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boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images Companies around the world need to act quickly after another major security breach hit a company that provides critical data analytics and visualization tools to a slew of organizations. Earlier this week, Sisense confirmed that the data dashboard and analytics company had been hit with a breach that allowed hackers to access its […] More
rob dobi/Getty Images If you have a lot of customers you need to contact regarding an important communication, such as a data breach, it may be a good idea to stage those communications over several days rather than do it all at once. It appears that one of the US’s largest wireless services carriers did […] More
DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo, the internet browser that specializes in online privacy, is launching several new tools aimed at making sure online data brokers can’t get access to your personal information. Also: The best secure browsers to protect your privacy online The new set of tools, called Privacy Pro, combines three things: an anonymous VPN that secures […] More
Paul Taylor/Getty Images One of the ultimate cloud security nightmares is when someone breaks through your container runtime into its underlying operating system. With attacks such as Leaky Vessels, a hacker can wreak havoc on your programs, smash other containerized applications, and grant the attacker root user-level privileges. In short, it’s all over for your […] More
Meta Meta is taking more steps to try to combat sextortion crimes that target teenagers on Instagram. The company on Thursday announced plans to test blurring nude photos in DMs sent to teens and prevent potential scammers from even contacting teenagers. By default, the nudity protection feature would be turned on globally for messages sent to teens […] More
Maria Diaz/ZDNETApple is sounding alarm bells over a wave of sophisticated and destructive spyware attacks against specific people across 92 countries. As reported by The Economic Times, Apple sent an email warning individuals in the crosshairs that they were “being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone.”The email explained that the attacks are targeting people specifically because of who they are or what they do. Though the email said that Apple couldn’t be absolutely certain when detecting such attacks, the company had high confidence in the warning and urged people to take it seriously.On Wednesday, Apple also updated its support page on threat notifications and mercenary spyware. The page explains how mercenary spyware attacks work, how Apple will alert its users if they’re the victims of such an attack, and what to do if you’re targeted by this kind of attack. More
Future Publishing/Getty Images Whether you don’t own a car or want to enjoy a night out without worrying about how to get home, ride-hailing services come in handy. However, safety is always a concern with these services; to address that, Uber is adding new safety features to its app. On Wednesday, Uber unveiled safety preferences, […] More
Jack Wallen/ZDNETGiven that it’s the most widely-used web browser on the market, Google Chrome has had a target on its back for some time. Because of that, Google is always tinkering with security to stay ahead of hackers, ne’er do wells, vulnerabilities, and a host of other issues.Also: 5 ways to improve your Chrome browser’s security (and why you should)With its latest announcement, Google has introduced the V8 Sandbox, which is a lightweight, in-process sandbox for V8 (the Google JavaScript engine) that is designed to prevent common vulnerabilities within the engine.According to the V8 Sandbox Readme, “The sandbox limits the impact of typical V8 vulnerabilities by restricting the code executed by V8 to a subset of the process’s virtual address space (“the sandbox”), thereby isolating it from the rest of the process. More
