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Amazon’s Web Services outage affects major sites and smart home devices
Amazon Web Services suffered from a massive outage on Tuesday, blocking users from accessing a huge variety of sites and...
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Russia ratchets up internet crackdown with block of privacy service Tor
Russia stepped up state oversight of internet activity on Wednesday by blocking the website of privacy service Tor, with the...
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Google takes action to disrupt sophisticated Glupteba botnet
Glupteba targets Windows machines and protects itself using blockchain technology. According to Google, the Glupteba botnet currently involves approximately one...
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Russia fines Google over content, bigger penalty looms
Russia fined Alphabet's Google 9 million roubles ($121,000), a Moscow court said on Tuesday, in the latest in a string...
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NSO Group's spyware used to hack US State Department iPhones
Troubles mount for the recently sanctioned Israeli-based NSO Group as new software use cases against US personnel come to light....
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Over 50,000 European business users exposed in a data leak
Buyer names, delivery addresses, ordered items, and other sensitive information exposed in over 300,00 leaked records.Security researchers at Safety Detectives...
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A glitch in the Revolut banking app sparked fears of a hack
Users complained their in-app profile picture changed to one showing a random person, causing speculations over a hacking attempt.Numerous social...
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Data of 400,000 patients stolen in Planned Parenthood LA chapter hack
The Los Angeles chapter of Planned Parenthood (PPLA) issued a data breach notification Wednesday saying that attackers exfiltrated a treasure...
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Fake Apple and Amazon invoices are flooding inboxes
As holiday shopping hits underway, fake invoices are flooding inboxes worldwide. After getting a high-dollar invoice, users panic and are...
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Twitter bans sharing people’s private photos, videos without consent
The social media platform says it will remove private images and videos tweeted by users if reported by the person...
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Got a job without an interview? It’s probably a scam
No matter how good you are at what you do, be suspicious if someone offers you a job without conducting...
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UK regulator set to block Meta's Giphy deal
The UK competition regulator is expected to block Meta Platforms' acquisition of online GIF platform Giphy in the coming days,...
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Android spyware pretends to be Google to avoid detection and removal
Android spyware disguises itself as Google Play, Youtube, Google, or a VOIP calling app Botim and is almost impossible to...
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Over 9 million Android devices infected with new trojan from Huawei's app store
Security researchers found dozens of games on Huawei’s AppGallery store infected with the Android.Cynos.7.origin trojan, which is designed to collect...
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Kremlin orders 13 foreign tech companies to open offices in Russia by 2022
Russia has ordered 13 tech companies, including Google, Meta, TikTok, and Apple, to be represented on Russian soil by the...
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GoDaddy security breach exposes 1.2 million WordPress users' data
Web registrar and hosting company GoDaddy submitted a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, revealing that...
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Shares drop as wind turbine maker grapples with a cyber attack
Wind turbine maker Vestas on Monday said the cyber attack it reported at the weekend has affected parts of its...
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Scalper bots target everything you dream of for Christmas and make it impossible to buy
With Black Friday and Christmas just around the corner, some things will be close to impossible to buy as scalper...
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Iranian hackers sought to undermine faith in the US presidential election
In New York, two Iranian nationals were charged for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American...
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Netflix and phish? Scammers target movie streamers
With over 1 billion streaming service subscribers, scammers are in no shortage of potential victims.With movie theaters closed for most...
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