The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

Rather than for logging online activities, online fingerprinting becomes a way to track users for advertising and other commercial purposes. Advertisers are amassing a huge amount of data and creating a comprehensive profile on you as an internet user. At the same time, the profile that advertisers can create reveals a lot.

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Advertising Internet Internet Accountability 290

Malwarebytes

JULY 31, 2023

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. This included user location, frequency using other apps, time, and also unrelated websites visited for the purposes of advertising.

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Data collection VPN Advertising Mobile 98

Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to analyze our purchase histories in order to better target their marketing efforts, many people may not realize that even some well-known retailers also use data provided by people whose purchases the retailer itself cancelled.

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Retail Data collection Artificial Intelligence Marketing 219

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

After having taken Meta to task for various privacy violations and data breaches, Meta is now having to provide European users with a way to opt out of behavioural advertising. As The Record explains , behavioural advertising typically involves the display of adverts customised by someone’s browsing habits and / or app usage.

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Advertising Data breaches Data collection Marketing 98

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To focus on the cybersecurity aspect first, there is the problem of what data your UEBA solution is taking in. If it’s just data collected during the user’s work hours or while they are using company hardware/software, it’s probably fine as long as you make that monitoring clear to the user in advance.

Advertising 125

Advertising Cybersecurity DDOS Data breaches 125

Heimadal Security

JANUARY 6, 2023

Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection authority, fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data without the user’s consent. The data was used to better target advertising in the App Store. The post Apple Fined $8.0M

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Data collection Advertising Cybersecurity 71

Threatpost

OCTOBER 23, 2019

With DoubleClick, Analytics and AdWords under its belt, Google continues dominating when it comes to global data collection for advertising, a new report found.

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Data collection Advertising 41

Schneier on Security

JULY 28, 2021

The data that resulted in Burrill’s ouster was reportedly obtained through legal means. Mobile carriers sold­ — and still sell — ­location data to brokers who aggregate it and sell it to a range of buyers, including advertisers, law enforcement , roadside services, and even bounty hunters.

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Mobile Advertising Data collection Surveillance 362

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Two things are true of data online: It will be collected and, just as easily, it will be lost. They are invisible pieces of code that advertisers use to track user activity even after they leave a website.

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Data breaches Data collection Advertising Internet 134

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While many users allow location tracking on their mobile apps to enable tailored content such as weather or nearby restaurants, they are often unaware that their travel history and daily routines are closely monitored and sold for use in the $21 billion advertising market. . “[T]he That disclosure is often buried in a vague privacy policy.”.

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Mobile Advertising Data collection Marketing 192

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

On Friday, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet) issued a warning that it would stop the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from handling data collected via Smittestopp contact tracing app. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data collection 141

Data collection Advertising Government Technology 141

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Increased transparency over advertiser and app accesses to user data. Today, Facebook users can download and view much of the data the company has about them. The company could be more transparent about what data it shares with advertisers and others and how it allows advertisers to select users they show ads to.

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Advertising Surveillance Engineering Encryption 224

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. 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.

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Media Data collection Internet Internet 141

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

According to the lawsuit, the company utilized its advertising technologies and other methods to collect details of users’ site visits and activities, even when individuals were using “private” browsing mode. The IT giant is accused of having collected an unaccountable trove of information.

Data collection 145

Data collection Advertising Hacking Technology 145

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Meanwhile, on March 25 the accounts that had previously advertised the Raccoon Stealer malware on cybercrime forums announced the service was closing down. gov — that allows visitors to check whether their email address shows up in the data collected by the Raccoon Stealer service.

Malware 329

Malware Identity Theft Cybercrime Accountability 329

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. The database required no authentication.

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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 217

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Data collected by the researchers are very interesting and very useful for future research projects on the security of the critical infrastructure. 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.

Ransomware 144

Ransomware Advertising Data collection Healthcare 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 145

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 145

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).” The experts have observed that all these apps have embedded tracking codes provided by advertising and marketing firms. “In

Adware 109

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 109

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The conclusions seemed to upset the FTC, but we weren’t even mildly surprised: “The amount of data collected by large tech companies is simply staggering. Many of the responding companies relied on selling advertising services to other businesses based largely on using the personal information of their users.

Surveillance 135

Surveillance Media Data collection Advertising 135

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This information allows businesses to personalize experiences, improve user engagement, target advertising more efficiently, and measure the performance of their online services. Google Display & Video 360 is a tool for managing advertising campaigns. This system had the largest share among the TOP 25 tracking systems in Asia.

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Advertising Technology Marketing Media 129

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google introduces Privacy Sandbox on Android aimed at leading to more private advertising solutions for mobile users. Google announced Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit user data sharing and prevent the use of cross-app identifiers. Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection.

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Advertising Data collection Mobile Technology 117

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

“The data collected from the target machine could be useful in classifying the value of the target. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. These DLL implants were intended to gather basic information from the victims’ machines with the purpose of victim identification.”

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Advertising Data collection Malware Phishing 136

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Axe was advertising the Trojan as the result of over five years of work, a total of 15k ~ hours were spent for the development of the malicious code. Data collected by the malware are then transferred to the operator’s command-and-control (C2) server. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 145

Banking Advertising Malware Data collection 145

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While the data is used for targeted ads and ad effectiveness, TikTok spokesperson Melanie Bosselait said the data "is not used to group individuals into particular interest categories for other advertisers to target." Data collected from non-TikTok users, however, are used in aggregated reports sent to advertisers.

Data collection 98

Data collection Advertising Accountability Technology 98

Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2024

At Malwarebytes, we reported how a team of researchers at Mozilla who reviewed the privacy and data collection policies of various product categories for several years now, named “Privacy Not Included,” found cars to be the worst product category they ever reviewed for privacy.

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Insurance Data collection Data breaches Manufacturing 128

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 -->.

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Government Advertising Hacking Data collection 145

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Digitalization creates new forms of entertainment, advertisement, communication, and promotion. Then, the derived insights let you monitor market trends, customer behavior, competitor pricing, and other key data collected via market research. Why Choose Residential Proxies?

Marketing 135

Marketing Data collection Internet Internet 135

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.

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Advertising Accountability Data collection Mobile 106

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

All these days we have seen many media speculations that Google collects some personalized data of its users for advertising and development purposes. On Wednesday, Google made an official announcement on the data collection it does and is as follows-.

Advertising 96

Advertising Data collection Internet Internet 96

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A new form of digital advertising is looking to make its way to you courtesy of video gaming. Let’s take a look at how advertising has been used in an Amazon gaming title previously, and see how that could create a frosty reception for any new ad technology. The sliding doors of advertising banners. How does this work?

Technology 98

Technology Advertising Marketing Retail 98

Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

. “Since March 20th, the number of risky domains registered per day has been decreasing, with a notable spike around March 30th,” wrote John Conwell , principal data scientist at DomainTools [an advertiser on this site]. Our data shows that there were virtually no customer hits on COVID-related domains prior to February 23.”

Cyber threats 293

Cyber threats Phishing Data collection Government 293

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2022

. “It justified this amount by the scope of the processing, the number of data subjects concerned and the considerable profits the company makes from advertising revenues indirectly generated from the data collected by the cookies.

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Data privacy Data collection Advertising Hacking 120

Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Online tracking starts whenever you connect to the internet, and your ISP is one of the first entities to collect web traffic once engaged in various activities. In many cases, internet service providers (ISPs) sell collected user data to marketers, who use it to target individuals with advertisements. Myth or reality?

Data collection 116

Data collection Internet Internet Marketing 116

Threatpost

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Data collected for two-factor authentication purposes “inadvertently” matched users to targeted-advertising lists, the company admits.

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Data collection Advertising Authentication Data breaches 62

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The end looms for Meta's behavioural advertising in Europe Microsoft Teams used in phishing campaign to bypass multi-factor authentication Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users FAQ: How does Malwarebytes ransomware rollback work?

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Data collection Ransomware Phishing Advertising 96

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.

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Data breaches Passwords Advertising Data collection 108