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Cyber Security Headlines

Cyber Security Headlines

Cybersecurity News – November 17, 2020

Apple responds to macOS privacy concerns Apple's Gatekeeper security service was first released on Mac's in 2012, and “performs online checks to verify if an...

Cybersecurity News – November 16, 2020

Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei Qualcomm Inc on Friday received a license from the U.S. government to sell 4G mobile...

Cybersecurity News – November 13, 2020

Finland pushes through change to ID code law  The Finish government said it was preparing new legislation to allow citizens to change their personal identity...

Cybersecurity News – November 12, 2020

Facebook extends ban on political ads In the announcement, the social network said that the ban would extend for another month. Facebook cited the delays...

Cybersecurity News – November 11, 2020

Biden aide Bill Russo attacks Facebook’s post-election role Mr. Russo, who is deputy press secretary to the US president-elect tweeted that Facebook is not doing...

Cybersecurity News – November 10, 2020

Inrupt launches enterprise privacy platform In 2017, Tim Berners-Lee launched a company called Inrupt to market products that used the open-source Solid system. Monday, Inrupt...

Cybersecurity News – November 9, 2020

Net neutrality and broadband expansion possible under Biden presidency Of the many changes expected to come about in a Biden presidency, tech industry watchers are...

Cybersecurity News – November 6, 2020

Facebook updates its premature victory policy On election night, Facebook told the Wall Street Journal that it's policy to label candidate posts claiming premature victory...

Cybersecurity News – November 5, 2020

Facebook and Instagram add pop-up banners about election results The banners inform US users that the results of the US election have not been determined,...

Cybersecurity News – November 4, 2020

Instagram banner mistakenly advertises Wednesday as Election Day for some subscribers On Tuesday, a subset of Instagram subscribers saw a notification that stated “Tomorrow is...

Cybersecurity News – November 3, 2020

Twitter clarifies its election results policy The company had previously said it will label misleading tweets claiming premature victory in the US presidential election. Now...

Cybersecurity News – November 2, 2020

Cybersecurity specialists list their election week fears Calling it the Super Bowl for malicious actors, cybersecurity specialists have a long list of fears over election...

Cybersecurity News – October 30, 2020

Hackers steal funds from the Wisconsin Republican Party According to the party’s chairman Andrew Hitt, the attackers stole $2.3 million from the state, with suspicious...

Cybersecurity News – October 29, 2020

NSA refuses to say if it still uses encryption backdoors The National Security Agency declined to disclose to Sen. Ron Wyden its promised new guidance...

Cybersecurity News – October 28, 2020

TikTok partners with Shopify on social commerce The deal aims to make it easier for Shopify’s over one million merchants to reach TikTok’s younger audience...