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Flaws in widely used corporate VPNs put company secrets at risk
Researchers have found several security flaws in popular corporate VPNs which they say can be used to silently break into company networks and steal business secrets. Devcore researchers Orange Tsai and Meh Chang, who shared their findings with TechCrunch ahead...
A new Facebook privacy flaw allowed thousands of children on Messenger Kids to enter group chats with strangers
Facebook’s Messenger Kids is supposed to provide parents complete control over who their children chat can with on the app. But as The Verge reported on Monday, that key promise appears to have been broken, thanks to a design flaw with the app....
Why the Federal Government Sucks at Cyber Security
A new report out today from the software security firm Veracode found that civilian federal agencies — those largely unconnected to the military or intelligence communities — rank dead last in fixing security problems in the software they build and buy....
‘Delete Facebook NOW’: WhatsApp co-founder accuses Mark Zuckerberg of trading privacy for revenue after allowing ads on the platform
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton urged people to 'delete' their Facebook accounts now, during an address made to students. Mr Acton, now the head of non-profit WhatsApp rival Signal, blasted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for trading privacy for revenue by allowing ads...
How to permanently delete Facebook from your life
Buh-bye, Facebook. It's been real. So you've had it with endless scrolling through the News Feed, notifications that wake you up in the middle of the night, memories that remind you how little your life has changed over the years, and groups that are just too...
IBM didn’t inform people when it used their Flickr photos for facial recognition training
IBM took nearly a million photos from Flickr, used them to figure out how to train facial recognition programs, and shared them with outside researchers. But as NBC points out, the people photographed on Flickr didn’t consent to having their photos used to...