Google Calls Out Safari for Privacy Flaws
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000
Facial recognition, iCloud encryption, and the rest of this week’s top security news.
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The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer Than Ever to Midnight
Credit to Author: Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000
Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.
Read MoreScraping the Web Is a Powerful Tool. Clearview AI Abused It
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000
The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?
Read MoreGoogle and Microsoft have gone too far
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:55:00 -0800
Google and Microsoft are using dark pattern design to trick or force users to do things they never intended. Is it time to switch to more ethical search engines? (We list 10 alternatives.)
Read MoreGet the January 2020 Patch Tuesday patches installed
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:27:00 -0800
This month has seen a whole lotta hand waving and sky-is-falling-caliber rhetoric, but the reality is much more prosaic. If you aren’t running a major network (and thus aren’t susceptible to the imminent problems with Remote Desktop Gateway, the Citrix network bugs or the whopping 334 patches in Oracle), there’s been little reason to install this month’s updates.
Patreon Can’t Solve Its Porn Pirate Problem
Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:18:04 +0000
Two years ago, Patreon promised to crack down on piracy site Yiff.Party. Now it says its hands are tied.
Read MoreInside Pwn2Own’s High-Stakes Industrial Hacking Contest
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:35:19 +0000
At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants.
Read MoreThis Week in Security News: Trend Micro Creates Factory Honeypot to Trap Malicious Attackers and Microsoft Leaves 250M Customer Service Records Open to the Web
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:18:05 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, dive into a research study that explores the risks associated with common cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a factory setting. Also, read about how misconfigured Microsoft cloud databases containing…
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