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FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data

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February 1, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington is pictured on Jan. 28, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a...

Six parts of your car that gather data on you

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February 1, 2023

Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock You can tell a lot about someone from the car they drive. The data that many vehicles...

How ‘zero-trust’ could enable safe data exchange in space

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January 31, 2023

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Incidents such as the 2021 Colonial Pipeline hack and ransomware attacks on U.S. colleges and universities...

Promoting privacy for camera-based assistive tech

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January 31, 2023

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are significant privacy concerns surrounding the use of smart phones with camera-based assistive technology. The...

How concerned should you be about AirTags?

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January 30, 2023

AirTag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Creator: KKPCW I didn't even know what...

Interactive security prompts help promote more secure behavior online, finds study

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January 27, 2023

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain You're busy working on a project when suddenly a security message appears on your screen, warning...

What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform?

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January 27, 2023

What happened to all of the content posted on social media platforms and blogs — like MySpace and LiveJournal —...

Madison Square Garden’s facial recognition blacklisting sparks outcry

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January 27, 2023

Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. The heated debate over facial recognition...

Hive ransomware: modern, efficient business model

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January 27, 2023

On the so-called dark web, providers of ransomware services and support pitch their products openly. The US Justice Department's shutdown...

US infiltrates big ransomware gang: ‘We hacked the hackers’

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January 26, 2023

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco flanked by Attorney General Merrick Garland, left, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher...

Ticketmaster blames cyberattack for Taylor Swift tour debacle

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January 24, 2023

Thousands of US singer Taylor Swift's fans were left empty-handed and frustrated by Ticketmaster's handling of sales for her US...

Hackers penetrated LAUSD computers much earlier than previously known, district probe finds

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January 23, 2023

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An intrusion into the computer systems of the Los Angeles school district began more than a...

Improving data security for a hybrid society: Insights from new study

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January 23, 2023

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science use a combination of TTP and various players to encrypt the data. However,...

A three-stage authentication system for the metaverse

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January 20, 2023

The proposed login screen. The user is to enter their email ID and perform the authentication operation. Over here the...

Ransomware shuts hundreds of Yum Brands restaurants in UK

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January 19, 2023

A logo on a sign is displayed above a branch of KFC in the Surbiton suburb of south west, London,...

International arrests over ‘criminal’ crypto exchange

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January 19, 2023

The James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building in Miami, where court proceedings against Anatoly Legkodymov, founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato,...