All posts tagged "privacy"
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901SurveillanceDuckDuckGo developing a robust privacy-focused desktop browser
According to DuckDuckGo, the desktop browser will work on both Mac and Windows devices. DuckDuckGo has revealed its plans for an upcoming...
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4.4KData SecurityGumtree exposed users’ personal and GPS location via source code
All a user required was to open Gumtree’s website and press the F12 button on Chrome or Firefox browsers to view users’...
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3.7KData SecurityGerman audio tech giant Sennheiser exposed 55GB of customers’ data
Sennheiser left personal data of over 28,000 customers exposed on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) server. According to a report from...
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4.0KCyber EventsPlanned Parenthood data breach: Hackers steal 400,000 patients’ data
According to Planned Parenthood, the latest data breach has affected its Los Angeles branch (PPLA) after it suffered a ransomware attack. On...
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2.1KData SecurityWiFi software management firm exposed millions of users’ data
Brazil-based WiFi management software firm WSpot exposed extensive details of high-profile firms and millions of customers. WSpot provides software to let businesses...
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1.6KData SecurityNew vulnerabilities allowed attackers to intercept Zoom meetings
Exploiting these vulnerabilities, a remote attacker could also execute arbitrary code on the server using root-user privileges. The cybersecurity researchers at Positive...
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4.6KSurveillanceFacebook to end facial recognition and delete billions of records
Facebook has announced that it will shut down its Facial Recognition System and delete the templates of over 1 billion people stored...
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2.8KNewsHacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population
Reportedly, the database also contains personal information of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, football superstars Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi. After the infamous...
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3.9KSurveillanceWhat is a data breach & how to prevent one?
What is a data breach? A data breach is a security lapse where a non-authorized person can assess sensitive information without authorization....
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158Data SecurityPsst! tool by 1Password lets users share passwords using a link
1Password password manager has introduced a new tool called Password Secure Sharing Tool or Psst! that lets users share their passwords or...
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4.6KNewsStorybooks for children app FarFaria exposed data of 3M users
According to FarFaria, its apps are “created for children ages 2-9” meaning that the incident exposed children to cybercriminals. Another day, another...
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5.0KNewsThe Telegraph newspaper exposed 10TB of subscriber data
The data was exposed due to an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster and remained open to public access without any security authentication. Well-known security...
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3.0KSurveillanceLithuania wants users to dump Chinese phones citing data collection
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry has released a warning, urging consumers to get rid of their Chinese phones and not to buy new ones....
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3.2KHow ToHow to use VPN to access blocked websites?
Governments and regimes across the globe use censorship as a tool to control the flow of information. This article highlights how one...
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4.5KSurveillanceProtonMail logged, shared activist’s IP address with Swiss police
ProtonMail is being criticized for sharing French activist’s IP address with Swiss authorities while claiming it does not save logs. End-to-end encrypted...
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1.8KSurveillanceWhitehat hacker shows how to detect hidden cameras in Airbnb, hotels
The Whitehat hacker and IT security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who saved the world from the WannaCry ransomware attack, has shared simple yet...
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3.2KData Security$120 charging cable O.MG remotely steals data from Apple devices
Originally, O.MG Cable was introduced in 2019. In 2019, at DEFCON, an IT security researcher going by the online handle of MG...
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3.5KData Security38 million records exposed in Microsoft Power apps misconfiguration
According to researchers, the incident involved 47 government and private entities across the United States. The IT security researchers at UpGuard published...
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2.7KData SecurityLead generation firm exposed household data of 63 million Americans
Most of the email addresses checked by researchers contained .gov suffixes or indicated that the user worked for New York Police Department....
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2.2KData SecurityCalgary Parking Authority exposed sensitive data of residents
In total, CPA exposed 502 GB worth of data without any security authentication. Anurag Sen, a security researcher identified a data leak...
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924Data SecurityHousehold data of 35 million US residents exposed in database mess up
The Elasticsearch database was left exposed without any security authentication which means it could have been accessed by anyone with access to...
