All posts tagged "privacy"
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2.5KGeek134 million downloads in 85 countries: A look at VPN usage in H1 2020
While VPNs seem like a tool you would only use to access restricted sites in a particular country, the truth is, the...
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3.2KGeekNo more targeted ads on iPhone after new iOS 14 update – Facebook
Apple’s new anti-tracking tools on iOS 14 will render Facebook’s Audience Network ineffective, causing a significant drop in publisher revenue. Facebook is...
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3.5KSurveillanceUS Secret Service used ‘Locate X’ to track user location without warrant
Locate X collects location data from smartphone apps and in this case, the data was shared by law enforcement authorities in...
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3.2KSurveillanceNew attack vector ReVoLTE lets hackers monitor phone calls
ReVoLTE attack breaks the encryption on VoLTE calls. Every year, we see a wide variety of attacks targeting different platforms. Some...
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4.8KData SecurityMedical software firm leakes personal data of 3.1 million patients
Somehow, the misconfigured Elasticsearch cluster did not contain medical records of patients. 3.1 million patients’ data have been exposed by a...
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3.1KSurveillanceTikTok collected MAC addresses for Android phones against Google’s ToS
Reportedly, TikTok sent the data to Byte Dance, its parent company. TikTok lands in hot waters yet again. A report from...
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1.4KData Security23% of Tor browser relays found to be stealing Bitcoin
The threat actor was also able to see the user’s transmitted data on the Tor browser in unencrypted format and tamper with...
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3.4KSurveillanceUS firm accused of secretly installing location tracking SDK in mobile apps
Reportedly, a US government contractor ‘Anomaly Six’ has location tracking software hidden in more than 500 mobile apps. A report from...
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3.5KNewsOnline exam tool ProctorU admits breach after hackers leak its database
ProctorU database containing 444,267 accounts was leaked by ShinyHunters hackers on July 27th, 2020. A data breach has affected almost half...
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4.4KSurveillanceGoogle ‘accidentally’ enabled smart speakers to listen passive sounds
Google claims the issue was caused by “a recent software update.” Google accidentally enabled home smart speakers to listen to more...
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1.3KData SecurityZoom web client flaw could’ve let hackers crack meetings passcode
The vulnerability, if exploited, would have affected millions of Zoom users – There are more than 13 million Zoom users worldwide. A...
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4.7KData SecurityFlaws in OkCupid app could have exposed millions of user data to hackers
OkCupid app known as a popular dating platform has over 50 million registered users. Dating apps have for long been used as...
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54GeekDJI drone app can transfer sensitive data and install malicious apps
DJI drone app called “DJI GO4” can have full control of the users’ devices, claims researchers from two cyber security firms. Some...
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58NewsUFO VPN leaks database again; gets taken over & destroyed by hackers
UFO VPN was caught saving and leaking user logs despite complaining strictly no-log policy. A few days ago Hackread.com covered an incident...
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62GeekThe Art of Convenience in A World Run by The Internet of Things
As the digital world continues to expand, consumers continue to rely more heavily on this new-found convenience factor. With the Internet of...
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57SurveillanceVPN firm that claims zero logs policy leaks 20 million user logs
The VPN company in the discussion is a Hong Kong-based UFO VPN owned by Dreamfii HK Limited. Perhaps, the most ironic moments...
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58Data SecurityKasa camera flaw allows enumerating usernames for credential stuffing
Most of the time, when security researchers come across vulnerabilities, they are looking for them by scanning devices in and out....
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46Data SecurityLocating malicious drone operators through deep neural networks
Researchers at Ben Gurion University, Israel have developed a technique that can identify the location of a drone operator with almost 73%...
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1.7KCyber CrimeNo jail for Yahoo employee who used internal system to hack 6k accounts
The hacker and former Yahoo employee has been sentenced to 5 years probation at home. In 2019, a 34-year-old reliability former Yahoo...
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66Data SecurityTechie buys Axon body camera from eBay; finds unencrypted police videos
Upon analyzing the camera the researcher found a MicroSD card containing sensitive Police data. eBay is home to millions of products but...
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53SurveillanceDuckDuckGo collecting user browsing data without consent (Updated)
An ethical hacker on Twitter claimed DuckDuckGo intentionally or unintentionally tracked websites a user visited on Android browsers. Update 14:00 Saturday, 4...
