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Privacy Roundup: Week 3 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

Specifically, stories and news items where public and/or private organizations have leveraged their capabilities to encroach on user privacy; for example, data brokers using underhanded means to harvest user location data without user knowledge or public organizations using technology without regard for user privacy.

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Synthetic Sabotage: How AI Tools Are Fueling Tailored Phishing Campaigns at Scale

SecureWorld News

RELATED: Hong Kong Clerk Defrauded of $25 Million in Sophisticated Deepfake Scam ] Weaponizing data breach with AI Data breaches have always been a valuable resource for attackers, but AI magnifies their impact and can even use cloud automation tricks to better store, segment, and safeguard data.

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“Hello pervert” sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus—and a picture of your home

Malwarebytes

” Several versions of these scam emails have included the following text: Have you heard of Pegasus? Though Pegasus is indeed a powerfully invasive spyware tool, the threat of its use, as included in these scam emails, is entirely empty. When scammers have access to such data, it may also include your physical address.

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Do you actually need a VPN? Your guide to staying safe online!

Webroot

With the rise of online scams and privacy risks, virtual private networks (VPNs) are becoming more popular for day-to-day use. Simply put, a VPN creates a safe, anonymous pathway for the data you send and receive over a Wi-Fi network, allowing you to browse anonymously and access content as if you were in a different location.

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Privacy Roundup: Week 12 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Items presented here are typically curated with the end user and small groups (such as families and small/micro businesses) in mind.

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Privacy Roundup: Week 11 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. While easy to file away as the app publisher's problem, hard-coded secrets to APIs and cloud storage could result in data breaches, which naturally have a direct effect on user privacy.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4