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March 12, 2024 @ 10:48 AM Roku has been hit by a data breach that comprised over 15,000 accounts, according to disclosures the streaming device maker made to the state attorney generals of Maine and California. “Roku’s security team recently detected suspicious activity that indicated a limited number of Roku accounts were accessed by unauthorized actors using login credentials obtained from third-party sources (e.g., through data breaches of third-party services that are not related to Roku),” a Roku…

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A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people whose Android devices are unknowingly compromised with its mobile surveillance apps, not least due to a simple security flaw that its operators never fixed. Now, two hacking groups have independently found the flaw that allows the mass access of victims’ stolen mobile device data directly from TheTruthSpy’s servers. Switzerland-based hacker maia arson crimew said in a blog post that the hacking…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When you try a new restaurant or book a hotel, do you consider the online reviews? Do you submit online reviews yourself? Do you pay attention if they are filtered and moderated? Does that impact your own online review submissions? A research team comprising of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's T. Ravichandran,…

The official X account belonging to the Securities and Exchange Commission was briefly “compromised,” the regulator said, after an apparently rogue post on X temporarily juiced bitcoin prices.On Tuesday, the SEC’s official X account tweeted that bitcoin ETFs had been approved “for listing on all registered national securities exchanges.” The tweet included an official-looking graphic featuring a quote from SEC Chair Gary Gensler. However, Gensler himself quickly clarified from his X account that the post from @SECGov was…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image Good news for Google Chrome users! Google has introduced an automatic Safety Check feature that actively monitors your online security. This feature takes care of various aspects to ensure your safety while browsing. As per the new Google Chrome update, the safety check feature now proactively alerts you if any of your saved…

Deepfake identity theft is at our doorstep Fake AI pictures and videos will be nearly impossible to discern from real images as the technology behind deepfakes advances, University of California, Berkeley professor says. Identity theft is not a joke. It's a very real threat that affected more than a million Americans just this year. With the internet becoming more of an everyday necessity, thieves have more ways to steal our information, money and identities. However, there are a few simple ways you can tell if someone…

Apple has commissioned a study which reveals data breaches and attacks are at a record high, and growing at an alarming rate. The newsA new study commissioned by Apple and conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr. Stuart Madnick has revealed that the total number of data breaches worldwide has tripled between 2013 and 2022 and that 2.6 billion personal records have been compromised in the last years alone. Why it matters to you(Image credit: iMore)Everyone who uses technology has to entrust their…

Nearly three-quarters of UK film and TV crew feel their safety or that of a colleague has been compromised at work, according to a new survey.On the sixth anniversary of the death of British camera operator Mark Milsome, and two years after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a survey by Bectu and the Mark Milsome Foundation revealed a consensus that safety training and protocols need to be improved, and that production companies should take ultimate responsibility for issues affecting shooting crew.Almost…

Tens of thousands of Android phones have fallen victim to a dangerous stalkerware app that covertly harvests private data. Known as Spyhide, this malicious software has managed to infiltrate 60,000 Android devices since 2016, according to a TechCrunch report. Unlike regular hacking apps that send stolen data to cybercriminals, stalkerware like Spyhide gathers sensitive information and transmits it back to individuals who seek to monitor their victims.Alarming discoveryThe real danger lies in the stalkerware's ability to…