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Ford seeks patent for conversation-based advertising

Malwarebytes

Car manufacturer Ford Motor Company has filed a patent application for an in-vehicle advertisement presentation system based on information derived from several trip and driver characteristics. Based on this info, the controller can decrease or increase the number of advertisements. Among those characteristics—human conversations.

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Cybercrime group FIN7 advertises new EDR bypass tool on hacking forums

Security Affairs

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. SentinelOne researchers warn that the financially motivated group FIN7 is using multiple pseudonyms to advertise a security evasion tool in several criminal underground forums. is forum for $15,000.

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FIN7 Group Advertises Security-Bypassing Tool on Dark Web Forums

The Hacker News

The financially motivated threat actor known as FIN7 has been observed using multiple pseudonyms across several underground forums to likely advertise a tool known to be used by ransomware groups like Black Basta.

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South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers

The Hacker News

million) by South Korea's data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent. Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67

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Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos

Malwarebytes

We’ve uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+ support plans. The perpetrators are buying Google ads to lure in their victims and redirect them to bogus pages hosted on GitHub , the developer and code repository platform owned by Microsoft.

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UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption

Schneier on Security

Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of the children!” ” rhetoric we’re seeing in this current wave of the crypto wars.

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Surveillance by the New Microsoft Outlook App

Schneier on Security

The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users.