Cybersecurity

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Apple will share face mapping data from the iPhone X with third-party app developers

Developers need explicit user permission according to Apple guidelines

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Court orders pirate science site to shut down

But enforcing the ruling is a dubious matter

Uber is going to have to explain why it hid the 2016 data breach that affected 57 million users

The questions — sent by Democrats and Republicans alike — could carry severe legal repercussions for Uber.

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41 percent of Android phones are vulnerable to 'devastating' Wi-Fi attack

Every Wi-Fi device affected by some variant of attack

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Google introduces Advanced Protection for those at high risk of targeted online attacks

Anyone can request the features, but it’s aimed at users like journalists and human rights campaigners

Uber is under investigation by multiple states over a 2016 data breach

Regulators around the country are questioning Uber for staying silent after the hack, which affected 57 million people.

Uber hid a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million people

The ride-hail company has fired two people who were in charge of handling the response to this hack.

How to watch ex-Yahoo Marissa Mayer and Equifax executives testify to Congress on major data breaches

The Senate Commerce Committee convenes its hearing at 10 am ET today.

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been subpoenaed to testify to Congress about the company’s 2013 security breach

So she’ll testify at a Tuesday hearing after all!

Equifax rival TransUnion has hired cybersecurity lobbyists in Washington, D.C.

It fears regulation after the major cyber intrusion at Equifax, revealed this September.

My data was compromised in the Equifax hack. What now?

Security researcher Brian Krebs joins us on the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask to explain what happened — and what happens next.

A powerful U.S. Senate committee is demanding that Yahoo and Equifax testify about two major security breaches

A 2013 breach affected all three billion of Yahoo’s users, more than three times what it initially believed.

Twitter and Facebook haven’t stopped Russia-backed RT from advertising on their websites

Last week, Twitter turned over RT ads to congressional investigators

How to watch the former CEO of Equifax testify before Congress

Former CEO Richard Smith apologized for the breach.

The U.S. Congress is going to hold two hearings on the massive Equifax data breach

Meanwhile, New York announces its own investigation.

Hackers breached Equifax, accessing sensitive data for 143 million U.S. consumers

Social Security numbers and other information has been compromised, the company says.

When it comes to cybersecurity, companies need force fields, not walls

The threat landscape has changed so dramatically, so fast that it has outpaced previously sound security practices.

Two U.S. lawmakers think the government has a new cybersecurity problem: The Internet of Things

And they’ll introduce a bill on Tuesday, they told Recode, to try to fix it.

Full transcript: Blockchain expert and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on Too Embarrassed to Ask

What is blockchain? And why do we care?

Famed hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek are joining Cruise after leaving Didi and Uber

Miller left Didi after just four months.

Senate lawmakers want to make it harder for law enforcement to access suspects’ emails and location data

They’re introducing a new bill that seeks to update a 1986 privacy law that predates most tech companies.

New corporate titans are rising faster than ever, but they’re also fading faster, too

The forces governing business today might just come down to understanding the difference between “weapon” and “tool.”

U.S. hospitals have been hit by the global ransomware attack

The ransomware is linked to a leaked vulnerability originally kept by the National Security Agency.

Your data is probably safer with Facebook than with your hospital

So says Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

The massive, worldwide ransomware attack was stopped by a researcher ‘accidentally’

Friendly reminder: Always update your software!

A global cyber attack on hospitals and other organizations so far hasn’t crippled the U.S., an official says

An official at the Department of Homeland Security says they’ve received no confirmed reports that critical infrastructure has been affected.

Trump just signed an executive order for a full review of the country’s digital defenses

The new effort orders a host of studies and seeks the tech industry’s help.

Twitter bots are being weaponized to spread information on the French presidential campaign hack

Five percent of the accounts tweeting #MacronGate make up 40 percent of Tweets.

What you need to know about that latest NSA data dump

This could make it even harder for Europe and Silicon Valley to trust the U.S. government.

The apps to use if you want to keep your messages private

Protect yourself from hackers.