In order to resolve two separate cases launched by the states of Indiana and the District of Columbia about the “deceptive” location monitoring practices of Google, the company has reached an agreement to pay a combined amount of $29.5 million.The complaints were filed as a reaction to discoveries made in 2018 that the internet business […]
Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users
The tech giant wins an appeal against a claim that it unlawfully collected personal data of millions of iPhone users
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 it has approximately sent 50,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attempts to customers since the start of 2021. The warnings mark a 33% increase from 2020, the internet giant said, with the […]
Should we expect cybercriminals to ditch the pseudonymous cryptocurrency for other forms of payment that may be better at throwing law enforcement off the scent?
The vulnerability affects top browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and even Tor. It is not unusual for a user to switch between using different browsers for different browsing activities and those who have made this into a routine may even be at risk because a security researcher and developer at FingerprintJS, Konstatin Darutkin, recently discovered […]
Google is facing a class-action lawsuit that claims the search engine giant secretly collects data from users even when they’re using its private Incognito mode. The US District Judge Lucy Koh wrote in her ruling that the search engine giant “did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user […]
Using iPhone? You can now protect your data and location from being tracked by apps on your device with just a tap, thanks to iOS 14.5. You must be tired of ads popping up on your smartphone’s screen whenever you search for a particular product online. That’s how powerful digital marketing has become. Whatever you […]
Nowadays millions of users concerned about their privacy when browsing the Internet resort to using tools to hide their activity as much as possible, using methods like the web browser in incognito mode or even the use of virtual private network (VPN) solutions. However, this does not mean that users’ online activity will be completely […]
The intelligence agency warns of location tracking risks and offers tips for how to reduce the amount of data shared
Can an old APT learn new tricks? Turla’s TTPs are largely unchanged, but the group recently added a Python backdoor.
The browser’s anti-tracking feature could apparently give access to users’ browsing habits
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 is to capture and analyze network traffic based on a set of tools. It is open for everyone and if you want to contribute or need help, take a look at the Wiki. Telemetry […]
Although 5G is faster and more secure than 4G, new research indicates that it still has some vulnerabilities, which poses a certain risk to mobile phone users. Security researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa have discovered nearly 12 vulnerabilities, saying they can be used to track victims in real-time, to deceive emergency […]
ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times, use several tricks for stealth and persistence.
Two user favorite browsers are commonly known to be Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Exploiting their demand, a Russian group by the handle of Turla has been attempting to track encrypted traffic of both browsers. With targets identified in Russia and Belarus; they do so by attacking the systems through a remote access trojan (RAT) […]
Hello Ladies, let’s talk about periods, privacy, and Facebook. Are you using an app on your smartphone to keep tracks on your periods? Well, it’s worrying, because it might be sharing your extremely sensitive information like menstrual cycle and sexual activities with Facebook. A new investigative report from UK-based advocacy group Privacy International revealed how […]
Today the use of trackers has become widespread, particularly due to the fine balance found between their ease of use and the security benefits attained. They can help you track your loved ones in real-time through GPS technology and hence be their safe keeper even from far away. However, a crucial process among this is […]
Firefox new Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature launched to all users of the browser to offer better privacy and protection from cryptojacking.
MoP (“Master of Puppets”) is an open source framework for reverse engineers who wish to create and operate trackers for new malware found in the wild for research purpose. To make it simple – MoP framework takes care of all the generic malware tracker stuff so the reverse engineer is left with pure reverse engineering […]
On Thursday, a German security journalist Ronald Eikenberg reported a flaw in Kaspersky antivirus software that could have leaked data of millions of Kaspersky users. According to his report, Kaspersky injected a unique identifier into the HTML of every website a user visited. Therefore, making it ridiculously easy for perpetrators to keep track of their […]