All posts tagged "privacy"
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6Data SecurityNewly 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...
- 53Data Security
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...
- 13Data Security
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...
- 23News
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,...
- 18News
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...
- 31Incidents
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...
- 24Incidents
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...
- 36News
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...
- 21News
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...
- 31Data Security
The US and UK governments will have access to your Facebook and WhatsApp account
In recent days, multiple reports emerged from data protection experts mentioning that, thanks to an upcoming U.S.-UK agreement, the authorities in these...
- 31Data Security
The Benefits of Using a VPN at Home
To many people, the idea of using a VPN is still in its infancy while some believe that VPNs are for those...
- 39Surveillance
Poor security: 15,000 private webcams exposed to creeps
Your exposed webcams are backdoor for creeps. Every cybersecurity article you’ll find will include some sort of reminder emphasizing the use of...
- 28Cyber Crime
How to spot online dating scam and its never ending fakery
Dating can be hard, especially when you’re doing it online. Swiping right can always give you that little niggle in the back...
- 39Data Security
Every Ecuadorian has been compromised in massive data breach
Data of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks was also found in this breach who lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since...
- 78Geek
The Joker is haunting Google Play Store with malware
Another day, another Android malware – This time; The Joker malware is here not to creep you out but steal from you....
- 35Data Security
Simjacker vulnerability lets attackers track your location with an SMS
The Simjacker vulnerability could extend to over 1 billion mobile phone users globally. As time passes, we’re witnessing more exploits building upon...
- 55How To
How to download online video & audio files with new tool from SaveFrom.net
With the widespread availability of the Internet today, there are still times when it may not be feasibly available. Be it on...
- 57Geek
100s of Flashlight apps on Play Store ask for dangerous permissions
As with every app downloaded on our smartphones, we grant them specific permissions to help them perform their job. Often, these permissions...
- 48Surveillance
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...
- 22Incidents
Are you a Facebook user? Your phone number is now exposed, even if you keep it private
Over the last year Facebook has committed multiple users’ privacy breaches, and this will not stop. Data protection specialists now report that...
- 48Data Security
Unsecured database leaks phone numbers of 419 million Facebook users
Another day, another privacy disaster hits Facebook users. To add insult to the already enraged privacy advocates, Facebook has yet again disappointed...
