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A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap

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A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in production. Legal and privacy teams, working from templates and regulatory checklists, draft policies describing […]

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Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats

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Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats 2026-04-23 at 12:17 By Ionut Arghire Apple rolled out the security patches for dozens of iPhone and iPad models and generations. The post Apple Patches iOS Flaw Allowing Recovery of Deleted Chats appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Half of the 6 Million Internet-Facing FTP Servers Lack Encryption

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Half of the 6 Million Internet-Facing FTP Servers Lack Encryption 2026-04-20 at 14:37 By Ionut Arghire The continued use of the half-century-old protocol exposes enterprises and end users to various types of attacks. The post Half of the 6 Million Internet-Facing FTP Servers Lack Encryption appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Gmail Brings End-to-End Encryption to Android and iOS for Enterprise Users

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Gmail Brings End-to-End Encryption to Android and iOS for Enterprise Users 2026-04-13 at 13:22 By Ionut Arghire The feature allows enterprise users to compose and read end-to-end encrypted messages natively on their mobile devices. The post Gmail Brings End-to-End Encryption to Android and iOS for Enterprise Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access

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Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access 2026-04-09 at 15:44 By Ionut Arghire Dozens of such keys can be extracted from apps’ decompiled code to gain access to all Gemini endpoints. The post Google API Keys in Android Apps Expose Gemini Endpoints to Unauthorized Access appeared first on SecurityWeek. This […]

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Data Leakage Vulnerability Patched in OpenSSL

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Data Leakage Vulnerability Patched in OpenSSL 2026-04-08 at 18:47 By Eduard Kovacs A total of seven vulnerabilities, most of which can be exploited for DoS attacks, have been patched in OpenSSL. The post Data Leakage Vulnerability Patched in OpenSSL appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract

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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and […]

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Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR

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Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR 2026-04-07 at 12:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Getting a startup through a SOC 2 audit has long meant months of manual evidence collection, policy writing, and repeated back-and-forth with auditors. A growing number of compliance platforms have moved to automate […]

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The Next Cybersecurity Crisis Isn’t Breaches—It’s Data You Can’t Trust

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The Next Cybersecurity Crisis Isn’t Breaches—It’s Data You Can’t Trust 2026-03-31 at 18:47 By Steve Durbin Data integrity shouldn’t be seen only through the prism of a technical concern but also as a leadership issue. The post The Next Cybersecurity Crisis Isn’t Breaches—It’s Data You Can’t Trust appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an […]

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Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption

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Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption 2026-03-31 at 15:43 By Eduard Kovacs Google researchers have shown that breaking the encryption of Bitcoin and Ethereum requires 20x fewer qubits.  The post Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]

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In Other News: Palo Alto Recruiter Scam, Anti-Deepfake Chip, Google Sets 2029 Quantum Deadline

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In Other News: Palo Alto Recruiter Scam, Anti-Deepfake Chip, Google Sets 2029 Quantum Deadline 2026-03-27 at 16:25 By SecurityWeek News Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Heritage Bank data breach, new State Department unit tackles cyber threats, LA Metro disruptions. The post In Other News: Palo Alto Recruiter Scam, Anti-Deepfake Chip, […]

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Your APIs are under siege, and attackers are just getting warmed up

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Your APIs are under siege, and attackers are just getting warmed up 2026-03-19 at 07:21 By Anamarija Pogorelec Internet-facing systems are handling sustained levels of malicious traffic across APIs, web applications, and DDoS channels. Akamai’s State of the Internet security report places these patterns within the same operating environment, with activity increasing across each area […]

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EU Parliament backs extension of CSAM detection rules until 2027

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EU Parliament backs extension of CSAM detection rules until 2027 2026-03-13 at 14:19 By Anamarija Pogorelec The European Parliament has voted to extend a temporary exemption to EU privacy legislation that allows online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The extension prolongs a derogation from the EU’s ePrivacy Directive, which was set […]

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Data Security Firm Evervault Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding

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Data Security Firm Evervault Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding 2026-03-06 at 11:32 By Eduard Kovacs The company has raised a total of $46 million in funding for its developer-focused encryption and orchestration platform. The post Data Security Firm Evervault Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Quantum Decryption of RSA is Much Closer than Expected

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Quantum Decryption of RSA is Much Closer than Expected 2026-03-03 at 16:38 By Kevin Townsend For decades, the quantum threat to RSA and ECC encryption has been tied to Shor’s algorithm and the assumption that we would need million-qubit quantum computers to make it practical. A newly announced algorithm challenges that assumption and suggests the […]

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5 years of shifting cybersecurity behavior

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5 years of shifting cybersecurity behavior 2026-03-03 at 08:20 By Anamarija Pogorelec Online security is built through routine decisions made across devices and accounts. People choose how to create passwords, how often to reuse them, and how much effort to invest in protecting personal data. The National Cybersecurity Alliance and CybSafe’s Oh, Behave! The Cybersecurity […]

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Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs

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Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs 2026-03-03 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Healthcare organizations are cutting cybersecurity budgets under financial pressure even as the threats targeting their systems intensify. A PwC survey of 381 global healthcare executives, conducted between May and July 2025, puts numbers to the gap between the risks the […]

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Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates 

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Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates  2026-03-02 at 13:47 By Ionut Arghire The internet giant is developing an evolution of the certificates based on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs). The post Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities

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AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities 2026-02-26 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO at StackHawk, discusses what defines DAST coverage in 2026 and why scan completion does not equal security. She explains how AI-driven DAST testing automates attack surface discovery, supports business-logic testing in […]

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Reddit fined $19.5 million for failing to protect children’s personal data

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Reddit fined $19.5 million for failing to protect children’s personal data 2026-02-25 at 13:38 By Anamarija Pogorelec The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reddit $19.5 million after finding that the company failed to use children’s personal information lawfully, exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content. The investigation found that Reddit did not apply […]

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