Security News

Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack
2024-10-18 16:37

Nidec Corporation is informing that hackers behind a ransomware attack is suffered earlier this year stole data and leaked it on the dark web. [...]

Justice Department Indicts Tech CEO for Falsifying Security Certifications
2024-10-18 13:58

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the CEO of a still unnamed company has been indicted for creating a fake auditing company to falsify security certifications in order to win government business.

Fore-get about privacy, golf tech biz leaves 32M data records on the fairway
2024-10-10 14:14

Researcher spots 110 TB of sensitive info sitting in unprotected database Nearly 32 million records belonging to users of tech from Trackman were left exposed to the internet, sitting in a...

Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
2024-10-03 09:15

Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else Fewer than one in five Brits report being happy with the way their personal data is handled by big tech...

Remote ID verification tech is often biased, bungling, and no good on its own
2024-09-30 12:40

Only 2 out of 5 tested products were equitable across demographics A study by the US General Services Administration (GSA) has revealed that five remote identity verification (RiDV) technologies...

Rethinking privacy: A tech expert’s perspective
2024-09-26 03:30

Data privacy has become one of the most pressing challenges of our time, but it didn’t happen overnight. The proliferation of data collection, coupled with the rise of advanced technologies like...

U.S. Proposes Ban on Connected Vehicles Using Chinese and Russian Tech
2024-09-24 13:03

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) said it's proposing a ban on the import or sale of connected vehicles that integrate software and hardware made by foreign adversaries, particularly that of...

US proposes ban on connected vehicle tech from China, Russia
2024-09-23 23:05

Today, the Biden administration announced new proposed measures to defend the United States' national security from potential threats linked to connected vehicle technologies originating from...

US proposes ban on Chinese, Russian connected car tech over security fears
2024-09-23 18:25

No room for your spy mobiles on our streets The US Commerce Department has decided not to wait for the inevitable, and today announced plans that would ban connected vehicle technology - and...

No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom
2024-09-19 21:48

Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals Buried beneath the endless feeds and attention-grabbing videos of the modern internet is a network of data harvesting and...