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Apple engineers have put forward a proposal today to standardize the format of the SMS messages containing one-time passcodes (OTP) that users receive during the two-factor authentication (2FA) login process. The proposal comes from Apple engineers working on WebKit, the core component of the Safari web browser. The proposal has two goals. The first is […] More
There’s a new wave of phishing scams, hoping to trick the unwary into handing over their credit card details or passwords. Fortunately, although some are worryingly convincing, others are surprisingly poor. Cybersecurity company Mimecast has spotted an uptick in scams using the promise of tax refunds as a way to entice people into giving up […] More
Both Singapore and Malaysia have moved to clamp down on inaccurate online reports about the coronavirus, with the latter making several arrests of individuals for posting and sharing such content. Singapore also vows to take “swift action” against the spread of such reports. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on Wednesday said it, alongside […] More
Most people say they know about phishing and what it involves yet just 5% were able to correctly identify all types of scams according to a survey of nearly 1,000 people from Security.org. Nearly everyone (96%) knew about phishing and 88% said they could accurately define it. Yet nearly half (47%) didn’t know that phishing can […] More
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle claims in Illinois that the company violated local laws on facial recognition technologies. The results of the lawsuit were made public on Wednesday and have been described as the “largest cash settlement ever resolving a privacy-related lawsuit.” Launched by law firms Edelson, Robbins Geller, and Labaton […] More
Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale of user data to third parties that may pose a risk to consumer privacy. On Thursday, the antivirus vendor said the unit will no longer have access to user information harvested from users of Avast products and services will eventually be […] More
Founding director of The Regtech Association and Verifier CEO, Lisa Schutz, has urged for the Australian government to follow in the footsteps of the European Union (EU) and cease screen scraping. “I believe passionately that screen scraping should be prohibited as it is in the EU,” she told the Senate Committee of Financial Technology and […] More
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has halted the operations of its entire drone fleet except in emergency situations as the department wants to review whether the drones manufactured by “designated foreign-owned companies” are a threat to national security. In an order [PDF] signed on Wednesday by US Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, […] More
