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FTC bars X-Mode from selling phone location data and orders company to delete data collected
The US Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first…
Fujitsu, grappling with UK Post scandal, continues to collect billions from government deals
Japanese technology giant Fujitsu is facing increasing pressure from UK political parties over its role in a scandal that has seen hundreds of post office owners…
Texas-based healthcare provider HMG Healthcare says hackers stole unencrypted patient data
Texas-based care provider HMG Healthcare has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of residents and employees, but says it was unable to determine what types…
Framework says hackers accessed customer data following a phishing attack on an accountant partner
US repairable laptop maker Framework has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data after successfully phishing an employee at its accounting services provider. In an email sent…
US software giant Ivanti has confirmed that hackers are exploiting two critical-rated vulnerabilities affecting its widely used enterprise VPN appliance, but said patches will not be…
A geo-protection warrant typo dropped a location dragnet that stretches two miles over San Francisco
Defenders of civil liberties have long argued that “geographical attack” search warrants are unconstitutional because of their ability to ensnare completely innocent people who were nearby…
Cherlynn Cha is the security operations center manager at ExpressVPN. With her expertise in threat hunting, incident response, cloud security, automation and brand protection, Cherlynn plays…
EU lawmakers are under pressure to fully disclose their dealings with child safety technology maker Thorn
More trouble for European Union lawmakers in a controversial area of technology policymaking – namely the bloc’s proposed legislation to apply monitoring technologies such as client-side…
Artificial intelligence helps nation-state hackers, but also helps US spies find them, says NSA cyber director
Hackers and state-sponsored criminals are using genetic artificial intelligence in their cyberattacks, but US intelligence is also using artificial intelligence technologies to detect malicious activity, according…
Real estate services giant Fidelity National Financial has confirmed that hackers stole data from 1.3 million of its customers during a November cyberattack that knocked the…