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T-Mobile Agrees To $350 Million Settlement Over Its Massive 2021 Data Breach
T-Mobile has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2021 hack that it says exposed around 76.6 million US residents’ data. According to the proposed agreement filled on Friday, T-Mobile will put $350 million into a settlement fund to...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 23, 2022
1 min read
Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 From North Korean Ransomware Actors
The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 20, 2022
4 min read
6 Bugs In Popular Chinese GPS Tracker Put 1.5 Million Vehicles At Tracking Risk
Cyber-security researchers have discovered six severe vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built vehicle GPS tracker, potentially allowing hackers to track individuals without their knowledge, remotely disable fleets of corporate supply and emergency vehicles, abruptly stop civilian vehicles on dangerous highways, and more. Cyber-security company BitSight said...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 20, 2022
2 min read
Russia Fines Google $370 Million For Hosting Banned Videos
Russia has imposed a fine of $358 million (21 billion rubles) on Google LLC for failing to restrict access to information considered prohibited in the country. According to an announcement by Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet watchdog, Google, and its subsidiary YouTube have failed to remove the...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 19, 2022
1 min read
US Aims To Crackdown On VPN Service Providers
The US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for individuals. However, said the lawmakers, the consumer VPN industry is rife with deceptive advertising...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 18, 2022
1 min read
Microsoft Delays Policy To Ban Commercial Open Source Apps
Microsoft has delayed the enforcement of its policy that was set to go into effect on July 16, to ban commercial open source apps which had left developers worried.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 17, 2022
1 min read
Italian Watchdog Probing Google Over Data Portability Abuse
The Italian anti-competition watchdog has ordered a probe against Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in data portability in the country. According to the Italian Competition Authority, Google allegedly hindered interoperability in sharing individuals’ data with other platforms, particularly with a direct marketing...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 15, 2022
2 min read
84 Fraudulent Apps On The AppStore Still Trick Users Out Of More Than $100M Annually
Avast shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps in March 2021, and after over a year, in June 2022, 84 of them are still active on the AppStore.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 12, 2022
9 min read
How Long Is The Average Rebound Relationship?
Rebound relationships are hastily-entered into unions quickly following a breakup. They can be born out of convenience, emotional distress, or desperation on the part of the recently single person. Not all subsequent relationships are necessarily rebounds—rebounds have distinct characteristics and often follow a predictable pattern.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 11, 2022
7 min read
Marriott Hotel Suffers Another Data Breach, 20GB Data Stolen
Marriott International has confirmed that it has been hit by yet another data breach that exposed staff and customer information.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 7, 2022
1 min read
AstraLocker Ransomware Releases Free Decryptors For Its Victims
AstroLocker ransomware has shut down its operation and plans to switch to cryptojacking.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 5, 2022
1 min read
Hackers Post Crypto Scams On British Army’s Youtube & Twitter Accounts
Cybercriminals have infiltrated the British Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts to promote cryptocurrency scams and on YouTube, they replaced the British Army's videos with old live streams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 4, 2022
1 min read
The Negative Effects Of Social Media
According to a survey conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all lead to increased feelings of depression, anxiety, poor body image, and loneliness in teenagers.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 2, 2022
10 min read
Google To Pay $90 Million To Developers To Settle Play Store Lawsuit
Tech giant Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit with a group of developers, where it will establish a $90 million fund to support developers in the US who earned $2 million or less in annual revenue through Google Play, during each year from...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2022
2 min read
Three Defendants Indicted In Software License Piracy Scheme
Defendants Allegedly Sold Over $88 Million Worth of Stolen Software Licenses
Bijay Pokharel,
June 29, 2022
4 min read
United States Seizes Six Websites Providing Illegal Access To Copyrighted Music
The Justice Department announced today the seizure of six websites as part of ongoing efforts by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to combat copyright infringement.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2022
2 min read
How To End A Toxic Relationship
A toxic relationship is characterized by dysfunctional behaviors that meddle with your health and well-being. According to licensed therapist Stephanie Wijkstrom, characteristics of toxic relationships include invalidation, guilt, gaslighting, name-calling and using anger and forgiveness to control outcomes or a partner’s behavior.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2022
4 min read
Network Change, Not Cyber Attack, Caused Outage: Cloudflare
The largest content delivery network (CDN) Cloudflare, which suffered an outage on Tuesday, said that the issue occurred because of a network change, not owing to a cyber attack.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
2 min read
Microsoft Blocked Windows 10 And Windows 11 Downloads In Russia
Microsoft has blocked the download of Windows 10 and Windows 11 ISOs and installation tools in Russia, with no reason for the block provided by the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 21, 2022
1 min read
Russian Botnet Disrupted In International Cyber Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice, together with law enforcement partners in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, have dismantled the infrastructure of a Russian botnet known as RSOCKS which hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 18, 2022
4 min read
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