Schneier on Security

JUNE 14, 2021

Reached for comment, TikTok could not confirm what product developments necessitated the addition of biometric data to its list of disclosures about the information it automatically collects from users, but said it would ask for consent in the case such data collection practices began.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2025

The increase in personal data, and the emergence of interactive platforms for e-commerce, social media, and online everything demanded both data protection and user privacy. Interactive features and user-generated content transformed the Web from a read-only medium to a participatory platform. Confidentiality became paramount.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The network of data brokers that political campaigns rely on to target voters with ads is enormous, as one Washington Post reporter found in 2020, with “3,000 data points on every voter.” Escaping this data collection regime has proven difficult for most people.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2025

” Well, this is exactly the deal: By exposing their private data online, they might well end up with companies charging them more. Understand how the company will be using your data Block web tracking wherever you can. It’s a no brainer that we should all be sharing as little as possible.

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Zero Day

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The world's biggest online platforms collect way more data than previously known and make it very hard for users to opt out.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Texas bans DeepSeek and RedNote on government devices to block Chinese data-harvesting AI, citing security risks. Texas Governor Greg Abbott banned Chinese AI company DeepSeek and Chinese-owned social media apps Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Lemon8 from all state-issued devices. Texas and other states banned TikTok on government devices.

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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. Major social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, were not reachable since 11:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ” reported NetBlocks.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an updated version of the LightSpy implant that comes equipped with an expanded set of data collection features to extract information from social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

In January, Italys Data Protection Authority Garante asked the AI firm DeepSeek to clarify its data collection, sources, purposes, legal basis, and storage, citing potential risks to user data. The removals cause is still unclear, but it may be a defensive action following scrutiny from the Data Protection Authority.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2023

A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

Residential proxy services are often marketed to people seeking the ability to evade country-specific blocking by the major movie and media streaming providers. 911’s EULA would later change its company name and address in 2017, to International Media Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 20, 2021

China has made some amendments to the existing laws and passed a new document that discloses several provisions on how automobile companies need to collect their user data as per the stated stipulations.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

Fingerprinting makes it difficult for irresponsible parties to create fake accounts or social media pages. Tracking is only harmless when there is no real data collected and stored; that’s impossible, isn’t it? In the era of bots and fake news, fingerprinting is supposed to work seamlessly.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

Targeted attacks against individuals, whether for phishing or data collection or scams, were once only within the reach of nation-states. Combine the digital dossiers that data brokers have on all of us with LLMs, and you have a tool tailor-made for personalized scams.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Then, the derived insights let you monitor market trends, customer behavior, competitor pricing, and other key data collected via market research. Successful extraction of public data from the internet can be a tricky process, especially when visited websites use protection algorithms. Why Choose Residential Proxies?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Cybersecurity Awareness Program by Interpol will start on October 4th, 2021 and will end on October 22nd, 2021, and will only be driven through social media.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2023

When we think about social media, we think about the nice side of it: staying in touch with friends and family, getting updates about our interests – but the more active we are on it, the more risk we’re exposed to. Having policies and procedures to secure social media accounts and minimise the potential for incidents can help.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Greediest data harvesters. Social media and business apps collect the most data. While sharing is usually what consumers find most alarming when it comes to how apps handle their data, collection can be just as important to online privacy and security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

These are based on publicly disclosed incidents in the media or security reports.” ” Anyone can request access to the data by compiling this form. Data collected by the researchers are very interesting and very useful for future research projects on the security of the critical infrastructure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

From now on, the Mark Zuckerberg’s led company faced a lawsuit against its facial recognition related data collection early this year. FB made a step forward by offering a settlement of $650 million to a data advocacy group that filed a legal suit against the use of FacioMetrics technology acquired by FB in 2016.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Incognito browsing does not prevent your ISP from tracking you and it doesn’t thwart the data collection process when you visit different webpages. Many apps, websites and social media platforms are not fully transparent about data collection, and mishandled user records may end up in the wrong hands.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, the government pointed out that Canadians can still access and use TikTok by choice, the use of a social media platform is a personal choice. The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice.” The Canadian government ordered ByteDance to wind up TikTok Technology Canada, Inc.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2025

In January, a location data broker named Gravy Analytics was hacked, with the alleged cybercriminal behind the attack posting an enormous amount of data online as proof. A representative for Grindr echoed the sentiment: Grindr has never worked with or provided data to Gravy Analytics.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

Factually speaking, an Information Commissioner plays a vital role in regurgitating data flow between companies and their customers, respectively. It helps in protecting the rights of citizens and offers a plan to companies on what to do and what not to do when it comes to data collection and its security.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

CloudSorcerer is a sophisticated cyber-espionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection and exfiltration via Microsoft, Yandex and Dropbox cloud infrastructures. The data collected about the targets’ companies and contact information could be used to spy on people of interest and lay the groundwork for future attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. We encourage people to be cautious when choosing which third-party apps are granted access to their social media accounts.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Social media site Omegle is under fire after an investigation found boys using the platform to expose themselves on camera, and adults exposing themselves to minors. Omegle users are paired with a random stranger who they can socialize with via text or video chat. Just like TikTok, Omegle’s popularity has exploded during the pandemic.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2024

Mobile app developer settles with California attorney general for unlawful collection and sale of children's personal data? While the settlement here imposed a meaningful monetary fine on Tilting Point Media, the injunctive relief is perhaps more meaningful. Choice Hotels International Inc., 23STCV28359 (Cal. County Apr.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Social media platforms like Twitter are key components of misinformation campaigns carried out by nation-state actors, today we discuss Twitter bot activity after the release of the Mueller report. Data collected by SafeGuard confirm the intensification of the presence of Russian bots on Twitter. Midterm election.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2024

This receiver triggers various malicious activities, such as screen capturing via the media projection API, taking screenshots as root, exfiltrating data, and updating its configuration.” If found, the file is downloaded to the application’s internal data directory. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s a harsh realization we are dealing with more by the day as social media, and a litany of applications and hosted software products invade our daily lives, and in the process, our privacy. Now TikTok wants the ability to put an actual face and voice to those other data sets, and it’s… dangerous.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Tank, seen here performing as a DJ in Ukraine in an undated photo from social media. KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Media File Jacking allows manipulating media files users receive via Android WhatsApp and Telegram. Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

On Monday, the computing giant unveiled a new line of PCs that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to promise faster speeds, enhanced productivity, and a powerful data collection and search tool that screenshots a device’s activity—including password entry—every few seconds. like world.”

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

judge ruled that the ICO cannot sanction Clearview AI, an American firm that harvested billions of social media images without users' consent for its facial recognition software. data, Clearview appealed, arguing the data was used by foreign law enforcement. Where possible, opt out of data collection for AI training.

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