LGBTQ+ people in Middle East and North Africa subject to intense digital oppression, research findstherecord.media Authorities are “weaponizing dating, messaging, and social media apps to persecute” queer people in the region, researchers found.
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WhatsApp: AWS leased infrastructure to NSO Group beginning in 2018therecord.media The manufacturer of the powerful zero-click Pegasus software allegedly rented space on Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers from December 2018 through at least October 2020, a longer and earlier time fra...
Patagonia invaded privacy by using AI to analyze customer service interactions, lawsuit allegestherecord.media The plaintiffs of a suit filed in California say their communications with Patagonia were intercepted, recorded and analyzed by a third party without their permission.
Apple warns Indian iPhone users of possible ‘mercenary spyware’ attacktherecord.media The daughter of and media adviser to the president of an Indian state political party is one of the most recent targets in the country’s long history of spyware scandals, according to local reports.
FTC audit of websites and apps finds three-fourths use dark patterns to trick consumerstherecord.media The annual review by the Federal Trade Commission and international partners found widespread use of dark patterns among 642 sites and subscription-based mobile apps.
Scammers harness AI and deepfakes to sell bogus ‘miracle cures’ on Meta platformstherecord.media The sweeping campaigns on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram reach millions of people across four continents, according to the research.
A surveillance tower in Mexico becomes an unsettling landmark for privacy advocatestherecord.media When completed, the Torre Centinela in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, will be a 20-story surveillance colossus serving state governments on both sides of the border. Activists and privacy advocates are warnin...
Spyware attributed to pro-Houthi hackers used against militaries across Middle Easttherecord.media A threat actor aligned with the Yemen-based Houthi group used malware known as GuardZoo to spy throughout the Middle East, according to researchers at Lookout.
Senate leader demands answers from CISA on Ivanti-enabled hack of sensitive systemstherecord.media Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Wednesday sent Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly a stern letter seeking documentation and answers relating to a January hack...
Supreme Court to take up Texas law requiring adults verify age to watch porntherecord.media The petition to overturn the law points out the inherent dangers of submitting proof of identification online in an era where data breaches and hacks are rampant.
Polish Parliament strips official of immunity, clearing path for prosecution in spyware scandaltherecord.media The Polish parliament on Friday voted to lift an opposition leader’s legal immunity in order to prosecute him for the part he allegedly played in buying powerful commercial spyware when he was a leade...
Law enforcement searches of Clearview AI facial recognition doubled in past yeartherecord.media Agencies nationwide searched Clearview AI's database 2 million times over the past year, CEO Hoan Ton-That said.
Data broker prepares a new driver-related product as another continues to draw scrutinytherecord.media LexisNexis Risk Solutions, facing criticism for a driver-data product that helps insurance companies set rates, is launching another intended to help them find desirable customers.
The inside view of spyware’s 'dirty interference,' from two recent Pegasus victimstherecord.media Andrei Sannikov and Evgeny Erlikh discuss the effects of discovering their devices had been infected with Pegasus — making them part of a rapidly expanding list of civil-society figures targeted with ...
The inside view of spyware’s 'dirty interference,' from two recent Pegasus victimstherecord.media Andrei Sannikov and Evgeny Erlikh discuss the effects of discovering their devices had been infected with Pegasus — making them part of a rapidly expanding list of civil-society figures targeted with ...
With protections against AI bias removed, data privacy bill 'impossible for civil society to support'therecord.media The latest version of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) has several significant changes, including most notably the deletion of two sections of the bill covering civil rights protections and algo...
Texas judge upholds hospitals’ right to use online tracking technologytherecord.media The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) went beyond its authority when it issued a policy to rein in online trackers by hospitals, the judge ruled.
Polish investigators seize Pegasus spyware systems as part of probe into alleged abusetherecord.media Poland's Central Anticorruption Bureau is the target of a probe into potential abuse of Pegasus spyware by the country's previous government.
FTC files complaint against TikTok for alleged data privacy practicestherecord.media The agency referred the complaint to the Department of Justice after determining TikTok and its parent company ByteDance "are violating or are about to violate the law and that a proceeding is in the ...
Vermont’s landmark privacy bill killed as legislature fails to override vetotherecord.media According to the bill's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Monique Priestley, the bill died because of a “massive lobbying campaign to deny Vermonters their right to strong privacy protections.”
Government and military officials fair targets of Pegasus spyware, NSO Group arguestherecord.media The company's lawyers argued in a Friday court filing that it is appropriate to target officials with the technology because their jobs categorically make them “legitimate intelligence targets."
Vermont governor rejects state’s tough data privacy billtherecord.media Gov. Phil Scott said the Vermont legislation has “unique expansive definitions and provisions create big and expensive new burdens and competitive disadvantages for the small and mid-sized businesses ...
NSO Group co-founder launches AI institute at top Israeli universitytherecord.media Shalev Hulio and others are founding The Institute to promote Israel's “leadership in implementing artificial intelligence capabilities in the cyber, medical, finance and education industries.”
Microsoft’s Recall puts the Biden administration’s cyber credibility on the linecyberscoop.com Why has the White House remained silent on the launch of a product that violates the spirit and letter of its flagship cybersecurity initiatives?
Indiana cop who used Clearview AI facial recognition tech for personal reasons resignstherecord.media The Evansville Police Department officer was discovered to have used the controversial tool to search social media accounts.
'Junk inferences' by data brokers are a problem for consumers and the industry itselftherecord.media Data brokers sell inferences about consumers, essentially making predictions about their habits and tastes. A significant portion of the inferences are junk, experts say, and the problem can create se...
Data broker shuts down product related to driver behavior patternstherecord.media Verisk recently disclosed that it has stopped accepting data from car makers and no longer sells it to insurers.
As markup nears, knives come out for comprehensive data privacy legislationtherecord.media A coalition representing Fortune 500 companies wants the American Privacy Rights Act to override all existing state laws governing privacy.
Privacy authorities in Canada and UK announce joint probe of 23andMe data breachtherecord.media Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne and U.K. Information Commissioner John Edwards said their offices will jointly investigate in order to augment their individual efforts.