Proton Pass has announced that it is adding passkey support for all users, including its free users. In a blog post, the password manager company said that in a bid to provide “universal security for everyone,” it has “reimagined passkeys, helping them reach their full potential as free, universal, and...
It's no secret that cookies track everything we do online but, from the end of 2023, it became easier to see just how far your data travels. In November 2023, IAB Europe (a non-profit association that represents undertakings in the digital advertising and marketing sector in Europe) updated its Transparency...
As Reddit works on plans to go public this March, the Federal Trade Commission launches an inquiry into its AI content licensing practices. The social media company disclosed that they received a letter from the FTC on March 14, via an amendment to their IPO filing. The document goes on...
Apple is set to change the iPhone user experience in the European Union with a series of significant updates aimed at complying with the EU's new Digital Markets Act, which has just come into effect. According to The Verge, among the most notable changes, EU-based users will, by the end...
Microsoft Edge has reportedly pulled its latest update, as users experience significant issues with the web browser. The most recent update to long-term Google Chrome competitor Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.63) has seemingly broken the browser, with many users reporting that the browser is virtually unusable. Following the update, the bug appeared,...
A sophisticated ad fraud campaign, dubbed "SubdoMailing," has been exploiting over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to dispatch upwards of 5 million emails daily, engaging in scams and malvertising to generate illicit revenue, according to a recent report by Bleeping Computer. Uncovered by Guardio Labs researchers Nati Tal...
Reddit is having an exceptionally exciting start to the year, with plans to go public and a new deal with Google under their belt. Now, the company has proposed an initial public offering of its stock. Some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, will...
North Korean hackers are reportedly using ChatGPT to trick users on LinkedIn and other social media platforms into providing sensitive information and data, according to a report. ChatGPT parent company OpenAI and investor Microsoft revealed last week that it had “disrupted five state-affiliated actors that sought to use AI services...
A Wyze executive has confirmed that at least a dozen users were able to see thumbnails taken from other users’ cameras, due to an outage with their partner network. David Crosby wrote in a Wyze forum post on Friday that access to the Events tab was being restricted while the...
Lonely this Valentine's Day? Well, if so, might we suggest you think twice before spending your time with an AI girlfriend or boyfriend - they might not be trustworthy. That's because new AI chatbots specializing in romantic conversations with users rank among the 'worst' for privacy. App companies behind these...
Google has extended the availability of its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant and chatbot to several more territories and in various languages. Last week, the Alphabet company confirmed the rebranding of Bard to Gemini, which is also the name of its flagship large language model (LLM) AI. The Gemini assistant...
A massive security breach has been confirmed with almost one in two French citizens affected, involving two service providers for medical insurance companies. The third-party payment portals involved were Viamedis and Almerys, due to the former experiencing a sophisticated phishing attack that compromised its systems late last month. Almerys did...
A WordPress crypto widget used by thousands could contain a security vulnerability that could leak data to potential attackers. Cyber Security Agency (CSA) Singapore has released a security bulletin detailing a critical vulnerability in 'Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List', leaving it potentially vulnerable to exposing user data....
A new threat to Roblox players comes in the form of a malicious impersonator of official Noblox.js and Noblox.js open-source downloads. Noblox.js is an open-source Roblox API wrapper written in JavaScript that interacts with the game’s website. Seeing 1,642 weekly downloads, this is one of Roblox's most popular third-party node...
Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox browser, is stepping up its privacy game with the introduction of Monitor Plus, a subscription service designed to help users reclaim their personal data from the clutches of data brokers. Announced in a press release today, this new service expands on Mozilla Monitor,...
A university in Singapore has developed a bone conduction headphone and a micro camera that captures the wearer's field-of-vision, translating the data using artificial intelligence (AI). Associate professor of the information and analytics department of the National University of Singapore Computing (NUS), Suranga Nanayakkara is hoping that interaction with AiSee...
Malware disguised as a messaging app has been found on twelve applications, six of which were available on Google Play between April and September 2023. The malicious software, known as VarajSpy, is referred to as a remote access trojan. This means that the cyber-attacker is able to access your device...
Microsoft Edge is increasingly aggressively snatching your open tabs from Google Chrome in an attempt to get you to switch. The new Microsoft Edge has shown to be a good browser since its release in 2020, but Microsoft has never stopped aggressively pushing Edge over competing browsers, mainly Chrome. Google...
Although the video-sharing app TikTok claims to have walled off American data, staff members claim that data is occasionally shared with its parent company in China. According to TikTok, the company has invested $1.5 billion in developing an effort to persuade American lawmakers that the well-known video-sharing app is secure. In...
Fitbit users claim their devices have been rendered unusable following a software update issued in December 2023. The Google-owned subsidiary rolled out an update to its Fitbit Charge 5 device, which was supposed to enhance features and fix bugs, but instead, a growing list of problems has surfaced. As reported...
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