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Australia drafts Online Privacy Bill to bolster data security

Australia’s Attorney-General has submitted the first draft of a new Online Privacy Bill that contains striking reforms over existing privacy laws. […]

21 Oct

Nine arrested for impersonating bank clerks to steal from the elderly

The Dutch Police have arrested nine people for targeting and stealing money from the elderly by impersonating bank employees. […]

19 Oct

China’s VPN market now open to foreign investment

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16 Oct

Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

Canon USA is being sued for not allowing owners of certain printers to use the scanner of faxing functions if they run out of ink. […]

14 Oct

Belarus: Joining banned Telegram channels will land you in prison

Belarusian law enforcement has published a list of Telegram channels that are now considered extremist and warned people that merely joining them would be punishable by up to seven years of imprisonment. […]

13 Oct

EU legislation introduced to ban anonymous domain registration

The European Union is drafting legislation that could soon end individuals registering domains anonymously on the continent. […]

07 Oct

Netherlands orders Apple to offer more App Store payment methods

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in the Netherlands is pressing Apple to lift App Store payment restrictions in the country. […]

04 Oct

Ransomware operators behind hundreds of attacks arrested in Ukraine

Europol has announced the arrest of two men in Ukraine, said to be members of a prolific ransomware operation that extorted victims with ransom demands ranging between €5 to €70 million. […]

04 Aug

INFRA:HALT security bugs impact critical industrial control devices

High-severity and critical vulnerabilities collectively referred to as INFRA:HALT are affecting all versions of NicheStack below 4.3, a proprietary TCP/IP stack used by at least 200 industrial automation vendors, many in the leading segment of the market. […]

03 Jun

US Supreme Court restricts broad scope of CFAA law

Today, the US Supreme Court restricted the scope of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after overturning the conviction of a Georgia police officer who searched a police database for money. […]

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