Researchers believe that criminals were able to obtain personal information for millions of Facebook users. …read more Source:: Threatpost

FOIA lawsuit demands data on Tactical Terrorism Response Teams When Andreas Gal, CEO of Silk Labs and a US citizen, returned to the US from a business trip in Europe last year, he was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for secondary screening. He claims he was threatened with unwarranted charges, denied access…

Facebook won’t use the phone numbers some users give it for two-factor authentication for its “people you may know” feature. From a report: The social network says the move is “part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its privacy practices.” It previously used phone numbers to serve ads too but says it stopped doing that in…

Real-time payment services like The Clearing House and Zelle will completely clear transactions in an instant…but account takeover attackers love that speed as much as you do. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Because some internet websites unfairly block browsers from accessing their services, starting with Vivaldi 2.10, released today, the Vivaldi browser plans to disguise itself as Chrome to allow users to access websites that unfairly block them. From a report: Vivaldi will do this by modifying its default user-agent (UA) string to the UA string used…

Dial-a-ride dev opens wallet over sexual harassment and retaliation case Uber has agreed to pay $4.4m to settle claims it allowed employees to be sexually harassed and then allowed retaliation against them when they came forward.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Dozens of organizations across multiple sectors have become victims of APT20 in the past two years. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Lantern Pharma, a tiny startup in Dallas, is helping to rescue failed cancer drugs with the application of neural networks. It’s not deep learning, but it shows that very basic machine learning can be a valuable tool for life sciences. …read more Source:: ZDNet

In an effort to improve privacy, a report says the social network will stop using two-factor authentication data to suggest people you may know. …read more Source:: CNet

Apps promising to “advance” a user’s wages say they aren’t payday lenders. So what are they? From a report: Earnin does not call its service a loan. Rather, it’s an “advance”: Users are borrowing from their own paychecks — not from the app. It does not require a credit check, and promises no hidden fees…