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A Facebook software engineer has publicly resigned over how the social network is handling US President Trump’s posts throughout the current protests. Timothy Aveni, who has worked for the social media giant since June 2019, resigned from his post and has explained why in two separate updates on LinkedIn and Facebook, as reported by Business […] More
Germany’s various commissioners for data privacy have been kept busy during the country’s lockdown. Working from home, millions of citizens turned to online communications, including video conferencing and messaging services. Recent research shows that 57% of Germans currently use video conferencing regularly, mostly for school or work. More on privacy But even as the word […] More
CIOs are under more pressure than ever before when it comes to cybersecurity concerns, especially now that many or even all of the staff in their organisation are working from home, perhaps using unfamiliar software and hardware as they try to do their jobs on lockdown. The array of devices and applications that they have […] More
The Tor Project has introduced new features in its browser’s latest release designed to make accessing onion addresses easier and more memorable. On Tuesday, the non-profit released Tor Browser 9.5, a build the team says is “focused on helping users understand onion services.” Derived from the idea of onion routing, the Tor Project provides a […] More
Google has opened up the Advanced Protection Program (APP) security suite to Nest devices. The Advanced Protection Program was originally introduced to provide an additional layer of security for Google accounts considered to be at a higher risk of compromise or cyberattacks, such as those used by journalists, lawyers, political figures, and civil rights group […] More
The number of phishing attacks targeting smartphones as the entry point for attempting to compromise enterprise networks has risen by more than a third over the course of just a few months. Analysis by cybersecurity company Lookout found that there’s been a 37% increase in mobile phishing attacks worldwide between the last three months of […] More
Image: ZDNet The operators of the DopplePaymer ransomware have congratulated SpaceX and NASA for their first human-operated rocket launch and then immediately announced that they infected the network of one of NASA’s IT contractors. In a blog post published today, the DopplePaymer ransomware gang said it successfully breached the network of Digital Management Inc. (DMI), […] More
CrowdStrike on Tuesday reported better-than-expected first quarter financial results, as organizations tapped its cloud-native cybersecurity products to protect workers kept at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shares were up in after-hours trading. The company’s Q1 non-GAAP net income was $4.5 million, compared to a loss of $22.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. […] More
