Millions likely to get kicked into credit monitoring deal It’s been a year since hapless credit-monitoring company Equifax admitted hackers gained access to the personal details of some 175 million people on its servers – and it has marked the anniversary with an extra legal hurdle for those seeking compensation.… …read more Source:: Register

Our connected world is now in many ways more engaging than ‘being there’ and this is a huge problem for retail and event organizers as they attempt to justify travel and expense to attend live events and shopping expeditions …read more Source:: ZDNet

Attorneys general from 48 states, as well as from the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, officially kicked off their preliminary investigation on Monday …read more Source:: ZDNet

Infosec bod bags reward for spotting image privacy bug VIdeo Telegram has fixed a bug that broke one of its chat app’s key privacy features: the ability to fully delete your sensitive messages on recipients’ phones.… …read more Source:: Register

A pedophilia scandal compelled YouTube to vow to suspend comments on videos with kids age 13 and younger. Six months later, comments are still easy to find. From a report: YouTube is about to reposition how its massive online video service treats clips for children. Following a record $170 million penalty, announced Wednesday, for violating…

Porn-recording feature will likely be used for extortion. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Attorneys general for 50 U.S. states and territories today officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google, embarking on a wide-ranging review of a company that Democrats and Republicans said may threaten competition and consumers. From a report: The bipartisan group, led by Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, referred to Google as an…

iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max …read more Source:: ZDNet

Security bug patched in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, but the fix will only reach Chrome tomorrow. …read more Source:: ZDNet

USB first hit the scene in the 1990s, and was intended to simplify connecting peripherals to PCs and eliminate the proliferation of various legacy interfaces. Over 20 years later, it’s not only achieved its initial goals, but become a de facto standard for charging and power supply for all manner of personal electronic gadgets. If…