ZDNet The Internet of Secure Things Alliance, an IoT security certification body (a.k.a. ioXt), has launched a new security certification for mobile apps and VPNs. The new ioXt compliance program includes a ‘mobile application profile’ …
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ZDNet Two of the nations held up as exemplars of how to fight COVID were Taiwan and New Zealand, but the approaches were very different: One has locked down parts of its population multiple times, …
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ZDNet Apple has released an emergency update to patch a serious vulnerability (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212258) found in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. The patches are iOS 14.4.2, iPadOS 14.4.2, and watchOS 7.3.3, respectively. The vulnerability, discovered by Google’s …
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ZDNet Brazil is a world leader in phishing attacks, with one in five Internet users in the country targeted at least once in 2020, according to research. According to the report on phishing by cybersecurity …
ZDNet Facebook said it has disrupted a network of hackers tied to China who were attempting to distribute malware via malicious links shared under fake personas. The social network’s cyber espionage investigations team has taken …
ZDNet The founder of ProtonVPN, Andy Yen, has jumped onto a soapbox to lambaste Apple over a decision to block an update of the app over its description. Whether it is challenging governments, educating the …
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ZDNet Australia’s contentious encryption laws were used 11 times between 1 July 2019 and June 30 2020, by three of the nation’s law enforcement bodies. Revealed in the Department of Home Affairs’ latest Telecommunications (Interception And Access) Act …
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ZDNet Confidential computing, quantum safe cryptography, and fully homomorphic encryption are set to change the future of data privacy as they make their way from a hypothesis to viable commercial applications. On Thursday, IBM Research …
ZDNet Members of the Egregor ransomware cartel have been arrested this week in Ukraine, French radio station France Inter reported on Friday, citing law enforcement sources. The arrests, which have not been formally announced, are …
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ZDNet Russian search engine and email provider Yandex said today that it caught one of its employees selling access to user email accounts for personal gains. The company, which did not disclose the employee’s name, …
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ZDNet Cyber criminals are constantly adapting techniques to distribute phishing emails, but simply having your email address or other personal details exposed in a data breach makes you five times more likely to be targeted. …
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ZDNet In the aftermath of the Oldsmar incident, where an unidentified attacker gained access to a water treatment plant’s network and modified chemical dosages to dangerous levels, the FBI has sent out an alert on Tuesday, …
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