In this episode, we discuss the recent Microsoft security breach where China-backed hackers gained access to numerous email inboxes, including those of several federal government agencies, using a stolen Microsoft signing key to forge authentication...
In this episode, we discuss Meta’s record-breaking $1.3 billion fine by the EU for unlawfully transferring user data, shedding light on the increasing risks faced by tech companies in violating privacy rules. Highly realistic images of a...
A recent data breach of 5.4 million Twitter users and Meta being fined $265 million dollars from a 2021 data leak, and people are fleeing Twitter because of Elon Musk. Are we finally seeing a tipping point in social media? What is the TikTok...
TikTok has denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed they have gained access to over 2 billion user records, the Los Angeles school district, the second-largest in the US, suffered a ransomware attack, and details on...
The commissioner of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), asked the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly accessed security reports and...
How TikTok can circumvent privacy protections and performs device tracking that gives TikTok full access to user data, the US government warns about ransomware attacks after Biden’s new sanctions against Russia, and details about the latest...
LastPass users received emails about their master passwords being compromised, details about the privacy policies of new cars, and a story about an Amazon Echo that proposed a lethal challenge to a ten-year-old girl. ** Links mentioned on the show...
Is the TikTok app listening to you and playing videos based on your conversations? Apple takes the unique step of warning certain activists that their phones may be targeted by attackers, and details on how a UK government website was serving porn...
Is dream hacking the next big privacy concern or just a new marketing gimmick? Some people may be surprised that TikTok shares data with China, and details on Google Chrome adding HTTPS-first mode and Firefox easing its blocking of Facebook login...
TikTok can now collect biometric data from user content, researchers find a vulnerability in Peloton bikes, and why some people think that Nextdoor might be the next big social network. ** Links mentioned on the show ** TikTok Can Now Collect...