1. Be prepared: CISA issues warning regarding threat of Russian cyberattacks
CISA has released a warning regarding concerns that Russia could target the U.S. with one or more large-scale cyberattacks. Read more »
2. ‘Mute’ button in conferencing apps may not actually mute your mic
A new study shows that pressing the mute button on popular video conferencing apps (VCA) may not actually work like you think it should, with apps still listening in on your microphone. Read more »
3. Lapsus$ hackers targeted T-Mobile source code in latest data breach
Messages show that Lapsus$ had access to T-Mobile’s network by compromising employee accounts, either by buying leaked credentials or through social engineering. Read more »
4. It’s official: web scraping is now legal
The decision was a historic moment in the data privacy and data regulation era. It showed that any data that is publicly available and not copyrighted is fair game for web crawlers. Read more »
5. Virginia police use secret GPS pings to track users phones
The case offers a glimpse into a surveillance technique that’s become commonplace for police but is mostly unknown among the general public: cell phone location tracking. Read more »
