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Four Banking Trojan Campaigns Targeted Over 300,000 Android Devices in 2021
Hackers circumvented the Google Play Store to distribute four separate Android banking Trojans between August and November, cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric reported. The malware infected more than 300,000 Android devices through d...
Kronos Ransomware Hack to Have Impact on Employers
Ultimate Kronos Group (Kronos), one of the largest human resources companies, said in a Dec. 15 update that it experienced a ransomware attack that will potentially keep Kronos’s systems offline for weeks.
The attack on Kronos’ sy...
Meta: Expanding Bug Bounty Program
Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, announced in a Dec. 15 blog post that it’s expanding its bug bounty program.
With this expansion, the tech company will start rewarding valid reports of data scraping bugs across its pla...
Panasonic Confirms Data Breach by Hackers
Tech company Panasonic confirmed that it suffered a data breach and hackers gained access to its internal network.
Panasonic said that its network was “illegally accessed by a third party” on Nov. 11 and that “some data on a file...
Twitter Bans Sharing Videos and Photos of Private Individuals Without Their Consent
Twitter has announced an expansion to its private information policy regarding private media, which bans the sharing of photos and videos of private individuals without their consent.
The tech giant’s privacy policy had already pr...
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...
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 di...
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 statement t...
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...
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...