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DuckDuckGo is Creating a Privacy-Focused Desktop Browser
DuckDuckGo, creator of the privacy-focused search engine of the same name, is working on a desktop browser that looks to bring its strong emphasis on privacy to users’ entire web experience, according to a company blog post posted...

Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi's Wife by UAE Authorities Before His Murder
Pegasus spyware was placed on the phone of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s wife, Hanan Elatr, by United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities months before he was murdered by Saudi agents in October 2018, according to a report by The Washi...

Meta Takes Legal Action Against Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Phishing Attacks
Meta Platforms announced on Monday that it has filed a federal lawsuit in California against the hackers who were behind the recent Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram phishing attacks. The hackers operated over 39,000 phishing webs...

DNA Testing Firm Discloses Data Breach of Over 2 Million Customers
Ohio-based DNA testing company DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC) announced that it was the victim of a data breach that has affected over 2 million customers.
DNA Diagnostics Center confirmed that the data breach occurred between May 2...

Apache Rolls Out 3rd Patch to Fix Log4j Vulnerability
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) rolled out another patch, version 2.17.0, to combat a new Log4j vulnerability. This vulnerability in the widely used logging library could be potentially exploited by malicious actors to set up...

Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of Iranian Hackers Targeting Crucial US Sectors
Hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” in the United States by using data exfiltration, extortion, and ransomware, according to an advisory issued on Nov. 17 by American, British, a...

Robinhood: Hackers Obtained 4K+ Phone Numbers in Breach
Robinhood has revealed that a recent security breach compromised more user information than the financial services company originally reported. Robinhood confirmed that hackers obtained a list with around 4,400 phone numbers. The...

US Government Officials Warn of Thanksgiving Ransomware Attacks
US government officials are advising American businesses and government organizations to stay vigilant against ransomware attacks and other cyber attacks that take advantage of worker downtime during Thanksgiving, following multip...

GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1M WordPress Users' Data
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to 1.2 million active and inactive WordPress users.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities an...

Apple Sues NSO Group for Pegasus Spyware Attacks on iPhones
Apple is joining WhatsApp, and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook), in a lawsuit against NSO Group, which is the developer of the Pegasus spyware. Apple said in a statement that it’s seeking a permanent injunction...