CybersecurityUpdate

Data of 70 Million AT&T Customers for Sale Online
It’s been a bad week for wireless companies and their subscribers, with data for 70 million AT&T customers reportedly for sale online....
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Another Week, Another Round of Serious Google Chrome Security Flaws
In what is becoming a regular occurrence, Google has issued another Chrome update to fix a number of issues, including seven serious security flaws....
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Over 40 Million Customers Impacted by T-Mobile Data Breach
T-Mobile has provided additional details from its investigation of its recent data breach, sharing that over 40 million people’s records were stolen....
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Pearson Agrees to $1 Million Settle With SEC Over Data Breach
London-based Pearson, a company specializing in educational publishing, has agreed to a $1 million settlement with the SEC over a data breach....
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T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach
T-Mobile has confirmed it has suffered a data breach following reports that information for 100 million customers is for sale online....
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Hacker Boasts of Massive T-Mobile Data Breach, Company Investigating
A hacker is claiming to have obtained data for some 100 million T-Mobile customers and is trying to sell it....
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Messenger Calls and Instagram DMs Get End-to-End Encryption
Facebook has added major security features to Messenger calls, as well as Instagram DMs, upgrading both with end-to-end encryption (E2EE)....
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Keystrokes and Mouse Clicks: Amazon’s Plan to Monitor Customer Service Staff
Amazon is rolling out a sweeping monitoring program, with the goal of tracking the keystrokes and mouse clicks of its customer service staff. I...
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Peraton Scores $1 Billion DOD Contract to Combat Misinformation
Peraton has won a five-year, $979 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) to combat misinformation. In the digital age, misinformation has become a major problem i...
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Signal Adds Default Disappearing Messages
Messaging app Signal has added the ability to set disappearing messages as the default option. As the company points out in a...
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 91 With Enhanced Cookie Clearing
Mozilla has taken the wraps off of the latest version of Firefox, version 91, and it includes significant privacy improvements. Firefox is already one of the most secure, privat...
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University of Kentucky Discloses Large Data Breach
The University of Kentucky has sent out a letter disclosing a data breach impacting some 355,000 individuals....
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86% of Organizations Expect to Suffer a Successful Cyberattack
A whopping 86% of organizations expect to suffer a successful cyberattack in the next year. Cyberattacks have been on the rise for years, altho...
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Apple Will Check Photo Uploads for Child Sex Abuse Images
Apple will begin checking photos being uploaded to its iCloud service against a database of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), in an effort to protect chi...
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Zoom Settles Class Action Privacy Lawsuit for $85 Million
Zoom has agreed to settle a class action privacy suit for $85 million over missteps the company made early in the pandemic....
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