News in the Technology category

YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views

YouTube is currently running what it describes as a "small experiment globally," warning users to toggle off their ad blockers and avoid being limited to only three video views.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 29, 2023
- 02:59 PM
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SMS delivery reports can be used to infer recipient's location

A team of university researchers has devised a new side-channel attack named 'Freaky Leaky SMS,' which relies on the timing of SMS delivery reports to deduce a recipient's location.
- Bill Toulas
- June 17, 2023
- 10:07 AM
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Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 04:44 PM
- 2
ChatGPT is down worldwide - OpenAI confirms issues

ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 25, 2023
- 07:31 AM
- 5
EU slaps Meta with $1.3 billion fine for moving data to US servers

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a $1.3 billion fine on Facebook after claiming that the company violated Article 46(1) of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 11:04 AM
- 3
HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update

HP is working to address a bad firmware update that has been bricking HP Office Jet printers worldwide since it was released earlier this month.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 20, 2023
- 10:04 AM
- 10
ASUS routers knocked offline worldwide by bad security update

ASUS has apologized to its customers for a server-side security maintenance error that has caused a wide range of impacted router models to lose network connectivity.
- Bill Toulas
- May 19, 2023
- 12:11 PM
- 5
New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts

Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google's new ZIP and MOV Internet domains, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing attacks and malware delivery.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 16, 2023
- 06:48 PM
- 2
GitHub reveals reason behind last week’s string of outages

GitHub's Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering shared more details today on a string of outages that hit the code hosting platform last week.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 16, 2023
- 03:26 PM
- 0
YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 10, 2023
- 03:43 PM
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Kingston's SSD firmware has Coldplay lyrics hidden within it

What has firmware got to do with pop rock, you ask? That's the question that crossed a security researcher's mind as he analyzed Kingston's firmware and stumbled upon the lyrics of a popular Coldplay song buried deep within it.
- Ax Sharma
- May 10, 2023
- 10:13 AM
- 2
Twitter says 'security incident' exposed private Circle tweets

Twitter disclosed that a 'security incident' caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to show publicly to users outside of the Circle.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 06, 2023
- 12:29 PM
- 1
Z-Library eBook site disrupted again by FBI domain seizures

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to disrupt the world's largest shadow eBook library, Z-Library, by seizing more domains used by the platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 05, 2023
- 05:05 PM
- 1
Drone goggles maker claims firmware sabotaged to ‘brick’ devices

Orqa, a maker of First Person View (FPV) drone racing goggles, claims that a contractor introduced code into its devices' firmware that acted as a time bomb designed to brick them.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 03, 2023
- 03:40 PM
- 0
Apple and Google team up to fight Bluetooth tracker stalking

Apple and Google have joined forces to push for the adoption of new industry standards designed to put a stop to stalking via Bluetooth-enabled location-tracking devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 02, 2023
- 02:28 PM
- 2
PornHub blocked in Utah over SB287 age-verification law

Adult media creation company MindGeek has blocked access to its websites in Utah, including PornHub, Brazzers, RedTube, YouPorn, and Reality Kings, in response to a new law requiring sites to verify if a visitor from the state is 18 or older.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 02, 2023
- 02:13 PM
- 4
Twitter outage logs you out and won’t let you back in

A Twitter outage has logged many users out of the website and prevents them from logging back into the site.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 01, 2023
- 04:11 PM
- 4
Twitter bug let legacy verified accounts see blue check in their profile

A silly Twitter bug allowed previously-verified accounts to add their legacy 'Blue Check' back to their profile for free.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 01, 2023
- 09:14 AM
- 1
Major UK banks including Lloyds, Halifax, TSB hit by outages

Websites and mobile apps of Lloyds Bank, Halifax, TSB Bank, and Bank of Scotland have experienced web and mobile app outages today leaving customers unable to access their account balances and information.
- Ax Sharma
- April 28, 2023
- 04:48 AM
- 1
NCR suffers Aloha POS outage after BlackCat ransomware attack

NCR is suffering an outage on its Aloha point of sale platform after being hit by an ransomware attack claimed by the BlackCat/ALPHV gang.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 15, 2023
- 02:26 PM
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