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To earn the trust of the public, privacy will be fundamental to the building the coronavirus contact-tracing app that the UK government is working on, NHSX boss Matthew Gould has said in a new post detailing the organization’s commitment to confidentiality – even amid the extreme circumstances imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Gould, whose team […] More
I recently spoke with Yaniv Bar-Dayan, CEO of Vulcan Cyber, and he made a good point that, with staff forced to work from home, it’s a rare opportunity to get important IT projects squared away especially security patches — Vulcan’s specialty. During normal times, the enterprise IT department treads cautiously in making any changes to […] More
Image: Wesley Tingey Japanese gaming company Nintendo confirmed today that hackers gained unauthorized access to around 160,000 user accounts since the start of the month. Through a statement published on its Japanese site [translated], the company responded to a wave of user complaints that started surfacing over last weekend. As ZDNet reported on Monday, Nintendo […] More
The World Health Organisation (WHO), one of the key agencies working to tackle the ongoing coronavirus crisis, has seen a “dramatic” increase in cyberattacks since the pandemic started. WHO said that it has seen a fivefold increase in the the number of cyberattacks directed at its staff, and email scams targeting the public. More on […] More
iOS 13.4.1, the latest version of Apple’s mobile OS, will crash if an iPhone or iPad merely receives an app notification with a particular string of characters in the Sindhi language. The latest ‘text bomb’ bug has the potential to cause widespread problems for iOS users because the crash can be triggered by a notification […] More
Image: Laurenz Heymann In a statement today, Apple said it “thoroughly investigated” a recent report about hackers exploiting three iOS vulnerabilities but “found no evidence they were used against customers.” Apple’s statement comes after on Wednesday, cyber-security firm ZecOps published a report detailing three iOS vulnerabilities that impacted the Apple Mail client. ZecOps said it […] More
UK hardware store Robert Dyas has revealed that card-skimming malware on the chain’s e-commerce website has led to the theft of customer financial data. For 23 days, starting on March 7 and ending March 30, a card skimmer was operational on the Robert Dyas’ website, according to an email sent to customers and obtained by […] More
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Over a hundred students, academics, industry professionals, political figures, and NGOs have signed a petition to void plans to replace Taiwan’s ID card with a new electronic version. Set to begin rolling out in October, the chipped card [PDF] would allow digital signatures, new anti-forgery capability, and other applications that could be […] More
