More organizations issue TikTok bans
Bank of Canada, Quebec join the federal government in ordering employees not to use the app on wo
Zero trust advice: Start small, but get started
The year’s first MapleSec Satellite series featured Cloudsec’s field CTO tal
Cyber Security Today, March 1, 2023 – Dish TV, U.S. Marshal’s Service hit with ransomware, and a US official shoots security complaints against the IT industry
Breaches of security controls should be blamed on unsafe applications, not attackers, says the head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
LastPass developer’s computer hacked as part of last year’s breach
LastPass, the popular password manager, experienced a significant data breach last year, and it has now been revealed that the hackers also targeted a senior developer’s home computer. To aid in data theft, the hackers compromised the home computer of one of the company’s DevOps engineers. They also stole the encryption keys used by LastPass […]
AirPods maker GoerTek under pressure to leave China
GoerTek says it is investing $280 million in a new plant in Vietnam, citing pressure from U.S. buyers to leave China. This is attributed to concerns about rising costs and geopolitical risks as tensions between China and the United States continue to rise. A top executive at GoerTek, which lost the contract to manufacture AirPods […]
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children launches tool to remove explicit contents online
Take It Down, a new online tool, has been launched to assist people in removing explicit images and videos of themselves from the internet. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children operates the tool, which is partially funded by Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram. It allows anyone to create what is […]
Ford applies for patent that will allow cars to repossess themselves if owners fail to make payments
Ford Motor Company recently applied for a patent for a new technology that could allow cars to repossess themselves if their owners fail to make payments. The “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” technology would allow a car to detect when a payment is missed and then drive itself to a designated location, such […]
Bluesky appears in App Store as invite-only iOS app
Bluesky, Jack Dorsey’s Twitter alternative, has launched as an invite-only app on the App Store. Dorsey announced Bluesky’s development as a decentralized social network in 2019. By decentralizing control over social media infrastructure, the platform aims to address the shortcomings of centralized social media networks such as Twitter. Bluesky’s launch comes after two years of […]
Ransomware attack hits U.S. Marshals
The Justice Department is looking into a ransomware attack that targeted one of the U.S. Marshals Service’s systems earlier this month. According to reports, the U.S. Marshals Service was the target of a ransomware attack. According to reports, the attack disrupted the agency’s email systems and forced officials to shut down certain computer systems as […]
