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Kids Online

TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children's content and more

TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children's content and more

Kids Online

TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children's content and more

With TikTok being all the rage especially with teens, we look at a feature that gives parents greater control over how their children interact with the app

Amer Owaida07 Sep 2020


Digital Security

Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool

Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool

Digital Security

Microsoft debuts deepfake detection tool

As the US presidential election nears, the company’s new tech should also help assure people that an image or video is authentic

Amer Owaida03 Sep 2020


Social Media

Houseparty – should I stay or should I go now?

Houseparty – should I stay or should I go now?

Social Media

Houseparty – should I stay or should I go now?

What’s the benefit of deleting your Houseparty – or any other unused – account, rather than just uninstalling the app?

Jake Moore03 Sep 2020


Digital Security

Norway’s parliament struck by hackers

Norway’s parliament struck by hackers

Digital Security

Norway’s parliament struck by hackers

Unknown threat actors were able to exfiltrate information from the email accounts of several parliamentarians

Amer Owaida02 Sep 2020


Digital Security

Security flaw allows bypassing PIN verification on Visa contactless payments

Security flaw allows bypassing PIN verification on Visa contactless payments

Digital Security

Security flaw allows bypassing PIN verification on Visa contactless payments

The vulnerability could allow criminals to rack up fraudulent charges on the cards without needing to know the PINs

Amer Owaida31 Aug 2020


Cybercrime

DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers

DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers

Cybercrime

DDoS extortion campaign targets financial firms, retailers

The extortionists attempt to scare the targets into paying by claiming to represent some of the world’s most notorious APT groups

Amer Owaida27 Aug 2020


Digital Security

New Chrome, Firefox versions fix security bugs, bring productivity features

New Chrome, Firefox versions fix security bugs, bring productivity features

Digital Security

New Chrome, Firefox versions fix security bugs, bring productivity features

Chrome gets a new way of managing tabs while Firefox now features a new add-ons blocklist

Amer Owaida26 Aug 2020


COVID-19

FBI, CISA warn of spike in vishing attacks

FBI, CISA warn of spike in vishing attacks

COVID-19

FBI, CISA warn of spike in vishing attacks

Cybercriminals take aim at teleworkers, setting up malicious duplicates of companies' internal VPN login pages

Amer Owaida25 Aug 2020


Cybercrime, Business Security

Cyber attacks: Several Canadian government services disrupted

Cyber attacks: Several Canadian government services disrupted

Cybercrime, Business Security

Cyber attacks: Several Canadian government services disrupted

Several services, including the national revenue agency, had to be shut down following a series of credential-stuffing attacks

Gabrielle Ladouceur Despins24 Aug 2020