#Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections

Privacy International

Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections

Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Principles (DoP) for International Election Observation.

#privacy #politics #UN

#SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, #VPN access disrupted

BleepingComputer

SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted

Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in...

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

#China, #Iran are having a field day with #React2Shell, #Google warns

React2Shell vuln exploited by China, Iran, Google warns

: Who hasn't exploited this max-severity flaw?

#cybersecurity

#Askul confirms theft of 740k customer records in #ransomware attack

BleepingComputer

Askul confirms theft of 740k customer records in ransomware attack

Japanese e-commerce giant Askul Corporation has confirmed that RansomHouse hackers stole around 740,000 customer records in the ransomware attack i...

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

New #SantaStealer #malware steals data from browsers, #crypto wallets

BleepingComputer

New SantaStealer malware steals data from browsers, crypto wallets

A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) information stealer named SantaStealer is being advertised on Telegram and hacker forums as operating in memory t...

#cybersecurity

#PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data

BleepingComputer

PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data

Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was rep...

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #porn #nsfw

#Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

Ars Technica

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.

#cybersecurity #RC4

#UK to “encourage” #Apple and #Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones

Ars Technica

UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones

Government seeks "nudity-detection algorithms" in iOS and Android, report says.

#politics #privacy #AgeVerification #IDVerification #Europe #news #cybersecurity

#Cloudflare reveals how bots and governments reshaped the internet in 2025

NERDS.xyz

Cloudflare reveals how bots and governments reshaped the internet in 2025

Cloudflare’s 2025 Year in Review shows how bot wars, government outages, and post-quantum encryption reshaped the internet.

#cybersecurity #politics

#Google To Retire ‘#DarkWeb Report’ Tool That Scanned for Leaked User Data

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Google To Retire ‘Dark Web Report’ Tool That Scanned for Leaked User Data

The company is indicating the free 'dark web report' system wasn't that helpful. But Google is also hinting it's working on bet...

#privacy