Access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource. The act of accessing may mean consuming, entering, or using. Permission to access a resource is called authorization. Locks and login credentials are two analogous mechanisms of access control.
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A history of internet shutdowns in Africa and their impact on human rights
It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first ...
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Here's how weak policies on remote education have let our teachers down
The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant disruption to school education in England. Teachers have made a concerted ...
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Elon Musk claims his brain chip can stimulate your pleasure center
Neuralink's mission has never quite been clear. We know it's working on a chip designed to be surgically inserted into the ...
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130 Twitter accounts were targeted by hackers in the grand Bitcoin scam
Yesterday was probably one of the busiest days for Twitter's security team, as a hacker managed to get hold of high-profile accounts and tweeted about a Bitcoin scam. The strategy used for this hack is what's called social engineering: the attackers managed to convince someone ...
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Here’s how to manage your remote worker’s device security
One of the biggest consequences of COVID-19 for enterprises beyond 2020 will be the acceleration of the trend to working ...
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How do I prepare my phone for a protest?
Mass protests have broken out across the United States after a Minneapolis police officer killed black Minnesotan George ...
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Watch 50+ live performances from Montreux Jazz Festival for free
The good people behind the Montreux Jazz Festival have made 50+ live recordings from the event freely available (until April ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ex-employee steals $715K in Bitcoin from cryptocurrency fund
Welcome to Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Take a look ...
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How to implement a ‘threat model’ to beef up your organization’s security
A threat model is the most effective way to take stock of your company’s security and make sure it’s continuously up-to-date. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Facebook’s a mess, but it doesn’t mean backdoors are the answer
Despite my run-ins with the Islamic State, I believe backdoors aren't the answer. What we need is a pre-agreed, cryptographically ...
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Fixing employee access should be your top security priority in 2020
Where previously, many have perceived hackers as technical threats, today many in the industry are instead looking at human ...
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Dev says MakerDAO attackers could turn $20M in Ethereum into $340M almost instantly
A software developer claims to have found a way in which to make an "incredibly profitable" but "expensive" attack to steal ...
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Vladmir Putin is extricating Russia from the world-wide-web
Tonight, if you live in Russia, it's time to party like it's not yet 1989. Soviet KGB agent President Vladmir Putin is ...
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Hackers demand $14M in Bitcoin to unlock systems for 110 nursing homes across US
The IT services company responsible for some 80,000 computers powering care facilities and nursing homes across the US can't ...
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Why mobile access won't mend our 'digital divide' without fixed-line broadband
Mobile services have had an important and positive impact on developing countries where they are the main means of connecting ...
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US Senator: 'Amazon Ring’s policies are an open door for privacy and civil liberty violations'
US Senator Edward Markey yesterday revealed the results of a months-long investigation into Amazon's Ring camera-doorbells ...
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Railway workers caught mining Bitcoin with state electricity in Ukraine
Employees at the Ukranian Railways have been caught red-handed secretly running a Bitcoin mining farm, costing the state ...
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Hackers give Johannesburg government 3 days to pay over $30K in Bitcoin
A group of cybercriminals calling themselves the “Shadow Kill Hackers” has reportedly attacked the City of Johannesburg ...
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Researchers find fake WordPress plugins that secretly mine cryptocurrency
Researchers have discovered several malicious WordPress plugins that are being used to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency ...
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Windows users can now use Yubico's security keys to log in to their PCs
Swedish company Yubico has announced that its hardware security keys can now be used to login to a local Windows OS account. ...
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Instagram now lets you control which apps can access your account data
Instagram adding a new feature that allows individuals to "manage all of the third-party services they connect to their Instagram ...
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France says hackers might go after supply chains after Airbus cyber assault
France has issued a new cyber threat advisory about targeted espionage operations directed at service providers and engineering ...
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Here’s how you make your Google Docs secure
Google Docs is one of the few online applications that I’m deeply dependent on for my everyday work. Like millions of other ...
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DoorDash leaves door open for data breach, affecting 4.9M people
Popular on-demand food delivery platform DoorDash has confirmed a data breach affecting 4.9 million customers, workers, and ...
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Ex-Amazon employee who hacked Capital One bank used its servers to mine cryptocurrency
The ex-Amazon employee thought to be behind the recent breach of Capital One bank appears to have also used the infected ...
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Hostinger's database of 14 million customers' info hacked
Hostinger has forcibly reset all of its client passwords following an unauthorized access of its customer database of about ...
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Don’t be an idiot — here’s how to store and remember all your passwords
We’ve produced a guide on how to securely store and remember all your passwords using password managers including LastPass ...
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Online sneaker marketplace failed to come clean about 6.8M record data breach
StockX — a popular online destination for apparel and shoe trading — has become the latest company to fall victim to ...
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PSA: FaceApp can use your uploaded photos and your likeness for "commercial purposes" (Updated)
FaceApp has sparked fresh concerns for its ambiguous terms and conditions that grant the company a "perpetual" license to ...
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Google will remove shady data-stealing Chrome extensions starting October 15
Google has said its new policy for Minimum Permission and updated User Data policy will be enforced starting October 15, ...
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for SIM-swap bungle
AT&T must answer to a $224 million lawsuit related to a devastating SIM-swapping incident in 2017, which saw $24 million ...
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Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data
Google has announced new policies for Chrome extensions and Drive API that ensures developers only have necessary permissions ...
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A German minister wants access to your encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages
Germany's Federal Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer wants encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Telegram to provide ...
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Flipboard hack exposed sensitive user data for over 9 months
Flipboard has disclosed a glaring security breach, which gave hackers unauthorized access to its database systems for more ...
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Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years
Google says it discovered a bug that caused some of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an ...
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South Africa’s first legal online rhino horn auction totally failed
Private rhino horn owner John Hume, held South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction during 2017, a major event in ...
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ActionDash works great for visualizing the time you waste on your Android phone
ActionDash, a free app for Android, comes in awfully handy for visualizing how much time you waste on your phone each day. ...
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How to stop Facebook from tracking your location
Facebook is know to be notorious to track your data. You can at least limit the location data the social network collects ...
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Shutting down the internet doesn't work, but governments keep doing it anyway
As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate ...
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India’s porn crackdown isn’t working — but China’s is
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection ...
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This Chinese app reportedly maps nearby debtors to get you to shame them
China has reportedly launched a WeChat mini-app to highlight debtors around you, in an effort to shame them for not paying ...
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Facebook's latest privacy stumble gave big tech access to your messages
Facebook became embroiled in yet another privacy scandal before the holidays, this time centering around access it allegedly ...
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Ecommerce is ignoring people with disabilities — here’s how it should change
It might sound complicated or costly, but considering accessibility from the outset of the design process adds little in ...
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Everything Apple announced at its 2018 iPhone event
It's that time of year again. Apple CEO today Tim Cook took to the stage to announce all of the latest and greatest in Apple ...
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FBI warns of massive ATM scam that could affect banks worldwide
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently warned banks that cybercriminals are poised to carry out an "ATM cash-out," ...
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Everything you need to know about Reddit's recent security 'incident'
Reddit recently learned that a hacker managed to access multiple employee accounts and walk away with "some" current email ...
