of Attacks
The notorious cybercrime group known as FIN7 has been observed deploying Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware, marking the threat actor’s first ransomware campaign since late 2021.
Microsoft, which detected the activity in April 2023, is tracking the financially motivated actor under its new taxonomy Sangria Tempest.
“In these recent attacks, Sangria Tempest uses the PowerShell script POWERTRASH to load
Microsoft, which detected the activity in April 2023, is tracking the financially motivated actor under its new taxonomy Sangria Tempest.
“In these recent attacks, Sangria Tempest uses the PowerShell script POWERTRASH to load