The largest petroleum transport company in the United States, Colonial Pipeline, has resumed business as usual this week after halting all pipeline operations last Friday when the company was hit by a ransomware attack. Attackers attempted a double ext…
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), two major obstacles hindering the recovery of the airline industry are phony Covid-19 certificates and the high cost of testing. IATA Director General Willie Walsh urged all governments t…
Last week, we described the privacy changes happening within Apple’s iOS 14.5. Now, in this post, we’ll be presenting the advertiser’s perspective of the situation at hand. While advertisers may think the sky is falling, the full-on Chicken Little scen…
Mac users are urged to update their systems to Big Sur 11.3 as soon as possible in order to patch a vulnerability that allows a malware known as Shlayer to bypass all of Apple’s security measures, including Gatekeeper and File Quarantine. The problem s…
This week, Apple announced the availability of iOS version 14.5 for its smartphones and tablets. The release contains an update that is a major change in direction and support for digital privacy. If you are concerned about your privacy, you should tak…
Over the past few weeks, data for millions of Facebook, LinkedIn and Clubhouse users has leaked online. In fact, if you total all three of these, it amounts to information of over 1 billion users collectively. But you may have also heard all three comp…
Last week, we unexpectedly lost Dan Kaminsky, one of the security research world’s best known researchers. Dan was very highly regarded and very well-liked. He also did something in 2008 that truly helped save the Internet.
Former children’s commissioner of England Anne Longfield is suing TikTok on behalf of millions of children in the UK over data collection that Longfield maintains is without sufficient warning and transparency. According to BBC News, the claim covers a…
In our article about the massive Facebook data leak earlier this month, we mentioned the concept of SIM swapping. This type of attack is becoming increasingly easier, thanks to leaks that associate email addresses and mobile phone numbers. Let’s take a…
Facebook made an announcement this week that it has expanded the scope of its Oversight Board to include appeals against content that has been left up on either Instagram or Facebook after someone had reported it. Previously, the Oversight Board would …