LIVE from Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas! Jackie McGuire sits down with Chuck Randolph, SVP of Strategic Intelligence & Security at 360 Privacy, for a gripping conversation about the evolution of executive protection in the digital age. With over 30 years of experience, Chuck shares how targeted violence has shifted from physical threats to online ide...
Forty percent of more than 500 data brokerage firms across California did not respond to requests for obtained user data, while most of the remaining firms made it difficult to access such information, indicating prevalent nonadherence to the state's Consumer Privacy Act that orders data brokers to comply with user opt-out or data deletion requests, CyberScoop reports.
More than 100 million records belonging to Swedish individuals and organizations between 2019 and 2024 have been inadvertently leaked by an unsecured Elasticsearch server, reports Cybernews.
A report by cybersecurity firm Lookout reveals that Chinese authorities are using a mobile forensics tool called Massistant to extract data from seized smartphones, according to The Hacker News.
Amazon-owned home security and smart home device manufacturer Ring has attributed the spike in unauthorized device logins worldwide in late May to a faulty backend update and not to a data breach, reports BleepingComputer.
CyberScoop reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a case filed by journalists from El Salvador-based independent news outlet El Faro against major spyware firm NSO Group, ruling that previous California court action involved discretionary abuse.
This week, we dive into the world of Meshtastic and LoRa—two technologies empowering secure, long-range, and infrastructure-free communication. We'll talk about the origins of Meshtastic, how LoRa radio works, and why mesh networking is revolutionizing off-grid messaging for adventurers, hackers, emergency responders, and privacy advocates alike. W...
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