Privacy and Security
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Report: Over 1B Google Play Banking App Downloads Are Trojan Targets Three out of every four Americans, or about 193 million, use banking apps on a daily basis. They're at risk. -
Report: The Average American Has Suffered 7 Data Breaches Since 2004 The US is at the top of the list for breached accounts across the past 18 years, with over 2.29 billion total breaches. -
Malware-Infested Word Documents Are Arriving in Email Inboxes Researchers have also observed an additional credential-stealing malware being used as a follow-up payload. -
Surfshark Confirms Shutdown of India Servers Due to Data Retention Laws The VPN company says it can no longer operate servers in the country without compromising its no logs policy. -
Telegram Reportedly Exposed User Data To Authorities Telegram denies handing over user data, despite a longstanding appeal from German police forces. -
LastPass to Offer Passwordless Access to Desktop Vault LastPass is the first password manager on the market to switch to passwordless tech — but hopefully not the last. -
ExpressVPN Protects Data Privacy by Removing Servers from India New data laws in India require VPNs to save user information for at least five years, so ExpressVPN is removing its servers. -
Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Almost Doubled Last Year Plus, 61% reported paying ransoms to get their stolen data back, up from the global average of 46%. -
Russia Spent $10 million on VPNs to Bypass its Own Censorship Laws Since Ukraine was invaded, the Russian government & Kremlin-affiliated entities have spent big on the privacy tech. -
Tech Workers Will Quit if Bosses Spy on Them More than half of workers surveyed also said they'd refuse a job offer if audio/video recordings were a pre-requisite.
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Report: Working From Home Is More Efficient Than Ever The survey found that 22.9% of workers said working remotely was "hugely better" than they'd expected. -
Proton Is Now Bundling Its VPN, Email, and Cloud Storage Services Proton's VPN will stay available as a stand-alone service, with the price unchanged for now. Here's what the bundle offers.
