By Marcy Gordon | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network. Facebook wrongly used a 2019 data-privacy settlement with the FTC to justify shutting…
Sea levels will continue to rise for years to come even if the world cuts emissions of greenhouse gases, Prof Ed Hawkins, the lead author of the UN’s climate change report, has warned. He told BBC World News that if the world achieved net zero emissions it would stop extreme weather events getting worse, but…
Organizations have been warned that hackers have started scanning the internet for Microsoft Exchange servers affected by a series of vulnerabilities that were disclosed by researchers last week. Orange Tsai, principal researcher at security consulting firm DEVCORE, discovered that Microsoft Exchange servers are affected by three vulnerabilities that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers for…
Pop star and songwriter Ariana Grande is the latest musician to perform a series of concerts inside the hit video game Fortnite. Millions of gamers are expected to watch the virtual gigs, which see Ariana Grande soar through the sky with huge angel wings while surrounded by players inside bubbles. BBC Click’s gaming reporter Marc…
The Ad Observatory project at NYU was started by the Cybersecurity for Democracy group with over 6,500 volunteers at the University’s school of engineering in September 2020 Last week, Facebook Inc said it suspended accounts and access of New York University’s Ad Observatory project researchers, stating their research practices were against the company’s terms of…
US cybersecurity officials on Thursday said Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have enlisted to help them fight ransomware and defend cloud computing systems from hackers. The tech giants are among firms signed on to be part of a Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative intended to combine government and private skills and resources to fight hackers, according to…
A cyberespionage group that appears to be based in China has been seen targeting critical infrastructure organizations in Southeast Asia, and the attackers may be interested in industrial control systems (ICS). It’s not uncommon for Chinese threat actors to target Southeast Asia. Over the past years, they have been observed targeting organizations in the military,…
Taiwanese motherboard maker Gigabyte has been hit by the RansomEXX ransomware gang, who threaten to publish 112GB of stolen data unless a ransom is paid. Gigabyte is best known for its motherboards, but also manufactures other computer components and hardware, such as graphics cards, data center servers, laptops, and monitors. The attack occurred late Tuesday…
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an increase of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. “ACSC has observed an increase in reporting of LockBit 2.0 ransomware incidents in Australia,” Australia’s cybersecurity agency said in a security alert issued on Thursday. According to the agency, LockBit victims also report threats of having data stolen during…
Check Point Research (CPR) found security flaws in Amazon Kindle, the world’s most popular e-reader. By tricking victims into opening a malicious e-book, a threat actor could have leveraged the flaws to target specific demographics and take full control of a Kindle device, opening a path to stealing information stored. Victims would need to simply…
