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Offices were once a place of surprising freedom. Featured stories At least, the ones I ended up working in. People chatted, huddled and went out onto the fire escape to smoke their chosen strain of plants. As a boss, you wouldn’t be too concerned about where people actually were — even if they were in […] More
I used to recommend and use Google Authenticator for my 2SV (two-step verification) needs. But over the years, it was superseded by more advanced apps that do more and which make the security offered by 2SV more convenient. I no longer use Google Authenticator, but for those who do still use it, Google has added […] More
Imag: Mobifriends website The personal details of 3,688,060 users registered on the MobiFriends dating app have been posted online earlier this year and are now available for download. The data was obtained in a security breach that took place in January 2019, according to a hacker who initially put the data up for sale on […] More
Escondida mine is the world’s largest copper producer located in northern Chile. Image: BHP Australian mining giant BHP announced this week that it has decided to create its own COVID tracing app and would be conducting field tests in Chile next week. BHP said the app was developed by its technology and health, safety and […] More
A hacker has gained access to a Microsoft employee’s GitHub account and has downloaded some of the company’s private GitHub repositories. The intrusion is believed to have taken place in March, and came to light this week when the hacker announced plans to publish some of the stolen projects on a hacking forum. While ZDNet […] More
Zoom has reached an agreement with the New York Attorney-General’s (NYAG) office to provide new security measures to support and protect users of its video-conferencing application in response to an NYAG investigation into its security and privacy practices. “Our lives have inexorably changed over the past two months, and while Zoom has provided an invaluable […] More
Check Point Software Technologies’ threat intelligence arm has uncovered a Chinese APT group is targeting several governments in the Asia Pacific region, including the government of Western Australia. Check Point Research said the five-year, ongoing cyber espionage operations of Naikon targeted governments within Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Brunei through “government-to-government” attacks. According […] More
Image: Microsoft Microsoft said today that the number of people who use its passwordless login solutions has now reached 150 million, up from 100 million reported last November at the Microsoft Ignite conference. The number covers users of Microsoft online services like Azure, GitHub, Office, and Xbox, the company said, in a blog post celebrating […] More
