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Google Agrees to Pay $29.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Regarding the Tracking of Users’ Locations

In order to resolve two separate cases launched by the states of Indiana and the District of Columbia about the “deceptive” location...

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How To

Third‑party cookies: How they work and how to stop them from tracking you across the web

Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users

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Privacy

Google scores big win as court blocks iPhone tracking lawsuit

The tech giant wins an appeal against a claim that it unlawfully collected personal data of millions of iPhone users

Cyber Attack

Google: We’re Tracking 270 State-Sponsored Hacker Groups From Over 50 Countries

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it’s tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding...

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Cyber Crime

Tracking ransomware cryptocurrency payments: What now for Bitcoin?

Should we expect cybercriminals to ditch the pseudonymous cryptocurrency for other forms of payment that may be better at throwing law enforcement...

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News

Cross-browser tracking vulnerability compromises user anonymity

The vulnerability affects top browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and even Tor. It is not unusual for a user to switch between...

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Surveillance

Google Facing Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode

Google is facing a class-action lawsuit that claims the search engine giant secretly collects data from users even when they’re using its...

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Surveillance

How to use iOS 14.5 privacy settings to turn off iPhone apps tracking

Using iPhone? You can now protect your data and location from being tracked by apps on your device with just a tap,...

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Tutorials

Hacking a browser with favicons: Tracking users’ internet activity even if they use VPN or incognito mode

Nowadays millions of users concerned about their privacy when browsing the Internet resort to using tools to hide their activity as much...

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Privacy

NSA shares advice on how to limit location tracking

The intelligence agency warns of location tracking risks and offers tips for how to reduce the amount of data shared

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Malware

Tracking Turla: New backdoor delivered via Armenian watering holes

Can an old APT learn new tricks? Turla’s TTPs are largely unchanged, but the group recently added a Python backdoor.

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Privacy

Google: Flaws in Safari’s privacy tool could enable tracking

The browser's anti-tracking feature could apparently give access to users’ browsing habits

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Hack Tools

WindowsSpyBlocker v4.26 releases: Block spying and tracking on Windows

WindowsSpyBlocker is an application written in Go and delivered as a single executable to block spying and tracking on Windows systems. The initial approach of this application...

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News

5G new vulnerabilities can be used for location tracking attacks

Although 5G is faster and more secure than 4G, new research indicates that it still has some vulnerabilities, which poses a certain...

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Malware

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times,...

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Data Security

Hackers found tracking web traffic of Chrome and Firefox browsers

Two user favorite browsers are commonly known to be Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Exploiting their demand, a Russian group by the...

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Data Breach

Popular Period Tracking Apps Share Your Sexual Health Data With Facebook

Hello Ladies, let’s talk about periods, privacy, and Facebook. Are you using an app on your smartphone to keep tracks on your...

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Surveillance

600,000 GPS child trackers found vulnerable to location tracking

Today the use of trackers has become widespread, particularly due to the fine balance found between their ease of use and the...

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Privacy

Firefox 69: Third‑party tracking cookies and cryptomining now blocked by default

Firefox new Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature launched to all users of the browser to offer better privacy and protection from cryptojacking.