#WhatsApp adds passwordless chat backups on #iOS and #Android
BleepingComputer
WhatsApp adds passwordless chat backups on iOS and Android
WhatsApp is rolling out passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android devices, enabling users to encrypt their chat history using their fingerprint...
 #passkey #Meta #privacy #cybersecurity
See the business data leaking onto the dark web with #Proton’s #DataBreach Observatory
Proton
Introducing Proton's Data Breach Observatory | Proton
See exactly which industries, company types, and regions are being affected by data breaches with our new Breach Observatory
 #privacy #cybersecurity
After #police used #Flock cameras to accuse a #Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
The Colorado Sun
After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts
 #privacy
Malicious #NPM packages fetch #infostealer for #Windows, #Linux, #macOS
BleepingComputer
Malicious NPM packages fetch infostealer for Windows, Linux, macOS
Ten malicious packages mimicking legitimate software projects in the npm registry download an information-stealing component that collects sensitiv...
 #cybersecurity #malware
#WordPress security plugin exposes private data to site subscribers
BleepingComputer
WordPress security plugin exposes private data to site subscribers
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin for WordPress, installed on over 100,000 sites, has a vulnerability that allows subscribe...
 #cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach
#Canada says hacktivists breached #water and #energy facilities
BleepingComputer
Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warned today that hacktivists have breached critical infrastructure systems multiple times across the countr...
 #cybersecurity #infrastructure
#PhantomRaven attack floods #npm with credential-stealing packages
BleepingComputer
PhantomRaven attack floods npm with credential-stealing packages
An active campaign named 'PhantomRaven' is targeting developers with dozens of malicious npm packages that steal authentication tokens, C...
 #cybersecurity #malware
#ICE and #CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
404 Media
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice...
 #privacy #politics #surveillance
#Microsoft fixes 0x800F081F errors causing #Windows update failures
BleepingComputer
Microsoft fixes 0x800F081F errors causing Windows update failures
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Windows updates to fail, leading to 0x800F081F errors on Windows 11 24H2 systems.
 #cybersecurity
#Republican plan would make deanonymization of #census data trivial
Ars Technica
Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial
Differential privacy" algorithm prevents statistical data from being tied to individuals.
 #politics #privacy