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Facial recognition company Clearview AI hit by data theft
The startup came under scrutiny after it emerged that it had amassed 3 billion photos from social media for its facial recognition software
Amer Owaida • 27 Feb 2020
RSA 2020 – Hacking humans
What the human battle against biological viruses can teach us about fighting computer infections – and vice versa
Cameron Camp • 27 Feb 2020
MGM Resorts data breach exposes details of 10.6 million guests
A number of celebrities, government officials and tech CEOs were also caught up in the incident
Amer Owaida • 20 Feb 2020
What DNS encryption means for enterprise threat hunters
The dawn of the DNS over HTTPS era is putting business security and SOC teams to the challenge
Rene Holt • 19 Feb 2020
Plugin flaw leaves up to 200,000 WordPress sites at risk of attack
A fix is available, so you may want to make sure that you run the plugin’s latest version
Tomáš Foltýn • 18 Feb 2020
FC Barcelona Twitter account hacked – again
The same hackers have also gotten their mitts on social media accounts of other high-profile sporting targets
Amer Owaida • 17 Feb 2020
Almost 2 billion malware installs thwarted by Google Play Protect in 2019
That’s for apps from third-party marketplaces; another 790,000 policy-breaking apps were stopped from reaching Google Play
Amer Owaida • 13 Feb 2020
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes IE zero-day and 98 other flaws
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it brings a bumper crop of patches
Tomáš Foltýn • 12 Feb 2020
Competing in esports: 3 things to watch out for
If you’re looking to become a pro gamer, there are risks you shouldn’t play down
Amer Owaida • 11 Feb 2020
