Department of Homeland Security researchers have reportedly found many security vulnerabilities in mobile devices sold by U.S.-based cellphone carriers, reported Fifth Domain. According to the report, which cites Vincent Sritapan, a program manager at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the flaws...
Dixons Carphone, the U.K. mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to some of its data. In a press release, the company said that since discovering the...
Just a few weeks in, the data privacy law that has just taken root in the European Union already has some regulators seeking exemptions around the globe. As noted last week, some regulators, spanning the United Kingdom, North America and Asia, are seeking those exemptions...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is newly on the books in the European Union, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook and Google from being hit with a handful of lawsuits having to do with how they share data. The Verge, citing the lawsuits, reported they...
August 08, 2018
Apple told lawmakers in the U.S. this week that its iPhone isn’t listening in on users without their permission, and that it doesn’t let third-party app developers listen in on customers’ calls. According to a report in CNBC, Representatives Greg Walden, Marsha Blackburn, Gregg Harper and Robert Latta sent a letter to Apple’s Chief Executive Tim […]
August 08, 2018
Department of Homeland Security researchers have reportedly found many security vulnerabilities in mobile devices sold by U.S.-based cellphone carriers, reported Fifth Domain. According to the report, which cites Vincent Sritapan,...
July 31, 2018
Dixons Carphone, the U.K. mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to...
May 28, 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is newly on the books in the European Union, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook and Google from being hit with a handful of lawsuits...