CybersecurityUpdate

Huawei Throws In the Towel, Decides to Sell Smartphone Business
Huawei is selling its Honor line of smartphones in the midst of crippling sanctions by the US government....
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Vertafore Data Breach Exposed 28 Million Texas Driver’s License Records
Vertafore has acknowledge a data breach that has exposed the driver’s license records of some 28 million Texans, thanks to unsecured files....
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Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Companies
Microsoft has revealed that “nation-state” actors have been targeting the companies and researchers working on COVID-19 vaccines....
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Google Play Store the Primary Source of Android Malware
A new study has determined the Google Play Store is the prime way Android malware is distributed....
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350,000 Ring Units Recalled Due to Fire Risk
Ring has issued a recalled for some 350,000 2nd generation devices due to fire hazard. According...
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FTC Holds Zoom Accountable For Misleading Security Claims
Zoom has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over misleading security claims....
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FBI: Hackers Exploited SonarQube to Steal Government and Commercial Source Code
The FBI has warned that hackers have been accessing proprietary source code from government agencies and businesses by exploiting SonarQube....
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Brazilian Carriers Not Keen On Excluding Huawei
Brazilian carriers are rejecting an invitation to meet with a US official who has been pushing for Brazil to exclude Huawei....
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Apple to Start Requiring Privacy Labels on App December 8
Apple is moving forward with its requirement that app developers include a privacy label with new app submissions, beginning December 8....
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Brave Web Browser Passes 20 Million Monthly Users, 7 Million Daily
Brave web browser is making inroads in the market, announcing it now has 20 million monthly active users and 7 million daily active users....
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California Voters Pass Version 2.0 of the CCPA Privacy Legislation
California voters passed Proposition 24, widely considered to be version 2.0 of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....
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IRS Warns of New Stimulus Scam
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers of a new scam that uses promise of a stimulus payment to get bank information....
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Google Goes Public With Vulnerability After GitHub Drug Its Feet
Google Project Zero (GPZ) has disclosed a serious vulnerability in GitHub’s Actions feature, after the version control platform drug its feet fixing it....
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Sweden’s Largest Insurer Leaked Private Data to Tech Firms
Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, has admitted to accidentally leaking the private data of one million of its customers to tech firms....
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Windows 10 Upgrade May Cause Lost Certificates
Microsoft has acknowledged that a Windows 10 upgrade is losing security certificates under certain circumstances....
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