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Differences in App Security/Privacy Based on Country

Schneier on Security

One hundred twenty-seven apps varied in what the apps were allowed to access on users’ mobile phones, 49 of which had additional permissions deemed “dangerous” by Google. Three VPN apps enable clear text communication in some countries, which allows unauthorized access to users’ communications.

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21 million free VPN users’ data exposed

Malwarebytes

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. So this is a mess, and a timely reminder of why trust in a VPN provider is so crucial.

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Meta subsidiaries must pay $14m over misleading data collection disclosure

Malwarebytes

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. The Australian case, which has rumbled on for the best part of two and a half years, has focused on claims related to a now discontinued Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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Introducing continuous remote worker visibility and expanded data collection with Secure Network Analytics Release 7.3.2

Cisco Security

Organizations had always historically experienced visibility gaps into employee activities whenever their users were off-VPN while working remotely. we’re further extending this capability with the Data Store now supporting all NVM telemetry record collection to offer 100%-complete and continuous remote worker visibility.

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Introducing continuous remote worker visibility and expanded data collection with Secure Network Analytics Release 7.3.2

Cisco Security

Organizations had always historically experienced visibility gaps into employee activities whenever their users were off-VPN while working remotely. we’re further extending this capability with the Data Store now supporting all NVM telemetry record collection to offer 100%-complete and continuous remote worker visibility.

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GUEST ESSAY: Threat hunters adapt personas, leverage AI to gather intel in the Dark Web

The Last Watchdog

Data collections released after ransomware attacks. For example, a hospital that suffered a ransomware attack in 2021, had credentials to its VPN offered for sale in an underground market eight days prior to the attack. Databases with critical IP and/or PII. Chatter about the best methods to attack your business.

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Half of Britons feel they are victims of ‘Sonic Snooping’

CyberSecurity Insiders

And according to a study made by cybersecurity specialists from NORDVPN, this phenomenon is taking place in practical, and half of the Britons fear that their mobile devices are collecting data eavesdropped from their personal conversation and perhaps passing the info to hackers in control of remote servers.

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