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EU urges online platforms to gird for new wave of COVID consumer scams
The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the...
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U.S. seizes over $1 billion in bitcoin tied to 'Silk Road'
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it had seized over $1 billion worth of bitcoin associated with the underground online...
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Gig workers to privacy laws: U.S. voters weigh in on tech issues
From drivers' rights to surveillance and election disinformation, the Nov. 3 U.S. election tested a number of digital rights issues. ...
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U.S. judge unsure if he has grounds to issue new TikTok injunction
A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he was uncertain if he had a legal basis to bar the U.S. Commerce...
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Twitter suspends fake Associated Press accounts that made bogus U.S. election calls
Twitter said on Wednesday it permanently suspended several accounts falsely claiming to be tied to the Associated Press after they...
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This Week in CyberNews: Maze retires, ransomware goes up, and Chrome's zero-days
Welcome to another episode of This Week in CyberNews. This week, we’’re discussing the Maze ransomware cartel retiring early, REvil...
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Twitter, Facebook suspend some accounts as U.S. election misinformation spreads online
Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday suspended several recently created and mostly right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the...
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‘Cybersecurity Made In Europe’ label goes live
11 European cybersecurity organizations started issuing the ‘Cybersecurity Made In Europe’ label to cybersecurity companies, primarily SMEs and start-ups. On...
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Folksam leak shares data of 1 million Swedes with tech giants
Sweden's largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the...
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Tougher new rules for tech giants, more power to enforcers: EU's Vestager
Tech giants will have to do more to weed out illegal and harmful content while online gatekeepers will be bound...
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This Week in CyberNews: Trump's double hack, Zoom's censorship, and Dubai's FR
Let's take a look back at the latest breaking news in cybersecurity and tech. This week, we’'re discussing Trump getting...
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Iran-linked actor targeted international security conference, Microsoft says
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it detected and worked to stop a series of cyberattacks from the threat actor Phosphorous...
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'Who the hell elected you?' U.S. Senate tech hearing becomes political showdown
A U.S. Senate hearing to reform an internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly...
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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs defended law protecting tech platforms before U.S. Senate panel
The chief executives of Twitter and Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday,...
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Trump says nobody gets hacked, gets hacked twice in one week
President Trump’s campaign website was briefly hacked on Tuesday morning, just a week after he claimed that “nobody gets hacked.”...
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Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in U.S. election
New Jersey tech entrepreneur Arun Bantval is U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden's top fake-news watchdog on messaging service WhatsApp. He...
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U.S. appeals court rejects immediate WeChat ban
A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a Justice Department request that it allow the government to immediately ban Apple...
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China launches crackdown on mobile web browser 'chaos'
China's top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a "rectification" of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address...
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Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden
Microsoft Corp, which has largely evaded Washington's scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative $10 billion government contract...
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Facebook launches dating service in Europe
Facebook is launching its dating service in 32 European countries after the rollout was delayed earlier this year due to...
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