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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

Aug 3, 2024 by iHash Leave a Comment

Aug 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for "flagrantly violating" children's privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts and to view and share … [Read more...] about DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

TikTok Fined $5.4 Million by French Regulator for Violating Cookie Laws

Jan 14, 2023 by iHash Leave a Comment

Jan 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Online Safety Popular short-form video hosting service TikTok has been fined €5 million (about $5.4 million) by the French data protection watchdog for breaking cookie consent rules, making it the latest platform to face similar penalties after Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft since 2020. "Users of 'tiktok[.]com' could not refuse … [Read more...] about TikTok Fined $5.4 Million by French Regulator for Violating Cookie Laws

New U.S. State Data Privacy Laws in 2022

Feb 26, 2022 by iHash Leave a Comment

Many countries around the world recognized Data Protection Day in January — a day that highlights the importance of protecting individual privacy and data against misuse. The U.S. celebrated Data Privacy Day, where privacy and security have often been seen as two separate issues. This is evidenced by the way law has historically developed. At the federal level, Congress has … [Read more...] about New U.S. State Data Privacy Laws in 2022

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. “An Advanced Persistent Threat group allegedly created and deployed malware (CVE-2020-12271) as part of a widespread series of indiscriminate computer intrusions designed […]

Building a legacy: The art of crafting maintainable systems

There are a lot of different tasks for software developers, but each and every one of us has had to review old code. Whether it’s checking for a previous version or seeing how someone solved a problem in the past, legacy code is part of the job. But have you ever reviewed previous versions and […]

Critical Flaws in Ollama AI Framework Could Enable DoS, Model Theft, and Poisoning

Nov 04, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Threat Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed six security flaws in the Ollama artificial intelligence (AI) framework that could be exploited by a malicious actor to perform various actions, including denial-of-service, model poisoning, and model theft. “Collectively, the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to carry out a wide-range of malicious actions […]

WEKA Introduces New WEKApod Appliances to Accelerate Enterprise AI Deployments

WEKApod Nitro and WEKApod Prime Provide Customers with Flexible, Affordable, Scalable Solutions to Fast-Track AI Innovation WekaIO (WEKA), the AI-native data platform company, unveiled two new WEKApod™ data platform applianced: the WEKApod Nitro for large-scale enterprise AI deployments and the WEKApod Prime for smaller-scale AI deployments and multi-purpose high-performance data use cases. WEKApod data platform […]

Learn Key Identity Security Tactics in This Expert Webinar

Nov 02, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Identity Security Did you know that advanced threat actors can infiltrate the identity systems of major organizations and extract sensitive data within days? It’s a chilling reality, becoming more common and concerning by the day. These attackers exploit vulnerabilities in SaaS and cloud environments, using compromised identities to […]

Driving the game forward: iPad teams up with college football

November 1, 2024 UPDATE Driving the game forward: iPad teams up with college football With the new nano-texture display glass and support for Apple Pencil Pro, iPad Pro with M4 seamlessly integrates into sidelines and brings new capabilities to coaches and players Passionate tailgaters top off their bowls of jambalaya, a “Geaux Tigers” banner catches a rare […]

Pangu Releases Updated Jailbreak of iOS 9 Pangu9 v1.2.0

Pangu has updated its jailbreak utility for iOS 9.0 to 9.0.2 with a fix for the manage storage bug and the latest version of Cydia. Change log V1.2.0 (2015-10-27) 1. Bundle latest Cydia with new Patcyh which fixed failure to open url scheme in MobileSafari 2. Fixed the bug that “preferences -> Storage&iCloud Usage -> […]

Apple Blocks Pangu Jailbreak Exploits With Release of iOS 9.1

Apple has blocked exploits used by the Pangu Jailbreak with the release of iOS 9.1. Pangu was able to jailbreak iOS 9.0 to 9.0.2; however, in Apple’s document on the security content of iOS 9.1, PanguTeam is credited with discovering two vulnerabilities that have been patched.

Pangu Releases Updated Jailbreak of iOS 9 Pangu9 v1.1.0

Pangu has released an update to its jailbreak utility for iOS 9 that improves its reliability and success rate. Change log V1.1.0 (2015-10-21) 1. Improve the success rate and reliability of jailbreak program for 64bit devices 2. Optimize backup process and improve jailbreak speed, and fix an issue that leads to fail to […]

Activator 1.9.6 Released With Support for iOS 9, 3D Touch

Ryan Petrich has released Activator 1.9.6, an update to the centralized gesture, button, and shortcut manager, that brings support for iOS 9 and 3D Touch.

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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

New U.S. State Data Privacy Laws in 2022