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Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft

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At the Android Show on Tuesday, ahead of Google I/O, Google announced new security and privacy features for Android. These new features include new protections for calls, screen sharing, messages, device access, and system-level permissions. With these features, Google aims to protect users from falling for a scam, keep their details secure in case a […]

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Google is adding new device-level features for its Advanced Protection program

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At the Android Show, taking place ahead of Google I/O 2025, Google announced that it is adding new device-specific features to its Advanced Protection program, which is designed to protect public figures such as politicians and journalists from different digital threats, with the Android 16 release. The new features include a new way of storing

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A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse

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The fediverse, also known as the open social web that includes Mastodon, Meta’s Threads, Pixelfed, and other apps, is ramping up its security. On Wednesday, a nonprofit focused on bringing governance to open source projects, the Nivenly Foundation, announced the launch of a new security fund that will pay those who responsibly disclose security vulnerabilities

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Hackers are ramping up attacks using year-old ServiceNow security bugs to target unpatched systems

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Hackers are ramping up their attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances, security researchers warned this week. Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise said in a blog post on Tuesday that it had observed a “notable resurgence of in-the-wild activity” targeting the three ServiceNow vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-4879, CVE-2024-5178,

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US teachers’ union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members

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The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), a labor union representing educators across the state, says hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than half a million of its members.  PSEA is the largest organization for educators in Pennsylvania, representing current and former teachers, counselors, health care workers, and school social workers. In a filing

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CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’

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The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired. U.S. District Judge James Bredar last week ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees laid off across a number of U.S. government agencies, including the Department

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Hackers are exploiting Fortinet firewall bugs to plant ransomware

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Security researchers have observed hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on several company networks.  In a report published last week, security researchers at Forescout Research said a group it’s tracking dubbed “Mora_001” is exploiting the Fortinet firewalls, which sit on the edge of a

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DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA, including “red team” staffers, two people affected by the layoffs told TechCrunch.  The people, who asked not to be named, said affected employees were axed immediately when their network access was revoked with

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