Russia's Roskomnadzor watchdog wants to fine Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. Russia's telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against...
The popular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN...
A German privacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Hamburg’s data protection commissioner has launched an investigation into Swedish clothing...
The NIST released version 1.0 of Privacy Framework, it is a tool designed to help organizations to manage privacy risks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the release version 1.0 of its privacy framework. The Framework...
5G technology is here, it is the right time to discuss security and privacy in smart cities and their possible evolution. After a long talk and eagerly waiting, finally, 5G technology is here. The 5G tech is fast – really fast, and now, 'true' smart...
Greece authorities will extradite to France Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, to face a charge of money laundering. Greek justice minister Costas Tsiaras announced the extradition to France of the Russian of...
Shopin founder charged by SEC for running $42 million scam cryptocurrency ICO The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of Shopin, Eran Eyal, for allegedly running $42 million scam ICO. The Securities and Exchange...
Mozilla has removed four extensions from Avast and AVG from the Firefox site that are suspected to track user activity online. Four Avast and AVG Firefox extensions have been removed from Mozilla Addons Site over concerns of spying of users. "This...
Another South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, this time the victim is Upbit that lost $48.5 million in cryptocurrency. The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit disclosed a security breach, the company told its customers that hackers...
Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people's accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people's...