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Study: nearly 60% of Google searches end with zero clicks
The majority of Google searches end without users actually clicking on results and exploring whatever they were looking for further, a new study has shown.
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Meta's most banned word gets a reprieve from oversight board
Meta has agreed to lift a years-long ban on the Arabic word "shaheed," after the platform's Oversight Board claimed the company was censoring millions of people.
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Arise platforms fined $7M for deceiving online gig workers
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $7 million action Tuesday taken against the remote customer service platform Arise Virtual Holdings for misleading potential workers about the amount of money they could make on its platform.
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RansomedVC-linked hacker arrested in Bulgaria
Teodor Vanev Iliev was arrested in Bulgaria‘s capital Sofia, over the hacking of multiple state institutions. Cybersecurity experts previously linked the hacker with a cybergang that claimed to have breached Sony, RansomedVC.
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Affirm payment customers compromised in Evolve Bank hack
US fintech Affirm announced on Monday that its customer's information may have been exposed in last week’s cybersecurity attack on Evolve Bank and Trust.
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Croatia’s largest hospital KBC-Zagreb claimed by LockBit
The University Hospital Centre in Zagreb, Croatia has been claimed by the LockBit ransomware group, barely a week after the healthcare organization announced it was hit by a cyberattack last Thursday.
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Google posts new disclosure policy for digitally altered election ads
Google announces updated disclosure requirements on Monday for advertisers using ‘synthetic or digitally altered’ content for all online political ad campaigns.
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Truist Bank sued over data breach
Two federal class action lawsuits have been filed against Truist Bank over a cyberattack in October that exposed some clients’ personal information.
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Airplane WiFi clone used to steal passengers’ data
A West Australian man is suspected of using his hand luggage to mimic legitimate networks in an attempt to steal travelers’ personal details.
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HSBC, Nationwide, Virgin Money hit by online banking outage
Thousands of customers of HSBC, Nationwide, and Virgin Money suffered outages to their online banking services on Friday leaving many frustrated mobile app users without funds at the beginning of a summer weekend.
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Shoezone UK retail chain discloses cyberattack, data compromised
Shoezone, a popular discount footwear chain with hundreds of locations across the UK, filed a cyber breach notice with the London Stock Exchange on Thursday.
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Korean internet provider infects users with malware stopping torrent use
In a bizarre attempt to fight online piracy, KT, the major telecommunications network operator in South Korea, hacked 600,000 of its customers’ devices and infected them with malware. The planted code was supposed to interfere with BitTorrent traffic.
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Russian satellite breaks up in space, ISS astronauts forced to shelter
A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, US space agencies said.
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Evolve data breach dispels LockBit's Federal Reserve ransom leak
Evolve Bank & Trust admits to a data breach after sensitive information was leaked online by the notorious LockBit criminal group – putting a wrench in the gang’s earlier claims that the data was stolen from the US Federal Reserve.
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Interpol seizes millions in global crackdown against scammers
Nearly 7,000 bank accounts were frozen, and assets totaling $257 million were seized during a global police operation against online scam networks. The coordinated strike hit 61 countries.
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Devs favor C/C++ in critical open-source software, raising security concerns
About half of 172 critical open-source projects are written using languages that do not automatically protect against memory errors, such as C/C++, cybersecurity authorities warn and encourage to choose safer alternatives, such as Rust.
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US indicts Russian for cyberattacks meant to destroy Ukraine before invasion
A Russian national – whose father is also wanted by the feds for a different crime – was indicted by a US grand jury for launching multiple WisperGate malware attacks against the Ukrainian government at least a month before the Russian invasion.
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Musk's SpaceX to destroy Space Station by 2030
NASA on Wednesday announced it has selected Elon Musk’s SpaceX to “develop and deliver” a specialized spacecraft that will safely deorbit the International Space Station scheduled for 2030.
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US Better Business Bureau consumer watchdog listed by ransom gang
The US Better Business Bureau (BBB), an independent organization that protects consumers from unfair business practices in all 50 states and Canada, has been claimed by the BianLian ransomware group.
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Swallow the robot: tiny camera might eliminate need for hated endoscopy
We’re all scared of an upper endoscopy, a tube’s truly uncomfortable journey inside our bodies. Now, a tiny robotic camera has been invented to eliminate the need for such invasive procedures.
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