Category: Security

TikTok lets parents set time limits and vet DMs on teen accounts

Post author By Randall
Post date February 19, 2020
Categories In Entertainment, family safety mode, Internet, kids, Mobile, parental controls, Security, services, Tech, Tiktok

[ad_1] Called “Family Safety Mode,” the new feature links a parent’s TikTok account to their teen’s, allowing them to control a number of aspects of digital wellbeing. Parents can decide how long their kid spends on the app each day, and can limit or completely disable direct messages. There’s also a new restricted mode, which […]

Google pulls alleged UAE spying app ToTok from the Play Store, again

Post author By Randall
Post date February 17, 2020
Categories In Android, gear, Google, google play, google play store, Mobile, play store, Security, spying, spyware, Tech, totok, uae

[ad_1] Google confirmed to TechCrunch that it did remove ToTok from the Play Store, but didn’t say why. The company did, however, make it clear that the app wasn’t pulled due to an outside request from, for example, a government agency. TechCrunch speculates that a policy violation is what caused the app to be removed. […]

‘OurMine’ group hijacks Twitter accounts for Olympics and FC Barcelona

Post author By Randall
Post date February 15, 2020
Categories In fc barcelona, gear, Hack, Internet, ioc, olympics, ourmine, Security, Social Media, social network, social networking, Sports, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] The social network said it locked down the accounts and was “working closely” with partners to restore them. The International Olympic Committee said it was “investigating a potential breach” into the accounts, while FC Barcelona said it would run a “cybersecurity audit” that included reviewing its “protocols and links with third-party tools.” These aren’t […]

Ring says its app will allow more control over data shared with Google, Facebook

Post author By Randall
Post date February 14, 2020
Categories In Amazon, Facebook, fridaynightnewsdump, gear, Google, ring, Security, sharing, Tech

[ad_1] A couple of weeks ago, the Electronic Frontier Foundation published the results of its investigation into data the Ring app is sharing with third parties. While the Amazon-owned company has faced criticism over its links to law enforcement and the security of user’s accounts, this particular issue was all about tracks information from the […]

It doesn’t matter if China hacked Equifax

Post author By Randall
Post date February 14, 2020
Categories In attorney general, bad password, badpassword, business, cfpb, China, class action lawsuit, data breach, equifax, fdic, federal reserve, gadgetry, gear, golden parachute, hackers, infosec, Internet, mick mulvaney, Mobile, opinion, personal computing, personalcomputing, Politics, Security, services, Tech, william barr, wordpress

[ad_1] It was a message of PR reprieve for the skinsuits at Equifax, who spend their life cycles profiting from tracking and trading our personal and financial information (and we’re powerless to stop them). Especially now as we’re seeing reports about how four Chinese hackers “took down Equifax.” That sure sounds a lot better (for […]

Huawei accuses US Justice Department of ‘political persecution’

Post author By Randall
Post date February 14, 2020
Categories In business, cfo, fbi, gear, Huawei, indictment, intellectual property, justice department, Politics, Security, Tech, trade secrets

[ad_1] The company starts the statement by claiming that many of the criminal charges the US Justice Department announced yesterday are based on older civil disputes that have already been resolved in the past.”In these disputes, no court has ever found that Huawei had engaged in malicious intellectual property theft, or required Huawei to pay […]

Judge grants Amazon’s request to put Microsoft’s Pentagon contract on hold

Post author By Randall
Post date February 13, 2020
Categories In Amazon, block, business, cloud, contract, department of defense, gear, jedi, judge, Microsoft, pause, pentagon, Politics, Security, Tech

[ad_1] The JEDI contract is meant to modernize the Department of Defense’s cloud infrastructure. Amazon and Microsoft were the final contenders, and after the contract went to Microsoft, Amazon claimed that President Trump “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks to steer the JEDI Contract away from AWS to harm his perceived political enemy-Jeffrey P. Bezos.” […]

Justice Department charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, again

Post author By Randall
Post date February 13, 2020
Categories In business, cfo, charges, fbi, gear, Huawei, indictment, intellectual property, Internet, justice department, Politics, Security, Tech, theft, trade secrets, wanzhou meng

[ad_1] These new charges allege that Huawei has run a decades-long attempt to steal intellectual property from six specific but unnamed US companies. Huawei allegedly got its hands on trade secrets and copyrighted work by entering into and then breaking confidentiality agreements, recruiting employees from competitors and using professors as proxies. Huawei even offered bonuses […]

Puerto Rico’s government lost $2.6 million to a phishing scam

Post author By Randall
Post date February 13, 2020
Categories In Email, fbi, fraud, funds, gear, government, Internet, phishing, Politics, puerto rico, Scam, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Rubén Rivera, finance director of the island’s Industrial Development Company, told AP that the agency received an email alleging a change to a bank account tied to remittance payments. In response, the agency transferred the funds to the fake account. It’s still unclear how officials discovered the scam, if anyone has been dismissed or […]