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<!–> Grant Faint/Getty Images China has reiterated claims that last month’s cybersecurity attack on a Wuhan facility was the work of U.S. intelligence agencies, pointing to a “very complex” malware used in the incident. The Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center on July 26 was reported to be the victim of an attack that appeared to originate […] More
<!–> dem10/Getty Images China has closed a record number of personal data breaches and is seeking public feedback on draft laws to regulate the use of facial recognition data. In the last three years, the Chinese police closed 36,000 cases related to personal data infringements, detaining 64,000 suspects along the way, according to the Ministry […] More
<!–> A one-year subscription to Norton 360 and LifeLock Identity Advisor is on sale for $25 right now. StackSocial We all know someone who’s fallen victim to cybercrime, whether it’s a stolen credit card number, password, or other personal information. Though cybercrime rates stretch far and wide, there are ways to keep yourself better protected […] More
<!–> SOPA Images/Getty Images You might not know this but your web browser – out of the box – isn’t nearly as private or secure as you might want it to be. You see, most web browsers default to standard DNS, which is the service that translates things like zdnet.com to an IP address the […] More
<!–> Eugen Barbu/500px/Getty Images OCBC has left several of its customers frustrated after introducing a security feature that locks out access if mobile apps downloaded from unofficial app stores are detected on the user’s device. The Singapore bank rolled out the security feature on its mobile app early this week, citing the need to protect its […] More
<!–> Busakorn Pongparnit/Getty Images The initial craze over generative artificial intelligence (AI) appears to have morphed into exercised caution, with organizations now mandating or mulling over bans on the use of such tools. Some 75% of businesses worldwide currently are implementing or considering plans to prohibit ChatGPT and other generative AI applications in their workplace. […] More
<!–> Dimitrios Manias/Getty Images It’s not really a Linux problem, but as is so often the case, Linux kernel developers have to clean up after AMD and Intel. It happened again with the chipmakers’ latest CPU vulnerabilities: AMD Inception and Intel Downfall. To fix these, Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released a new set of […] More
<!–> Google For some time, Google released security updates for the Chrome browser on a bi-weekly basis. However, the company has now decided that a faster patch release schedule is needed to thwart hackers (and other bad actors) from exploiting vulnerabilities in the browser. Although bi-weekly sounds like a solid schedule for keeping a browser […] More
