eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Both platforms are owned by the same company (Avast Software s.r.o.), In 2020 , the company harvested users’ browsing data, particularly data collected from Avast and AVG’s free versions and browser extensions, to be monetized through company subsidiary Jumpshot. but does that mean they’re the same product?

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

Because the companies that make the equipment are subservient to the Chinese government, they could be forced to include backdoors in the hardware or software to give Beijing remote access. Neither is banning Chinese microchips, software, or programmers. Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans, and Russians have been breaking into U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a comprehensive guide on Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) designed to help organizations understand, create, and utilize SBOMs to enhance their cybersecurity posture. It's not just about ticking boxes; it's about fundamentally changing how we approach software security."

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. re network uses at least two free VPN services to lure its users to install a malware-like software that achieves persistence on the user’s computer,” the researchers wrote. “The 911[.]re

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2022

According to Gartner, 45 percent of organizations worldwide have experienced attacks on their software supply chain in 2022, a threefold increase from 2021. Leveraging data science. Data science has improved the performance of software in a lot of industries, but it fails in many cases.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

This guide evaluates the leading SIEM software solutions in the marketplace, followed by a dive into what SIEM is, how it works, and how to choose a solution. Best SIEM Tools & Software. Comparison of the Top SIEM Tools & Software. Deploy as a hardware appliance, software, or VM for on-prem and IaaS environments.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

How cars became the worst product category for privacy Session Covers the extensive data collection (and subsequent sharing with car manufacturers and their affiliates) enabled by modern vehicles; they can collect way beyond location data. Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

It provides tests and testing supplies, software, personal protective equipment and marketing services — online and printed — to testing sites, said a person who was formerly associated with the Center for COVID Control.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Most redirects lead to websites promoting security software, ad blockers, and the like – standard practice for adware. The ad network pushing pages with the malicious CAPTCHA also includes legitimate, non-malicious offers. It functions as follows: clicking anywhere on a page using the ad module redirects the user to other resources.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

While the vendor did not respond to our security disclosure, we find that the app’s security deficits may not only violate Google’s Unwanted Software Policy and Apple’s App Store guidelines but also China’s own laws and national standards pertaining to privacy protection, providing potential avenues for future redress.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 18, 2022

Understanding Changing Software Delivery Trends and Key Strategies for Growth. State of Software Monetization 2022. The software and software-driven device industry is evolving at breakneck speed, and the stakes have never been higher for software and device vendors entering 2022. Accessible usage data.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Shockingly, security holes in software from vendors such as Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe are being exploited over and over again by hackers. The FBI even recently bypassed dozens of companies by entering their systems and removing malicious software installed due to a weakness in Microsoft Exchange. But somehow, never installed.

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SecurityTrails

JUNE 16, 2021

Learn what's the best alternative to Shodan for IP, Domain and Software data collection and intelligence research.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

Quad9 insulates its users from a range of cyberattacks by blocking DNS requests for known-bad domain names, i.e., those confirmed to be hosting malicious software, phishing websites, stalkerware and other threats. But the data collected by Quad9 suggest that a great deal of low-level cyberattacks targeting Ukrainians remain ongoing.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

SIEM products and services combine log data collection and reporting with real-time analysis of security alerts generated by applications and network hardware.

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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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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

The recent news about the SolarWinds hack has put software supply-chain attacks back in the limelight. Security pros may recall the 2017 NotPetya attack on tax accounting software by M.E. Later that same year, researchers found an advanced backdoor embedded in one of the code libraries of NetSarang’s server management software.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Key Features of Bot Protection Software There are a number of key features a bot protection solution should include to protect your web-facing assets. Support for different deployment models: Bot protection software should be flexible enough to support different deployment models, such as on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid environments.

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SecurityTrails

JUNE 30, 2021

Learn what's the best alternative to Shodan for IP, Domain and Software data collection and intelligence research.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 18, 2022

Understanding Changing Software Delivery Trends and Key Strategies for Growth. State of Software Monetization 2022. The software and software-driven device industry is evolving at breakneck speed, and the stakes have never been higher for software and device vendors entering 2022. Accessible usage data.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

Android Apps Use Bluetooth and WiFi Scanning to Track Users Without GPS Cyber Insider Researchers found that 86% of apps they analyzed collect sensitive data, including location data stemming from scanning Wi-Fi network details, and collecting device identifiers. They also have appeared to partner with Proton.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 15, 2023

The findings come from Hudson Rock, which analyzed data collected from computers compromised between 2018 to 2023. Hackers around the world infect computers opportunistically by promoting results for fake software or through YouTube

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Cyber anxiety can indeed be paralyzing, but new software solutions have the potential to become game-changers for IT departments. Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Databases with critical IP and/or PII. Chatter about the best methods to attack your business.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The answer is simple: invest in the right anti-malware and anti-virus software designed specifically for Mac users in 2025. With the right anti-malware or anti-virus software, you can browse the web, download files, and confidently enjoy your digital life. What is an Anti-Virus Software? What is an Anti-Virus Software?

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

While it's unlikely that China would bother spying on commuters using subway cars, it would be much less surprising if a tech company offered free Internet on subways in exchange for surveillance and data collection. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 24, 2021

But that comprehensive view needs to be specific to the security team, which has a different role than IT teams concerned with inventory, software support and license oversight. Qualys VMDR will detect software vulnerabilities, but what if the software should have never been installed on that system in the first place?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 11, 2022

How To Reinforce Your Existing Software Solution with Licensing and Entitlements. For legacy software providers, digital transformation can feel something like an impending earthquake. The Sentinel Platform is a core enabler of modern software experiences. Thu, 05/12/2022 - 06:18. Earthquakes and Entitlements. How does it work?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In our public reports, we provide overview of threats for different industries and regions based on the anonymized data collected by Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence. We analyzed data on external threats and criminal activities affecting more than 4,700 organizations in 15 countries and territories across this region.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Today, all top businesses depend on software assistance for gathering and analysis of market intelligence. 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?

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Veracode Security

JUNE 25, 2021

We recently published a special open source edition of our annual State of Software Security (SOSS) report. The State of Software Security v11: Open Source Edition analyzed the data collected from 13 million scans of more than 86,000 repositories, containing more than 301,000 unique libraries.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This is from a court deposition : Facebook’s stonewalling has been revealing on its own, providing variations on the same theme: It has amassed so much data on so many billions of people and organized it so confusingly that full transparency is impossible on a technical level.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

According to the company, the cause of behavior that violates their policies is a couple of “malicious” software development kits (SDKs) used by the third-party iOS and Android apps. “We recently received a report about a malicious mobile software development kit (SDK) maintained by oneAudience.”

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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. This data may include your IP address, information about the device you are using, browser configuration, and settings that make up a unique pattern that can identify a particular device.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The company claimed their software would “block[] annoying tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities” and “[p]rotect your privacy by preventing. ” Avast subsidiary Jumpshot sold the collected information to over 100 third parties between 2014 and 2020. ” re ads the FTC’s complaint.

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