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Pegasus Spyware Reportedly Hacked iPhones of US Officials
Pegasus Spyware Reportedly Hacked iPhones of US Officials
Apple has reportedly notified several US Embassy and State Department employees and Ugandan politicians that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown threat actor using state-sponsored Pegasus spyware from Israeli tech c...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 6, 2021
WhatsApp Adds Default Disappearing Message Feature for New Chats
WhatsApp Adds Default Disappearing Message Feature for New Chats
WhatsApp announced on Dec. 6 that it expanded its privacy control features with the addition of default disappearing messages for all new chats. "When enabled, all new one-on-one chats you or another person start will be set to...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 7, 2021
BitMart to Compensate Victims of $200M Security Breach
BitMart to Compensate Victims of $200M Security Breach
Crypto trading platform BitMart said in a statement that it will use its own funds to refund the victims of a security breach, which included hackers stealing almost $200 million from BitMart users. BitMart said in the statemen...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 8, 2021
Telegram Adds Content Protection Support with New Update
Telegram Adds Content Protection Support with New Update
Telegram now provides content protection support with its latest monthly update, according to a Dec. 7 blog post by the company. This security and privacy feature will enable users to block other users from saving or forwarding po...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 9, 2021
Russia Blocks Access to the Tor Network
Russia Blocks Access to the Tor Network
The Russian government has added more internet censorship by blocking the Tor website, according to a blog post by the service. The Russian communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, accused the service of enabling access to what it...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 10, 2021
Brazil Health Ministry Website Breached by Hackers, COVID-19 Vaccination Data Stolen
Brazil Health Ministry Website Breached by Hackers, COVID-19 Vaccination Data Stolen
Brazil’s health ministry announced that its website suffered a ransomware attack on Dec. 10 by hackers who took down several of its systems, including information about the national COVID-19 vaccination program and a system that i...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 14, 2021
US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions against NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms
US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions against NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms
A group of US lawmakers is urging the Treasury and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group along with three other foreign surveillance companies for helping authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on December 17, 2021