Ad-blocking technologies can block the cookies that record consumers’ privacy choices, they claim.

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The Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) team has warned the industry of a dangerous new ransomware trick.

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The Chinese company is at the heart of a security spat with the US that has also been causing some consternation in the UK.

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Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.

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The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.

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The hard disks that fail abruptly at 32,768 hours of use – why simply ‘adding 1’ can send you into oblivion.

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Does turning location access off for all your apps mean that location access is off altogether?

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Researchers have discovered a flaw in macOS, Linux, and several other operating systems that could let attackers hijack VPN connections.

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In an embarrassing twist, bug bounty platform HackerOne has paid a $20,000 reward to a researcher who reported a security flaw inadvertently caused by one of its staff during… a bug submission.

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Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills.

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