Internal Leak of 4,887 Users: Yandex Employee Fate Unknown

Russian web titan Yandex NV suffered an insider breach: An employee was selling sensitive user data to anyone who would pay.
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MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List

Here at MediaOps we have two big announcements today. The first is that we have earned a place in the Inc. 5000 annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies in America. We didn’t just make the list—we came in at 1,622, well in the top half of… Continue reading MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List

Best of 2020: ‘TikTok is Spyware,’ Warns Reddit CEO. ‘We Don’t Care,’ Say Users

Millennial social app TikTok is “fundamentally parasitic,” according to Steve Huffman, Reddit’s co-founder.
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Android Zero-Day Panic as Ancient Linux Flaw Forgotten

A bunch of fairly recent Android phones suffer from a nasty zero-day vulnerability. The flaw is currently being exploited, but by whom?
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Stalkerware? Spouseware? Creepware? Just Call It Horrific

The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is stepping up its fight against Stalkerware. It’s asking for help from AV vendors, phone platform makers, and law enforcement. It’s time to put an end to it.
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Android Security is a Hot Mess (yet Again)

Google’s Android smartphone platform is under fire again. Hundreds of “legitimate” apps have been infected with malicious third-party libraries—and not for the first time. These apps account for more than 320 million downloads. The so-called SimBad an… Continue reading Android Security is a Hot Mess (yet Again)