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How to Cop-Proof Your Phone Before Heading to a Protest

At some point, everyone reaches a limit where they can no longer sit back and stay silent about injustice in the world. However, if you do plan on attending a protest—even a peaceful one—there are some important precautions you should take with your phone before you go. Turn off biometric login and enable a PIN…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Apple Pays Developer $100,000 for Finding Serious Bug in ‘Sign In With Apple’ System

Apple has paid developer Bhavuk Jain a $100,000 bounty for finding a serious bug in its “Sign in with Apple” login system that could have allowed malicious actors to take over a user’s account on specific websites and apps. According to Jain, the bug was related to the way that Apple was validating users who…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Customs and Border Protection Flew a Predator Surveillance Drone Over Minneapolis Protests Today

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has flown a Predator drone above ongoing protests against police brutality in Minneapolis, according to flight logs. An aircraft using the call sign CBP-104 took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota—where CBP has drones stationed—at around 10:10 a.m. ET, reaching Minneapolis and entering a hexagon-shaped holding…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay & Dhruv Mehrotra

How to Choose the Best Home Security Camera Based on Subscription Options

A look at Nest, Wyze, and Arlo home security camera systems

Gadgets David Nield

Nextdoor Is Quietly Getting the Cops Involved: Report

Community platform Nextdoor is courting police across the country, creating concerns among civil rights and privacy advocates who worry about possible conflicts of interest, over-reporting of crime, and the platform’s record of racial profiling, per a Thursday report by CityLab. That effort included an all-expenses-paid meeting in San Francisco with members of Nextdoor’s Public Agencies…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

EasyJet Hit With Massive Breach Exposing Data of 9 Million Flyers

The UK-based budget airliner EasyJet told investors earlier today that it’d suffered a “highly sophisticated” cyberattack that compromised the credit card details of more than two thousand customers—not to mention the itinerary info for millions more. In a statement posted to the company’s corporate site by the EasyJet board, they describe how the staff “[takes]…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Illinois Unemployment Portal Made Specifically for Gig Workers Exposed Addresses, Social Security Numbers

Unemployment claims are reaching record highs, taxing each state’s digital systems like never before. But in at least one state, a laggy site or unreachable offices aren’t the only issues that resident are facing while trying to file for benefits. As first reported by the Illinois news affiliate WREX, the state’s new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

This Proposed Bill Would Protect Health Data Shared on Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps

On Thursday, Democrats from both houses of Congress introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act, legislation that aims to safeguard the kind of health data consumers can share with contact-tracing apps and, hopefully, satisfy privacy concerns that would make many Americans hesitant to download them in the first place. “This measure sets strict and straightforward…

Politics Alyse Stanley

You Need to Update Adobe Acrobat for macOS Right Now

If you use Adobe Acrobat DC and you’re on a Mac, you should update your software right now, because Adobe just pushed out a patch that fixes three critical vulnerabilities. In its most recent update (version 20.009.20063), Adobe addressed a security issue that allowed local users to exploit Adobe Acrobat DC to gain root access…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Texas Courts System Hit by Ransomware Attack

The network that supports the Texas court system was targeted by a ransomware attack late last week, the Office of Court Administration said Monday. The security breach impacting bodies within the Texas Judicial Branch, including appellate courts and state judicial agencies, was discovered early Friday after it began overnight, the agency said. The agency added that…

Tech News Catie Keck

Google Authenticator Update Makes It Way Easier to Transfer Accounts to a New Device

The Google Authenticator has long been a useful tool when it comes to adding two-step verification to your accounts. But now, thanks to its first update since April 2019, Google has just made it way easier to securely migrate 2SV codes from one device to another. Alongside its new account transferring feature, the latest version…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

GoDaddy Was Apparently Hacked Last Year, So Check Your Hosting Account Credentials

If you have a domain through GoDaddy, you might want to take a minute to reset your password and PIN and enable two-factor authentication if you haven’t already. The domain registrar and web hosting company has been hacked, says Threat Post. According to the California Attorney General, GoDaddy submitted the breach report on May 3—just…

Privacy & Security Joanna Nelius

Nest Is Making Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory

Maybe one of the greatest ironies of Google’s Nest security cameras—and the Nest line of products in general—is just how dang insecure they are. In the past, we’ve seen these devices hijacked to spout North Korean propaganda, spy on sleeping toddlers, and harass families in their homes—leading the company to start beefing up Nest’s internal…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Your Nintendo Account May Have Been Exposed, So Here’s How to Enable 2FA

Following a growing number of reports of Nintendo users claiming their accounts had been hacked, Nintendo has confirmed that roughly 160,000 may have been accessed and exposed personally identifiable information about those users. In a statement on its Japanese support site, Nintendo said Friday that it is now preventing users from logging in to their…

Gadgets Catie Keck

Zoom Rolls Out Security Updates Following Zoombombing and Glaring Security Failures

Zoom, the video conferencing app that’s seen an utterly staggering spike in usage during the coronavirus pandemic, has been the subject of ongoing reporting over its egregious security failures—which include, among other things, misrepresenting its encryption protocols. As part of its previously announced 90-day plan to fix the issues on its service and beef up…

Tech News Catie Keck

Right-Wing Extremists Appear to Be Circulating 25,000 Stolen WHO, NIH Passwords and Emails

The Washington Post reports that 25,000 email addresses and passwords, allegedly from the World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Gates Foundation, and other large organizations, were stolen by hackers and posted online. It’s unknown where the list came from, or who even created it, but it was first posted to 4chan…

Privacy & Security Joanna Nelius

Hacking Attacks Against Corporations Have More Than Doubled in the Last Month

Since the massive shift to remote work last month, hacking activity targeting U.S. corporations and businesses other countries has more than doubled, Reuters reported. According to software and security company VMWare Carbon Black, ransomware attacks rose a whopping 148 percent in March compared to February and the months prior. It seems hackers are taking advantage…

Privacy & Security Joanna Nelius

Zoom Has a Google Problem

Last week saw the U.S. Senate join the ever-growing chorus of federal officialsadvising staffagainst using Zoom, with one top official calling the video software a “privacy and security concern.” And while there are myriad reasons to be concerned about the video-call platform—from the potential for foreign snooping to its issues with encryption, to, well, everything…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Travelex Reportedly Paid Ransomware Hackers 285 Bitcoin Worth Over $2 Million

Following a ransomware attack against foreign exchange company Travelex earlier this year, the company reportedly paid a hefty, multimillion-dollar sum to hackers in the form of hundreds of bitcoin. Citing a source familiar with the details of the transaction, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the London-based company paid hackers 285 bitcoin for a…

Tech News Catie Keck

Zoom Accused of Misrepresenting Security Measures in New Lawsuit

Following extensive reporting on egregious security failures, video conferencing company Zoom is now being sued by a shareholder over allegations of fraud and overstating the security protocols in place on its service. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, plaintiff Michael Drieu—on behalf of individuals who…

Tech News Catie Keck

How to Cop-Proof Your Phone Before Heading to a Protest

Apple Pays Developer $100,000 for Finding Serious Bug in ‘Sign In With Apple’ System

Customs and Border Protection Flew a Predator Surveillance Drone Over Minneapolis Protests Today

How to Choose the Best Home Security Camera Based on Subscription Options

Nextdoor Is Quietly Getting the Cops Involved: Report

EasyJet Hit With Massive Breach Exposing Data of 9 Million Flyers

Illinois Unemployment Portal Made Specifically for Gig Workers Exposed Addresses, Social Security Numbers

This Proposed Bill Would Protect Health Data Shared on Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps

You Need to Update Adobe Acrobat for macOS Right Now

Texas Courts System Hit by Ransomware Attack

Google Authenticator Update Makes It Way Easier to Transfer Accounts to a New Device

GoDaddy Was Apparently Hacked Last Year, So Check Your Hosting Account Credentials

Nest Is Making Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory

Your Nintendo Account May Have Been Exposed, So Here’s How to Enable 2FA

Zoom Rolls Out Security Updates Following Zoombombing and Glaring Security Failures

Right-Wing Extremists Appear to Be Circulating 25,000 Stolen WHO, NIH Passwords and Emails

Hacking Attacks Against Corporations Have More Than Doubled in the Last Month

Zoom Has a Google Problem

Travelex Reportedly Paid Ransomware Hackers 285 Bitcoin Worth Over $2 Million

Zoom Accused of Misrepresenting Security Measures in New Lawsuit

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