Tag: Trending News
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Firefox turns controversial new encryption on by default in the US
Starting today, Mozilla will turn on by default DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for Firefox users in the US, the company has announced. DoH is a new …
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Cyber-crime profits reached $3.5bn in 2019, says FBI
Criminals netted $3.5bn (£2.7bn) from cyber-crimes reported to the FBI alone in 2019, according to the service’s internet crime …
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Facebook’s trust problem isn’t about being understood
One of the most common and beloved tropes on a reality show comes when a contestant announces, often with a melodramatic flourish, that …
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Avast pulls plug on Jumpshot after data privacy scandal
(Reuters) – British cybersecurity company Avast will close the Jumpshot analytics business at the center of a data privacy scandal, it …
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DDoS: Man who sold website defences pleads guilty to attacks
A man in the US who co-founded a service to protect sites from cyber-attackers has pleaded guilty to launching distributed denial of …
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U.S. will look at sudden acceleration complaints involving 500,000 Tesla vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Friday it will review a petition asking the agency …
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Introducing Cloudflare for Campaigns
During the past year, we saw nearly 2 billion global citizens go to the polls to vote in democratic elections. There were major elections …
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Ransomware attack takes US maritime base offline
A computer virus forced a US maritime base offline for more than 30 hours, the country’s coast guard has revealed. Ransomware interrupted …
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9 Cybersecurity Predictions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2020
It’s time to step back, reflect on the year so far and make New Year’s resolutions. We’ve taken a moment to make cybersecurity …
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No one is ready for California’s new consumer privacy law
The California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect January 1st, and it doesn’t look like anyone, even the state of California itself, …
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