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• Pardon the Intrusion #8: Location trackers

  The latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter, in which we explore the wild world of security. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Russian military hackers go after the Ukrainian quid that Trump tried to pro quo

  The 2020 US Presidential campaign has officially kicked off in Russia. Russian leader Vladmir Putin's military hackers recently launched a successful phishing campaign against employees at Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the 'quid pro quo' scandal that lead to ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Report: Skype audio recordings were reviewed in China with 'no security'

  In the latest in a sadly lengthy series of companies misappropriating their capacity to listen to you, a new report reveals a Skype transcription program in China ran with little oversight or security protecting recordings of Skype customers. The company says these issues have been ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google purged 1.7K malicious 'Joker' apps from the Play Store

  No, we're not talking about the movie. Google has removed 1,700 instances of a family of billing fraud malware dubbed Bread, ...

  • Mix

• You're going to want this latest version of Firefox, trust us

  Mozilla has pushed out an update to patch a critical vulnerability in Firefox. It's urging users to update as quickly as possible -- and it's joined in that warning by the US government. Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 reported the zero-day exploit. Mozilla claims to be aware ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Ring admits employees inappropriately accessed customer videos

  Amazon's $1 billon purchase, Ring, has admitted some of its employees abused their roles to improperly access users' video ...

  • Mix

• 5 cybersecurity trends that will dominate 2020, according to experts

  Just about everyone agrees cybersecurity will be paramount in 2020, and governments and regulatory bodies are already taking action. While GDPR allows citizens in Europe to manage their digital footprint and data, the EU’s Cybersecurity Act provides strong support for member nations ...

  • Nate Swanner

• A TikTok bug let hackers take over your account just through a text

  TikTok, one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world, closed a bug last December that let hackers take over anyone's account by just sending a text. The vulnerability, discovered by Israel-based security agency Checkpoint securities suggests all profiles on the platform ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How AI is preventing email phishing attacks

  Since its invention in 1970, email has undergone very little changes. Its ease of use has made it the most common method ...

  • Eyal Benishti

• 3 security steps you should take to protect your company from fraud

  Security needs to be baked in from the beginning – not bolted on at the end. Here are the key security questions businesses ...

  • Mark Crichton

• The UAE is reportedly spying on millions of ToTok messenger users (Update: It's back on Google Play)

  ToTok, an Emirati messaging app, is being used by the government of the UAE to track users' chats and listen in on their ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• 267 million Facebook users' data has reportedly been leaked

  A database containing more than 267 million Facebook users' data was reportedly found exposed online, says Comparitech and ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal