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An Apple employee is suing the company over monitoring employee personal devices

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An Apple ad-tech employee filed a lawsuit against his employer on Sunday over how the company monitors its employees, reports Semafor. Apple wants its employees to use Apple devices for work but work-issued devices are so restricted that many employees use personal devices, or tie their work devices to their personal iCloud. To do so, […]

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Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe

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For the last few years, the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been investigating the use — and alleged abuse — of Pegasus phone spyware by the previous government.  On Monday, the former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was arrested and forcibly taken to testify before parliament, as part of the current

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Indian online ID verification firm Signzy confirms security incident

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Signzy, a popular vendor offering online “know your customer” ID verification and customer onboarding services to several top financial institutions, commercial banks, and fintech companies, has confirmed a security incident. The Bengaluru-based startup, which serves over 600 financial institutions globally — including the four largest Indian banks, was hit by a cyberattack last week, according

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Russian government confirms rare criminal charges against ransomware hacker

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The Russian government has confirmed the indictment of a 32-year-old resident, who authorities accuse of creating and launching ransomware attacks. Russian prosecutors said last week that they charged the unnamed hacker, who lives in the Russian province of Kaliningrad, with the creation of ransomware to gain “illegal profit.” The arrest of a suspected ransomware member

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Confirmed: cloud security specialist Upwind raises $100M on a $900M valuation

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In November, we broke the news on how cybersecurity startup Upwind was getting a lot of inbound interest to raise money on a big valuation. Now, we can confirm that the deal is done: Upwind has closed a Series A of $100 million. The company confirmed that the round values it at $900 million post-money. 

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Retail outages drag into second week after Blue Yonder ransomware attack

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A ransomware attack on supply chain software giant Blue Yonder continues to cause disruption to the company’s customers, almost two weeks after the outage first began. In a brief update to its cybersecurity incident page on Sunday, Arizona-based Blue Yonder said it is making “good progress” in its recovery from the attack, which hit its

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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

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There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, it’s understandable if you want to consider your options when it comes to where you store your private data and records of your everyday activities.  Fortunately, not every service out there is trying

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North Korean hackers have stolen billions in crypto by posing as VCs, recruiters and IT workers

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A venture capitalist, a recruiter from a big company, and a newly hired remote IT worker might not seem to have much in common, but all have been caught as imposters secretly working for the North Korean regime, according to security researchers.  On Friday at Cyberwarcon, an annual conference in Washington DC focused on disruptive

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Investigators think a Chinese ship purposefully cut critical data cables  

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European investigators are saying that a Chinese commercial ship purposefully dragged its anchor in order to slash through two critical data cables, according to the The Wall Street Journal. The Chinese ship had recently departed from Russia carrying Russian fertilizer when it crossed the Baltic Sea. Investigators say the alleged attack may have been orchestrated

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T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs

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U.S. phone giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that hackers had “no access” to its customers’ calls, text messages, and voicemails during an ongoing industry-wide cyberattack targeting internet and phone companies. T-Mobile’s chief security officer, Jeff Simon, said in a statement that the company detected in recent weeks “attempts to infiltrate our systems,” which Simon said originated

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