Privacy and Security
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Crime Pays: Businesses Cough Up for Ransomware Most of the Time A report finds 88% of executives previously hit by ransomware stated that they would pay if they were attacked again. -
Here’s How Your iPhone Can Execute Malware Even While It’s Turned Off There's no quick fix: The functionality that makes this possible would have to be changed on a hardware level. -
Netflix Is Right About Password Sharing for the Wrong Reason Sharing passwords is a sure fire way to compromise your online security, but Netflix's concerns are likely purely financial. -
Slack and Teams are Replacing Business Emails, Report Shows This new survey suggests that employees are starting to prioritize casual and secure messaging. -
Microsoft Launches New Cybersecurity Services to Fight Online Threats Microsoft Security Experts is a new service category designed to help businesses achieve "better security outcomes". -
US State Department Offers $15 Million for Ransomware Gang Info Conti ransomware attacks have led to more pay-outs than any other strain of ransomware ever documented. -
India Passes Law Forcing VPNs to Collect User Data A new national directive seems to have rendered VPN technology - built on a lack of data collection - legally inoperable. -
Report Finds Mental Health Apps Are Bad for Your Digital Health "The vast majority of mental health and prayer apps are exceptionally creepy," says Jen Caltrider, lead on the analysis. -
Labor Department Has “Grave Concerns” About Bitcoin in 401(k) Accounts Fidelity Investments has made the cryptocurrency available to investors and the Labor Department is concerned about the risk. -
Zoom to Pay Out $85 Million in ‘Zoombombing’ Lawsuit Thanks to the landmark case, compensation payments will now be available to roughly 150 million Zoom users. -
Microsoft Exchange Servers are Being Infected with Ransomware Amid warnings from multiple US government departments, researchers have observed attacks orchestrated by threat group Hive. -
FBI Warning as BlackCat Ransomware Breaches at Least 60 Organizations U.S. organizations appear to be among chief targets in latest large scale ransomware attacks.