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Apple app developers will soon be able to email customers and tell them how to avoid Apple's payment systems. The current rules ban app makers from mentioning that there are ways to pay that avoid Apple's 30% cut, even through…

The UK's new Information Commissioner will be charged with a post-Brexit "shake up" of data rules, including getting rid of cookie pop-ups. John Edwards has been named the next head of data regulator the ICO. The…

Taxi driver Chris is obsessively checking his phone for updates. "I'm set to lose almost 2,500 euros (£2,100) worth of cryptocurrency coins," he says. Chris describes himself as "a small crypto-holder from Austria" and is one…

A news article about a doctor who died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccination was Facebook's most viewed link in the US in the first quarter of 2021, a previously shelved report shows. The piece - updated after a report said there…

Zoom has announced that it will adopt a hybrid approach as it prepares for a return to office working. It said an internal survey of employees found only 1% wanted to return to the office full-time. The pandemic spurred huge…

The head of Iran's prison service has apologised after hackers leaked videos showing the abuse of detainees at Tehran's notorious Evin prison. The hackers released security footage in which guards are seen beating prisoners and…

July 30 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has been hit with a record $886.6 million (746 million euros) European Union fine for processing personal data in violation of the bloc's GDPR rules, as privacy regulators take a more aggressive…

The sudden disappearance of REvil, a cybercrime group behind the massive ransomware attack that swept through businesses worldwide in early July, temporarily eased tensions over the barrage of cyberattacks believed to be linked to Russia.…

You post your resume or CV on the internet so that future employers can view it and hire you. Someone pretending to be an employer or an employer's representative contacts you and informs you that you are being considered for a position.…

We all know that the internet isn't safe. Facebook has been hit with multiple hacks and data breaches. Twitter was hacked in a scheme to steal Bitcoin. Microsoft's Exchange Server was breached. Even the US government suffered a massive…

According to Barracuda's study, many firms focus their training and protection on who they consider to be the most targeted personnel within the organization—usually leadership and finance teams. However, personnel in other departments were…

Many of us now refuse to answer telephone calls from an unknown number, for fear that it could be a scam. And we dread receiving a text message, purportedly from our bank or a delivery firm, again due to concerns that it might be…

Social media has a new type of influencer. However, instead of promoting clothes, or fancy lifestyle products, these new influencers are promoting fraud. They flash large sums of money, cover their faces, and some even provide tips on how…

A woman accessed her ex-boyfriend's smart speaker from her home 100 miles away to tell his new girlfriend to leave, a court has heard. Phillipa Copleston-Warren accessed an Alexa app linked to devices, including…

Scammers spend a significant amount of time to socially engineer their victims, knowing that as they gain their trust, their chances of extorting large sums of money from them will increase. Fraudsters do not ask victims for money right…

Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK's body overseeing data privacy suggests. App and web-based ordering has become commonplace during the…

Apple censors references to Chinese politicians, dissidents and other topics in its engraving service, a report alleges. Citizen Lab said it had investigated filters set up for customers who wanted something engraved…

The number of alerts sent by the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest number since the week ending 23 June A total of 261,453 alerts were sent in the week to August 11, down 18% on the previous week.…

Twitter is introducing a way to report posts as "misleading" for the first time. Many of the large social media networks have been accused of not doing enough to fight the spread of disinformation during the Covid pandemic and US…

The Cuban government has introduced new regulations on the use of social media and the internet, which critics say are aimed at stifling dissent. The decrees were published in the wake of the largest anti-government protests to…

Researchers at Coveware recently reviewed Ransomware assaults from the second quarter of this year and saw a similar trend in cybercriminals' Ransomware attack strategies. The most popular ways cyber criminals use to acquire an early…

Google engineers and staff on its ads and Chrome teams have a new monthly meeting on their calendars — with digital publishers. Representatives from around 20 publishers, many from large Comscore 50 media properties, have convened monthly…

Facebook has confirmed it considers the Taliban a terrorist organisation, and so bans the group and all content supporting it from its platforms. The firm says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content…

Taiwanese chip designer Realtek has warned of four vulnerabilities in three SDKs accompanying its Wi-Fi modules, which are used in almost 200 products made by more than five dozen vendors. The flaws allow a remote, unauthenticated…

In what appears to be an attack from the Hive ransomware gang, computers of the non-profit Memorial Health System have been encrypted, forcing staff to work with paper charts. The attack occurred early Sunday morning and the IT…

Apple says its announcement of automated tools to detect child sexual abuse on the iPhone and iPad was "jumbled pretty badly". On 5 August, the company revealed new image detection software that can alert Apple if known illegal…

Twitter is making changes to its new redesign, after users complained of headaches and discomfort. Unveiled only last week, the redesign mainly involved high-contrast colours and a custom-designed font, Chirp. At the time, the…

The pandemic has been a lonely experience for many people. As a result, it may be tempting to look for a new animal companion on the internet. Animal companions, whether a puppy, kitten, or even an exotic bird, can help to relieve the…

On social media, there's a new type of influencer. But instead of promoting clothing lines and lifestyle products, they promote fraud. They flash stacks of cash, hide their faces, and some even lure new recruits by selling guides…

Facebook could have to sell Giphy, a search engine for Gifs, which it bought for a reported $400m (£289m) last year. The Competition and Markets Authority provisionally found Facebook owning Giphy "could lead it to deny other…