by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 18, 2025 | IT Security
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and selling drivers’ precise geolocation and driving behavior data from millions of vehicles. The U.S. government organization...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 18, 2025 | IT Security
Earlier this week, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Assassin’s Creed Origins patches to fix Windows 11 24H2 compatibility issues that caused crashes, freezes, and audio problems. In late November, Microsoft blocked Windows 24H2 upgrades on...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 17, 2025 | IT Security
Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from selling them to teens under the age of sixteen without parental...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 17, 2025 | IT Security
Decades-old legislation requiring American telcos to lock down their systems to prevent foreign snoops from intercepting communications isn’t mere decoration on the pages of law books – it actually means carriers need to secure their networks, the FCC has...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 17, 2025 | IT Security
Analysis Joe Biden, in the final days of his US presidency, issued another cybersecurity order that is nearly as vast in scope as it is late in the game. The sweeping directive, signed Thursday, covers a range of topics including securing federal communications...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jan 17, 2025 | IT Security
Hotel management platform Otelier suffered a data breach after threat actors breached its Amazon S3 cloud storage to steal millions of guests’ personal information and reservations for well-known hotel brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. The breach first...
