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Pardon the Intrusion #26: Facial recognition? That’s a no from me, dog
Portland becomes first US city to ban companies from using facial recognition in public places
WhatsApp debuts a new portal for all its security-related disclosure
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Hackers took over Indian PM website's Twitter account to clear their name in Paytm Mall breach
In the wee hours of the morning, a bunch of attackers, identifying themselves as “John Wick,” took over a Twitter account linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s website. The account, which is separate from the PM's official one, has more than 2.5 million followers. However, ...
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Oops! Apple let a piece of Mac malware run without warning
Apple's track record is rather clean when it comes to maintaining security for its Macs. However, a newly found goof-up might screw up its impressive scorecard. The company accidentally approved an Adobe Flash-based malware to run on Macs without any warning. Security researchers ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #25: Ransomware goes pro
Ransomware is quickly shaping up to be one the most significant online security threats of our era. And there's no end in ...
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Indian ticketing platform's unsecured server exposed personal info of 700,000 passengers
An unsecured server of the Indian ticket platform RailYatri exposed the personal information of over 700,000 passengers. The details in the database included full names, phone numbers, addresses, email IDs, ticket booking details, and partial credit or debit card numbers. The ...
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Google fixes a Gmail bug that could've let attackers spoof emails
While users were struggling to use Gmail's services yesterday for a long time, Google fixed a critical bug that might've let attackers send spoofed emails. It took Google a whopping 137 days to close the bug after security researcher Allison Husain first reported it to the company. Husain ...
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235M Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube profiles exposed in database breach
A databased containing scraped data of nearly 235 million social media users from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube was exposed without any password protection. It contained user information such as names, contact info, images, and stats about followers. Web scraping is a technique ...
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Chrome's upcoming version will protect you from sketchy web forms
Hackers often steal your personally identifiable data from unsecured web forms. Google is now trying to prevent that through a new feature in Chrome's upcoming version. Starting Chrome M86, the browser will warn you when you're trying to submit an insecure form. However, the scope ...
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British police to trial facial recognition system that detects your mood
Lincolnshire police plan to test facial recognition and behavioral tech that infers people's moods and expressions by analyzing ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #24: The clock is TikToking
TikTok is facing a roadblock in the US, where the Trump administration has escalated its threats to ban the app along with ...
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A China-based loan app exposed millions of Indians' data in an unsecured server
Update (17/08/2020): Moneed issued a statement stating that it follows all laws and regulations of India. While the company ...
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TikTok's older version collected device identification data, violating Google’s app store policy
TikTok has faced a lot of scrutiny for its data collection practices. It's one of the many reasons why the app might get ...
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UK court rules police use of facial recognition was 'unlawful'
In a landmark decision, judges said South Wales Police's use of facial recognition breached human rights and data protection ...
