Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Government 145

Government Advertising Hacking Data collection 145

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The company claimed their software would “block[] annoying tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities” and “[p]rotect your privacy by preventing. ” Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sold the collected information to over 100 third parties between 2014 and 2020. .” FTC will also fine Avast $16.5

Advertising 136

Advertising Antivirus Data collection Software 136

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

How cars became the worst product category for privacy Session Covers the extensive data collection (and subsequent sharing with car manufacturers and their affiliates) enabled by modern vehicles; they can collect way beyond location data.

Surveillance 97

Surveillance Malware Data breaches Scams 97

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. In September 2014, U.S.

Spyware 227

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 227

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Data collected by the malware are then transferred to the operator’s command-and-control (C2) server. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The malware is able to infect all operating systems.

Banking 143

Banking Advertising Malware Data collection 143

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers, the forum has been taken offline after the incident. We’ve been alerted that portions of the PHPBB user table from our forums showed up in a leaked data collection.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 108

Data breaches Passwords Advertising Data collection 108

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This was a one-time data collection, done for security purposes (to analyze whether a user had recently encountered adware or other threats, and thus to improve the product & service).” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Adware 108

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Read more here.

Threat Reports 136

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 136

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

. “ MobiBurn primarily acts as an intermediary in the data business with its bundle, i.e., a collection of SDKs developed by third-party data monetisation companies. MobiBurn has no access to any data collected by mobile application developers nor does MobiBurn process or store such data.

Accountability 144

Accountability Mobile Advertising Media 144

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – buildings, hacking).

Hacking 111

Hacking Advertising Surveillance Data collection 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

link ) was posted on Pastebin , the hacker claims to have compromised user’s email and also accused ProtonMail of sending user’s decrypted data to American servers. AmFearLiathMor also wrote that ProtonMail hasn’t configured the mandatory Subresource Integrity ( SRI ) allowing tampering and data collection.

Scams 111

Scams Hacking Data collection Advertising 111

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols used to create personal area networks with small, low-power digital radios, such as for home automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless connection. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 141

Hacking IoT Wireless Firmware 141

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 120

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 120

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Data collected by SafeGuard confirm the intensification of the presence of Russian bots on Twitter. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Midterm election. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 103

Advertising Media Data collection Accountability 103

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Since at least 2014, some of the employees have had extensive records of private living conditions. In addition to a meticulous evaluation of individual work performance, the data collected in this way were used, among other things, to obtain a profile of the employees for measures and decisions in the employment relationship.

Data collection 114

Data collection Data privacy Retail Education 114

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

percent of all the data collected, followed by TP-Link that accounted for 9.07%. “More and more exploits are being weaponized by cybercriminals, and infected devices are used to steal personal data and mine cryptocurrencies, on top of traditional DDoS attacks. ” concludes Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 106

IoT Passwords Malware Advertising 106

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

A new story of a violation of the user’s privacy made the lines, Twitter revealed that due to a bug is collected and shared iOS location data with a third-party advertising company, Fortunately, only one partner of the micro-blogging firm was involved and the data collection and sharing occurred in certain circumstances.

Advertising 104

Advertising Accountability Data collection Mobile 104

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 111

Malware IoT Advertising Data collection 111

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

Rankwave apparently misused data collected by his app for checking users’ social media “influencer score”. That app collects a huge quantity of data that could be used fr many other purposes. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported Techcrunch.

Advertising 91

Advertising Data collection Marketing Media 91

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing classified data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Small Business 86

Small Business Media Spyware Advertising 86

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

Companies could use this data to quickly detect malicious activities. Backstory aims at detecting patterns of malicious activities, it also compares data against “threat intelligence” data collected from other sources and partners (i.e. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 106

DNS Cyber threats Advertising Data collection 106

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 111

Advertising Mobile Malware Data collection 111

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

” Turla attackers used many other tools and malware in the latest campaigns, such as a custom dropper to deliver the Neptun backdoor, a USB data collecting tool, a hacking tool that combines four NSA tools ( EternalBlue , EternalRomance , DoublePulsar , SMBTouch ). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Turla, hacking).

Government 107

Government Advertising Hacking Data collection 107

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

Even if in Italy the cells of the popular Anonymous collective are very active , the overall number of hacktivist attacks that caused in quantifiable damage to the victim has declined by 95 percent since 2015. Researchers analyzed data collected by IBM’s X-Force threat intelligence unit between 2015 and 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 94

Advertising Data collection DDOS Healthcare 94

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2025

According to Erlingsson (2014), Google’s RAPPOR system collects user data while maintaining anonymity. Similarly, Abowd(2018) examined its integration with a census data collection framework, ensuring confidentiality. More recent research has focused on applying differential privacy in various domains.

Artificial Intelligence 62

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Data privacy Banking 62

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

Data collected by the expert showed that 16 percent of those devices with UPnP enabled utilize the MiniUPnPd library, and only 0.39% is running the latest release 2.1. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 107

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Go variant of Zebrocy initially starts collecting info on the compromised system, then sends it to the command and control server. The data collected by the malware includes a list of running processes, information gathered via the ” systeminfo ” command, local disk information, and a screenshot of the desktop.

Malware 111

Malware Advertising Data collection Phishing 111

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

This game of cat and mouse continued until Ngo found a much more reliable and stable source of consumer data: A U.S. Ngo wasn’t interested in the data collected by Court Ventures, but rather in its data sharing agreement with a third-party data broker called U.S. consumer credit reporting bureaus.

Identity Theft 353

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 353

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Attackers can also automate data collection from the device (user’s current physical address, IP address, contents of the clipboard, stored pictures/videos, contact information and more) and send them to the victims to scare them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Social Engineering 111

Social Engineering Advertising Hacking Data collection 111

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Opened email lets spy in. Pierluigi Paganini.

Phishing 136

Phishing Ransomware Spyware Banking 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

According to the Norwegian Verdens Gang tabloid newspaper, the Norwegian authorities cannot access location data collected by the Kamphuis’s mobile phone until he is officially reported missing in the Netherlands. Stay tuned … ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Advertising 76

Advertising Data collection Information Security Mobile 76

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

The communications module transmits data collected by the RAT to the proxy tool. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once the function is executed, the?SodomNormal?communications SodomNormal?communications

Phishing 104

Phishing Malware Advertising Engineering 104

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Better data security so Facebook sees less. On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

Advertising 250

Advertising Surveillance Engineering Encryption 250

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Data breaches are fairly common occurrences these days – in 2014 alone, nearly half (43%) of all companies experienced a cyber attack. Even worse is that most data breaches take weeks or even months to discover, which can have devastating effects on a business since the average cost of a compromised record is worth more than $194.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Data collection Cyber Attacks 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

GIB Threat Intelligence cyber threats data collection system has been named one of the best in class by Gartner, Forrester, and IDC. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 111

Banking Cybercrime Advertising Data collection 111

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

When Target fired both its CEO and CIO in 2014, it was a wake-up call for senior management. The firings came as a result of a massive data breach which routed through an HVAC contractor’s compromised account. C-suite execs across the land suddenly realized something similar could happen to them.

Cyber Risk 165

Cyber Risk Risk Digital transformation Accountability 165

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. However, location data can be used to expose a person’s identity and routines, and even infer personal details.

Consumer Protection 98

Consumer Protection Accountability Data collection Advertising 98