All posts tagged "privacy"
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4.7KCyber EventsSmall businesses also need protection from cyber attacks
If you run a small business, it’s a matter of when, not if, your computer system or cyberinfrastructure falls prey to cybercriminals....
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How To Stop Someone From Spying On Your Cell Phone
People have the right to privacy on their mobile phones. However, with the increase of malicious hackers and the use of third-party...
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Facebook & Twitter suffer data breach via third-party developers
Another day, another breach involving Facebook, Twitter, and third-party developers. On Monday, both Facebook and Twitter announced that the data of hundreds...
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Hackers now use web skimmers to steal credit card data
People often make a great effort to protect their credit/debit card details against fraudulent transactions. This has been further helped by banks...
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T-Mobile Suffers Data Breach Affecting Prepaid Wireless Customers
Are you a T-Mobile prepaid customer? If yes, you should immediately create or update your associated account PIN/passcode as additional protection. The...
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Accor Hotels suffers from data breach; users’ personal information gets leaked
Information security specialists from firm vpnMentor, led by expert Noam Rotem, discovered a data breach that affected Gekko Group, a subsidiary brand...
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Facebook app caught using iPhone’s camera due to a ‘bug’
Article updated with a statement from Facebook. We frequently come across apps unauthorizedly accessing certain features or data of smartphones but mostly...
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Social media giant Facebook suffers data breach AGAIN
Roughly 100 App Developers Retained Unauthorized Access to Group Members’ Data. Another day, another data breach at Facebook – If you are...
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Popular Camgirl sites exposed sex workers & users’ data
An organized network of Camgirl sites has reportedly exposed personal data of millions of sex workers and users who participated in sessions...
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21 million login credentials of Fortune 500 Companies found on dark web
The top 5 passwords used by the Technology industry among Fortune 500 Companies were “passw0rd,” and “abc123.” The dark web is one...
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NordVPN servers were hacked; users’ traffic was exposed by the attackers
Virtual private network services (VPN) company NordVPN has revealed a hacking incident that occurred last year. According to web application security experts,...
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After Avast, NordVPN server gets hacked
Users today realize that they may get hacked, logically because they’re no experts at cyber-security and attackers smarter than they are out...
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Newly discovered Sudo bug lets unauthorized users gain root access
“Sudoing” lately? Linux or any Unix-based platform users are well aware of the Sudo command. In Unix and Linux, the Sudo keyword...
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Brazil’s biggest data breach: information of 50% of the population sold in black market
Data protection specialists report that an unidentified threat actor is auctioning off a database with records of more than 90 million Brazilian...
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Signal app flaw allowed incoming calls to be connected without user interaction
A quick Google search for the “most secure messaging apps” introduces you to “Signal – a private messenger.” Yet, who knew that...
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Facebook Can Be Forced To Remove Content Globally, Rules EU Court
In the Facebook vs Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek case, Europian Union’s highest court has ruled against the Silicon Valley tech giant. Under the ruling,...
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Google Tricked Homeless People Into Selling Their Facial Data
A few months ago reports emerged that Google was asking random strangers to sell their facial data in exchange for a $5...
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Credit Suisse is caught doing corporate espionage. Individual involved commits suicide after the investigation began
A few days ago information security specialists reported that financial services company Credit Suisse was in the midst of a scandal involving...
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Former Yahoo employee stole private photos of 6,000 girls
Threats to the privacy of users of any online service are not generated only by hackers outside the companies. Data protection specialists...
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Leaky database exposes tax records of 20 million Russians
A few months back, we saw the personal data of over 188 million people leak due to an insecure MongoDB Database. Then...
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Facebook And WhatsApp Will Share Users’ Private Data With UK Police
Facebook and WhatsApp will have to share private data of users with the UK police, as per the new US-UK treaty set...
