Privacy

Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on women in intimate moments at work, home

Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec

Cyber-crime09 Apr 2025 | 23

Oracle says its cloud was in fact compromised

Reliability, honesty, accuracy. And then there's this lot

PaaS + IaaS08 Apr 2025 | 37

Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history

After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess

Patches07 Apr 2025 | 7

Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it

Blame the 23andMe implosion, rise in far-right govt

Science01 Apr 2025 | 21

Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid

Opinion From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there's no escape

Applications31 Mar 2025 | 83

Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin' short seller assault claiming fraud

A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising

Personal Tech28 Mar 2025 | 9

Signalgate storm intensifies as journalist releases full secret Houthi airstrike chat

Updated So F-18 launch times, weapons, drone support aren't classified now ... who knew?

CSO26 Mar 2025 | 265

Judge halts DOGE's union personal data grab at OPM, Treasury, Education

Officials likely broke Privacy Act by dishing out info without consent

Public Sector25 Mar 2025 | 58

You know that generative AI browser assistant extension is probably beaming everything to the cloud, right?

Just an FYI, like

Applications25 Mar 2025 | 18

OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt and more, sues to save its funding from Trump cuts

Updated Kari, are you OK, are you OK, Kari?

Networks25 Mar 2025 | 109

Top Trump officials text secret Yemen airstrike plans to journo in Signal SNAFU

Updated Massive OPSEC fail from the side who brought you 'lock her up'

Public Sector24 Mar 2025 | 186

Paragon spyware deployed against journalists and activists, Citizen Lab claims

Infosec newsbytes Plus: Customer info stolen from 'parental control' software slinger SpyX; F-35 kill switch denied

Research21 Mar 2025 | 17

Court filing: DOGE aide broke Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted database

More light shed on what went down with Marko Elez, thanks to NY AG and co's lawsuit

CSO17 Mar 2025 | 129

'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months

Exclusive Non-password-protected, unencrypted 108GB database … what could possibly go wrong

Security11 Mar 2025 | 14

Microsoft admits GitHub hosted malware that infected almost a million devices

Infosec in Brief Also, phone cleaner apps are a data-sucking scam, Singapore considering the literal rod for scammers, and more

Security10 Mar 2025 | 6

Uncle Sam mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens

President ordered immigration officials to ramp up vetting of foreigners 'to the maximum degree'

Public Sector06 Mar 2025 | 78

How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent

Security04 Mar 2025 | 91

Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

Interview 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today'

Security15 Feb 2025 | 73

US lawmakers press Trump admin to oppose UK's order for Apple iCloud backdoor

Senator, Congressman tell DNI to threaten infosec agreements if Blighty won't back down

Security13 Feb 2025 | 57

Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study

From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check

AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 69

Coordinates of millions of smartphones feared stolen, sparking yet another lawsuit against data broker

Fourth time’s the harm?

Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 6

TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe

Senators ask, Homeland Security watchdog answers: Is it worth the money?

Security03 Feb 2025 | 22

Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’

Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays

Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 44

Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues

Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report

Research30 Jan 2025 | 21

The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster

Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings

CSO29 Jan 2025 | 57

DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'

Updated Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues

AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 32

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

Infosec in brief Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more

Security27 Jan 2025 | 5

Court rules FISA Section 702 surveillance of US resident was unconstitutional

'Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying' says judge

Security24 Jan 2025 | 19

How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish

Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian

Networks20 Jan 2025 | 111

GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums

We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC

Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 40

Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage

Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 24

What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...

Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers

Legal09 Jan 2025 | 89

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Infosec in Brief PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more

Security06 Jan 2025 | 45

Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%'

State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is

Personal Tech05 Jan 2025 | 113

Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says

interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business

Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 74

Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking

Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 73

Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M

Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims

Security02 Jan 2025 | 40

One third of adults can't delete device data

Easier to let those old phones gather dust in a drawer, survey finds

Security24 Dec 2024 | 188

Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain

Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want

AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 143

Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage

Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories

Security13 Dec 2024 | 48

Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway

Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla

Software12 Dec 2024 | 88

WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics

And it only took four months, tut

Security10 Dec 2024 | 22

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course

Updated Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let's focus on office usage

On-Prem06 Dec 2024 | 58

FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meter

'Where we go is who we are' totally isn't a creepy ad slogan at all

Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 22

The workplace has become a surveillance state

Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices

CxO27 Nov 2024 | 72

Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy

Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey's favorite big box store

AI + ML19 Nov 2024 | 32

Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry

Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade

Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123

Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it

We call this lead degeneration

Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 18

Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?

A former exec believes in the non-profit's mission, says the battle lines have changed

Applications13 Nov 2024 | 86

IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing

Privacy lawsuit blows this way alleging disclosure of names, email addresses, geo info, video titles without permission

Personal Tech08 Nov 2024 | 1

Your air fryer might be snitching on you to China

Report shines light on unexpected ways your devices sell you out

Networks05 Nov 2024 | 181

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules

US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics

Security26 Oct 2024 | 18

US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech

TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google

Security22 Oct 2024 | 6

US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'

Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish

Public Sector21 Oct 2024 | 7

RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims' data

Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops

Security11 Oct 2024 | 21

Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse

Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?

Offbeat10 Oct 2024 | 125