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Australian Information and Privacy commissioner Angelene Falk has lodged proceedings against Facebook in the Federal Court, after it was revealed in early 2018 that over 311,000 Australians were caught up in the improper use of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica. The commissioner is alleging Facebook committed serious and/or repeated interferences with privacy, in contravention of the […] More
In theory, 5G mobile technology will provide higher bandwidth and greater availability, and cover large swathes of previously untouched territory. “I have some scepticism,” says David Conrad, chief technology officer of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “A lot of that feels to me like some of the same arguments you heard […] More
Multiple government-backed hacking groups are exploiting a recently-patched vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange email servers. The exploitation attempts were first spotted by UK cyber-security firm Volexity on Friday and confirmed today to ZDNet by a source in the DOD. Volexity did not share the names of the hacking groups exploiting this Exchange vulnerability. Volexity did not […] More
Illustration of the spread of a new coronavirus from China around the world. Vector illustration. Getty Images/iStockphoto As tech conferences and trade shows are being canceled, postponed, or going virtual left and right, many cyber-security events are meeting a similar fate, all due to health concerns caused by the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. Cyber-security […] More
Image via VASANTH AMD processors manufactured between 2011 and 2019 (the time of testing) are vulnerable to two new attacks, research published this week has revealed. The two new attacks impact the security of the data processed inside the CPU and allow the theft of sensitive information or the downgrade of security features. The research […] More
Last month, a cybersecurity firm discovered the first-ever Android malware that came with the capability to steal the 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes generated by the Google Authenticator app. The malware, discovered by researchers from ThreatFabric, was named Cerberus, and its 2FA OTP code-stealing feature was still under development, yet to have been detected in a […] More
[embedded content] On the same day that I saw Apple introduce Face ID at the Steve Jobs Theater in 2017, I headed north to a wireless trade show, where a vendor was showing off a competitive version of the technology for licensing. Today, a few Android vendors have implemented Face ID-style recognition, and Google applied […] More
AT&T, Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom on Friday announced a framework for a virtual firewall, known as a Disaggregated Scalable Firewall (DSFW). According to AT&T, the DFSW architecture is designed to secure and protect global network traffic in the 5G era. The DSFW lets network operators deploy firewalls as software-based platforms rather than hardware appliances. […] More
