A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled an international criminal network that used the iServer automated phishing-as-a-service platform to unlock the stolen or lost mobile phones of 483,000 victims worldwide.  [...]

Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike's outage in July are dropping their current vendor's products.…

Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armor The Tor project has insisted its privacy-preserving powers remain potent, countering German reports that user anonymity on its network can be and has been compromised by police.…

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If you’re on LinkedIn, then you should know that the social network has, without asking, opted accounts into training generative AI models. 404Media reports that LinkedIn introduced the new privacy setting and opt-out form before rolling out an updated privacy policy saying that data from the platform is being used to train AI models. As TechCrunch notes, it has since updated the policy. We may use your personal data to improve, develop, and provide products and Services, develop and train artificial intelligence (AI) models, develop, provide, and personalize our Services, and gain insights with the help of AI, automated systems, and inferences, so that our Services can be more relevant and useful to you and others. LinkedIn writes on a...

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Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: Sources: the hackers behind the February data breach of drug distributor Cencora received a record ransom of $75M through three bitcoin installments in March  —  - Payment made through three Bitcoin installments in March  — Dark Angels hacking gang pursues high prices and low profile

Despite security updates to protect data, 45% of total enterprise instances of the cloud-based IT management platform leaked PII, internal system details, and active credentials over the past year.

Discord has introduced DAVE, its new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for audio and video communications, aimed at enhancing user privacy across voice calls, group DMs, and Go Live streams. This major security upgrade marks a significant step in Discord’s ongoing efforts to protect the 200 million monthly users on its platform. Announced by one of … The post Discord Introduces New End-to-End Encryption Protocol ‘DAVE’ appeared first on RestorePrivacy.

75% of infected devices were located in homes and offices in North America and Europe.

View Forever, more like it, as Meta's privacy feature again revealed to be futile with a little light hacking A fix deployed by Meta to stop people repeatedly viewing WhatsApp’s so-called View Once messages – photos, videos, and voice recordings that disappear from chats after a recipient sees them – has been defeated in less than a week by white-hat hackers.…

Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: Australian police say they infiltrated Ghost, a global encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including the app's alleged admin  —  Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.

Alicia Clanton / Bloomberg: Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago  —  - Almost 40% of young adults regularly get news from the app  — TikTok faces a ban in the US if parent company doesn't divest

Temu denies it was hacked or suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to be selling a stolen database containing 87 million records of customer information. [...]