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Silicon Valley has become infamous for its role in the surveillance ecosystem, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bosses are increasingly using an array of tech industry tools to keep constant tabs on their employees working from home, despite statistics showing that those who work remotely are more productive than their counterparts toiling away in office buildings. But one woman who worked for the tech industryโs biggest company is fighting back. Ashley Gjovik, a former Apple project manager who was fired in September after speaking out about workplace safety concerns, has asked labor regulators to rule that the company employs illegal surveillance tactics. Source: https://truthout.org/articles/apple-employee-blows-whistle-on-illegal-spying-and-toxic-working-conditions/
Part of the Belgian Ministry of Defenceโs network was down for several days as a result of a โseriousโ cyber attack after a security hole was discovered in the software. Since last Thursday, part of the computer network was down, including the mail system, as a result of the attack. It remains unclear who the perpetrator is, according to reports from VRT News. Source: https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/198521/belgian-defence-ministry-network-partially-down-following-cyber-attack
Meta is taking legal action against the bad actors who allegedly impersonated Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram to conduct a phishing scam. The company claims that since 2019, the defendants created over 39,000 websites in an attempt to replicate Metaโs services, subsequently deceiving users and collecting their login information. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/20/22846952/meta-lawsuit-phishing-attacks
Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent. The privacy authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec are also requiring the U.S. firm to delete images and biometric data collected without permission from individuals. Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8451440/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-order-stop/
Microsoft is rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for Microsoft Teams. After announcing the feature earlier this year and testing a public preview since October, Microsoft Teams is getting the added E2EE security support for all one-to-one calls. An update is rolling out to all Team
An October report from the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) showed that the number of breaches that had taken place by September 30, 2021, had already exceeded the total from 2020. (And that's only reported breaches.) Above is a breakdown of personal info percentages sourced from such breaches, waiting to be used by bad actors on the Dark Web. Source: https://www.pcmag.com/news/security-predictions-point-to-2022-as-the-year-of-the-breach
Peter Parker might not be a mastermind cryptocurrency criminal, but the name Spiderman is quickly becoming more associated with the mining landscape. ReasonLabs, a leading provider of cybersecurity prevention and detection software, recently discovered a new form of malware hacking into customer computers in the guise of the latest Spiderman movie. Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/spider-man-no-way-home-pirated.html
The stormy cybersecurity horizon will leave its mark on cloud-based assets next year. However, despite the looming threats, experts see no stopping on migration to the cloud. 2021 was a pivotal year in cybersecurity, with ransomware dominating the headlines. With the upward trend in cybercrime unlikely to change next year, the need to secure cloud-based assets will only increase. Source: https://cybernews.com/cloud/cloud-security-in-2022-stormy-horizons-shaken-trust-and-lack-of-talent/
Halo Infinite is currently suffering from an influx of hackers and cheaters. Halo Infinite players have been reporting multiple instances of cheaters over the Thanksgiving weekend, with recordings showing people clearly using aimbots and wallhacks to cheat. Itโs the latest game to be hit by an increase in cheating across the worldโs biggest PC games. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22807663/halo-infinite-cheating-hackers-aimbot-wallhacks-problems
A group of Democrats wants to stop the Grinch from stealing Christmas. Except this time around the spoilsport theyโre targeting is not a furry green creature, but a robot. Lawmakers including Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chuck Schumer introduced a bill to crack down on โcyber Grinchesโ using bots to quickly snap up entire inventories of popular holiday toys and resell them at higher prices. Their actions could make some of the items almost impossible to buy, the politicians say, exacerbating shortages sparked by supply chain woes. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/-cyber-grinches-snatching-toys-should-be-stopped-lawmakers-say
A joint four-month operation coordinated by Interpol, the international criminal police organization, has culminated in the arrests of more than 1,000 cybercriminals and the recovery of $27 million in illicit proceeds. Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/interpol-arrests-over-1000-cyber.html
Clearview AI Inc. faces a 17 million-pound ($23 million) fine after the U.K.โs data protection watchdog said the facial-recognition firm may have collected images from a โsubstantial numberโ of British people without their knowledge. Source: [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/clearview-ai-risks-23-million-fine-for-snooping-on-brits](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-29/clearview-ai-risks-23-million
Verizon might be collecting information about your browsing history, location, apps, and your contacts, all in the name of helping the company โunderstand your interests,โ first spotted by Input. The program, which Verizon appears to automatically opt customers into, is called Verizon Custom Experience and its controls lay buried in the privacy settings on the My Verizon app. Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/5/22818783/verizon-app-data-collection-browsing-history#comments
Android users have been identified as potential victims to a malware scam that seeks to obtain personal information, through their phone. By answering a simple phone call, users become at risk of having their digital banking credentials stolen. Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/16948942/android-users-phone-hack/
Over 4,000 online retailers have been warned that their websites had been hacked by cybercriminals trying to steal customers' payment information and other personal information. In total, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified a total of 4,151 retailers that had been compromised by hackers attempting to exploit vulnerabilities on checkout pages to divert payments and steal details. They alerted the retailers to the breaches over the past 18 months. Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-targeted-thousands-of-online-retailers-to-steal-credit-card-details/
As the year is coming to a close, itโs time to take a look at the evolution of the ransomware landscape in 2022. Security experts believe that the level of sophistication and scale of cyberattacks will continue to increase, causing record-breaking financial losses. Source: https://cybernews.com/security/ransomware-trends-for-2022-and-beyond/
A new report from Forbes suggests that mobile phone users who have Chrome installed on their phone are subject to massive invasion of privacy risks, and encourages users to delete the mobile browser from their phone. According to the report, Google's data harvesting practices are far more intrusive and pervasive even than Facebook's, and the data that Google harvests is more widely and freely shared with third parties without your active consent. Source: https://www.theblaze.com/news/new-report-sounds-massive-privacy-invasion-alarm-for-mobile-phone-users-delete-google-chrome-on-your-phone
I feel sure there are many American workers who have put the whistle in their mouths, like former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, but been too afraid to blow it. I feel equally sure that, after I tell you what's coming, you'll be more reluctant even to put the whistle in your mouth. Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-will-now-snitch-on-you-at-work-like-never-before/
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse is no utopian vision โ it's another opportunity for Big Tech to colonise our lives in the name of profit. Source: [https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/metaverse-big-tech-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-microsoft-vr-gig-economy-internet-gaming-fortnite](https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/metaverse-big-tech-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-microsoft-vr-gig-economy-internet-gaming-for
New legislation being considered by the European Parliament would allow EU authorities to view private and encrypted chats will likely have an impact on UK residents, despite the UK leaving the EU at the start of the year. The EU Commission wants to oblige all providers โ such as WhatsApp, Skype and Signal โ to scan private chats, under the guise of countering child abuse online. Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1520684/eu-snooping-laws-uk-residents-private-messages-read-stark-warning-privacy
A new politically-motivated hacker group named "Moses Staff" has been linked to a wave of targeted attacks targeting Israeli organizations since September 2021 with the goal of plundering and leaking sensitive information prior to encrypting their networks, with no option to regain access or negotiate a ransom. Source: [https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/new-moses-staff-hacker-group-targets.html
When Facebook bought Oculus and its much-hyped Rift headset for $2 billion way back in 2014, it wasnโt clear exactly what the social media company had in mind for the resurgent frontier of virtual reality. But to anyone familiar with the companyโs countless scandals and insatiable appetite for personal data, it wasnโt hard to guess. Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/88g9vv/zuckerbergs-meta-endgame-is-monetizing-all-human-behavior
Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/02/tech/facebook-shuts-down-facial-recognition/index.html
Consumers have lost $586 million to fraud linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission. Americans filed more than 269,000 fraud complaints from the beginning of 2020 to Oct. 14, 2021, according to most recent federal data. (Consumers cited Covid, stimulus or related terms in the complaints.). Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/covid-related-scams-have-bilked-americans-out-of-586-million.html
Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on build
CyberNews researchers found that Hackers are able to abuse cryptocurrency exchange API keys and steal cryptocurrencies from their victimsโ accounts without being granted withdrawal rights. itsblockchain.com/hackersโฆ
Permission.io in CyberNews ๐ "...it seems that the technology for us to be in charge of our data while making it more secure at the same time is already here" Article: Jurgita Lapienytฤ cybernews.com/editorial/tโฆ
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