California lawmaker seeks to end to ‘reverse warrants’ that could pinpoint abortion seekers
Lawmakers say the overly broad surveillance tool poses a major threat to reproductive privacy.
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State legislators aren’t waiting for Congress to regulate children’s online privacy
More states are following California's lead in regulating children's privacy. But experts say the laws raise many tough questions.
White House argues platforms should be liable if algorithms promote harmful content
The Biden administration argues that companies such as Google should be responsible for harmful content their algorithms promote.
Facebook warns 1 million users about apps trying to compromise accounts
Facebook identified 400 apps across the Google Play and Apple App store that posed as harmless lifestyle and business services to dupe users.
Google says it cut off Russian disinformation sites from its vast ad display network
Dunkin Donuts, Citibank and Adidas have had their Google-placed ads displayed on Russian state-owned sites fueling disinformation.
Russian hacking unit Cozy Bear adds Google Drive to its arsenal, researchers say
APT29, one of the SVR's most active and successful hacking groups, has been using the cloud service to help deliver malware, the researchers said.
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Tech companies are selling domains suggesting illegal sales of guns, malware
COVID-19-related domains remain a concern.
Experts, NSA cyber director say ransomware could threaten campaigns in 2022
Hackers are also widening their net to candidates' families and friends, experts say.
LockBit 2.0 gang claims Mandiant as latest victim; Mandiant sees no evidence of it
The group took issue with a recent Mandiant analysis, it said.
Losses to cryptocurrency scams top $1B, FTC reports
Nearly half of the scams originated on social media.