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FinTechUpdate

Robinhood In Hot Water Again Over Hacked Accounts

Matt Milano - October 17, 2020

ChinaRevolutionUpdate

China Passes Export Control Laws for Sensitive Export

Matt Milano - October 17, 2020

RemoteWorkingTrends

Zoom End-to-End Encryption Rolling Out Next Week

Matt Milano - October 14, 2020

CybersecurityUpdate

US Joins International Call For Encryption Backdoors

Matt Milano - October 14, 2020

CybersecurityUpdate

Windows 10 May Block Drivers That Are Not Verified

Matt Milano - October 14, 2020

Ransomware Results In a Fatality In Germany

Ransomware has been a growing issue for years but, in a first, ransomware appears to have caused the death of a hospital patient....

Senator Blumenthal Demands AT&T Back Off Ad-Based Cellphone Plans

That didn’t take long; Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded that AT&T rethink its plans to offer ad-subsidized phone plans....

Instagram Accused of Spying on Users Via Phone Cameras

Facebook is being sued over allegations Instagram is spying on users via their phone cameras. The...

Portland Cracks Down on Facial Recognition

Portland has instituted a sweeping ban on facial recognition, the broadest such ban in the US. In...

Samsung and SK Hynix Suspending Chip Shipments to Huawei

Things are looking worse for Huawei as South Korean chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix are reportedly suspending shipments to the embattled company....

France Decides Not to Ban Huawei, But Will Favor European Companies

France has announced it will not ban Huawei from its networks, unlike the US and its closest allies....

Walmart Joining Microsoft in Effort to Purchase TikTok

Walmart is getting in on the TikTok action, joining Microsoft’s bid to purchase the beleaguered social media platform....

Instagram May Start Asking For Your Government ID

Instagram has announced it will start asking some users to provide their government ID to prove who they are....

Instagram Wasn’t Deleting User Data From Servers

A security researcher has been awarded a bug bounty after discovering Instagram was retaining data long after he had deleted it....

Canon Suffers Major Ransomware Attack

Cannon has suffered a crippling ransomware attack, impacting numerous services and resulting in data loss and theft....

Google Invests $450 Million In ADT, Forms Nest Partnership

Google has announced it is investing $450 million in security company ADT, in a multi-year partnership that will give Google a 6.6% stake....

Microsoft Moving to Purchase TikTok

Following a weekend of back-and-forth talks, Microsoft appears to be pursuing a deal to purchase TikTok....

Garmin the Latest Victim of Ransomware

GPS company Garmin is the latest high-profile organization to be the victim of a major ransomware attack....

Google Sued For Tracking Users, Even When They Opt Out

Google is facing yet another privacy-related lawsuit, this one alleging the company tracks users even after they opt out....

Congressman Lynch Asks Apple and Google to Crack Down on Foreign Apps

Congressman Stephen Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, is calling on Apple and Google to provide more transparency regarding foreig...

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