News archive — Page 6
Source-backed reporting on VPNs, privacy, scams, data breaches and online security—plus the practical steps worth taking next.
News archive
Reports 51–60
Clear summaries, visible dates and direct source links—without turning every security story into a VPN sales pitch.
Parking-Machine QR Code Scam: Check Before You Scan
A Newcastle couple lost £370 after scanning a sticker on a Whitley Bay parking machine that led to a convincing imitation payment page. RingGo says its parking signs do not use QR codes for payment.
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Xfinity WiFi Motion Can Sense Movement: What Its Privacy Limits Mean
Comcast's opt-in WiFi Motion feature uses changes in home Wi-Fi signals to detect movement without cameras. It says the service does not capture images, video or audio and that Comcast does not monitor generated motion or notifications.
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TikTok Agrees $400m COPPA Settlement: What Families Should Check
TikTok and ByteDance will pay $300 million immediately, with another $100 million conditional on an earlier Musical.ly order being vacated. The agreement resolves allegations without determining liability.
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Citrix NetScaler Auth Bypass: Admins Should Patch CVE-2026-19490 Now
Citrix has fixed a critical authentication-bypass flaw affecting certain customer-managed NetScaler ADC and Gateway deployments. There is no workaround, so administrators should identify exposed configurations and update promptly.
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Quest Apartment Hotels Data Breach: What Travellers Should Check
Quest says unauthorised access through a third-party service provider exposed some older customer contact records, creating a risk of convincing booking and travel-themed phishing.
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Meta Child-Privacy Trial Could Reshape Instagram for Teenagers
Thirty US states are asking a federal court for major changes to Instagram and Facebook, but the allegations remain contested and the trial has only just begun.
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French Tax Breach Exposes Data on 678,000 People and Businesses
France's finance ministry says tax and property data was accessed, with records extracted from public-finance systems, although online accounts, user IDs and passwords were not compromised.
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Sainsbury’s Pauses Facial Recognition After Shopper Is Wrongly Removed
A London branch has suspended its live facial-recognition system while Sainsbury’s investigates why an innocent customer was challenged and escorted out after an automated alert.
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Andy Burnham Messaged a White House Impostor: How to Verify a Contact
The UK prime minister exchanged a few messages with someone posing as a senior US official before becoming suspicious, a high-profile example of why identity must be checked outside the same chat.
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Met Police Exposes Email Addresses in Al Fayed Survivor Update
A monthly investigation update made recipients visible to one another, identifying people connected to an exceptionally sensitive case only days after the ICO ordered wider data-protection improvements.
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