The audit from privacy organization webXray studied California web traffic in March and found that 194 online advertising services “ignore legally defined, globally standard, opt-out signals endorsed by regulators."

NIST said it will only add details and information to the records of vulnerabilities that meet a certain threshold — changing a longstanding mission to categorize every CVE, which stands for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland after a cyberattack disrupted access to educational systems used by potentially hundreds of thousands of students.

EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist and television host who worked for Al Jazeera for many years, Shihab-Eldin—a dual American-Kuwaiti citizen—was arrested in Kuwait on March 3 while visiting family. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported yesterday that it is...

Comedian Anudeep Katikala was detained by AP police after jokes on Pawan Kalyan triggered outrage, legal complaints, and online abuse, raising fresh concerns over free speech and “obscene content” laws. The post Andhra Pradesh police detain stand-up comedian Anudeep Katikala over YouTube video jokes appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Aptoide says that Google's conduct has limited its ability to compete in the Android app store market, as the tech giant restricts popular apps and pushes developers towards Google Play Store. The post Aptoide sues Google for app store monopoly, alleges ‘anticompetitive chokehold’ appeared first on MEDIANAMA.