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Paranoid WhatsApp users rejoice: Encrypted app gets one-click privacy toggle
Users of Meta's WhatsApp messenger looking to simplify the process of protecting themselves are in luck, as the company is rolling out a new feature that combines multiple security settings under a single, toggleable option. …
Let them eat sourdough: ShinyHunters claims Panera Bread as stolen credentials victim
ShinyHunters says it stole several slices of data from Panera Bread, but that's just the yeast of everyone's problems. The extortionist gang also claims to have stolen data from CarMax and Edmunds, in addition to three other organizations it posted to its blog last week.…
China-linked group accused of spying on phones of UK prime ministers' aides – for years
Chinese state-linked hackers are accused of spending years inside the phones of senior Downing Street officials, exposing private communications at the heart of the UK government.…
France to replace US videoconferencing wares with unfortunately named sovereign alternative
France has officially told Zoom, Teams, and the rest of the US videoconferencing herd to take a hike in favor of its own homegrown app.…
Microsoft illegally installed cookies on schoolkid's tech, data protection ruling finds
Updated Microsoft illegally installed cookies on a school pupil's devices without consent, according to a ruling by the Austrian data protection authority (DSB).…
High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep
The High Court will hear from privacy campaigners this week who want to reshape the way the Metropolitan Police is allowed to use live facial recognition (LFR) tech.…
Office zero-day exploited in the wild forces Microsoft OOB patch
Microsoft has issued an emergency Office patch after confirming a zero-day flaw is already being used in real world attacks.…
Canva among ~100 targets of ShinyHunters Okta identity-theft campaign
ShinyHunters has targeted around 100 organizations in its latest Okta single sign-on (SSO) credential stealing campaign, according to researchers and the criminal group itself.…