Maple Leaf Foods suffers IT outage after cybersecurity incident
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Researchers discover hacker drone that uses Wi-Fi to see through walls
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario have developed a drone-powered device that can see through walls by using Wi-Fi networks. The airborne scanning devices are able to triangulate the location of any Wi-Fi-connected device in a person’s home. This device was dubbed the Wi-Peep by researchers Ali Abedi and Deepak Vasisht, who recently […]
Mastodon, the Twitter alternative
You’re not alone if you’re planning to leave Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, but there’s also an alternative called Mastodon that seems superficially similar to Twitter. The platform has been around since 2016, and it has a mascot that is an animal with a trunk that looks like a mastodon or mammoth and is sometimes […]
Cyber Security Today, Nov. 7, 2022 – Beware of business email gift card scams, and a new gang of crooks is impersonating lawyers
That email from the CEO asking you to buy gift cards for the staff may
U.K. government scans all internet devices hosted in the country for bugs
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency leading the country’s cybersecurity mission, has launched a program to scan all internet-connected devices for known vulnerabilities to assess how well their organizations are prepared for a potential cyberattack. The government agency has specified a specific domain and IP address from which all scan […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s phone number was leaked after massive data breach
According to a security expert, Dave Walker, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s phone number and other details were leaked in 2021 This happened in April 2021, when a large-scale breach of user data affected at least 533 million Facebook accounts. Hackers allegedly leaked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal cell phone number, making it easily accessible to […]
Starlink to limit Internet subscribers to 1 TB per month in new Fair Usage Policy
Starlink plans to limit Internet subscribers in the United States who consume more than 1 TB of data per month from December 2022. Those affected will have their speed curtailed during peak hours from 7am to 11pm. In order to encourage subscribers to move their heavy downloads during the night, use between 11pm and 7am […]
Tech women continue to face harassment and inequality, Ensono
According to Ensono’s Speak Up 2022: Women’s Voices in the Tech Workplace report, women in the tech industry face intimidation, exploitation, harassment and subjugation. The report states that a significant number of women working in technology have experienced physical and verbal harassment throughout their careers, and nearly half (44%) of employers in the United States […]
Telecoms firms want EU to pay Big Tech for network costs
According to sources close to the matter, telecom companies are pushing the European Union to pass new laws that would require Big Tech to pay for network costs, as is the case in Australia. Telecoms companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and others want to attract big tech companies such as Alphabet’s Google, Meta’s […]
Medibank won’t pay ransom for customer data stolen in cyberattack
Medibank Private Ltd, Australia’s largest health insurer, has said it will not pay a ransom to the alleged hacker who stole data from 9.7 million of its customers, citing the low probability that the payment would prevent the data from being released online. David Koczkar said the company’s advice and the Australian government’s position was […]
