Collaborate Disseminate
App concealed the practice of gathering device unique identifiers using an added layer of encryption. Continue reading TikTok Surreptitiously Collected Android User Data Using Google-Prohibited Tactic
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. While the fines would be among the largest the FCC has ever levied, critics say the penalties don’t go far enough to deter wireless carriers from continuing to sell customer location data. Continue reading FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data
APT group poses as a former Wall Street Journal journalist to launch phishing campaigns and steal victim email account details. Continue reading Charming Kitten Uses Fake Interview Requests to Target Public Figures
Of the 200 schools in the report, the University of Pittsburgh and Georgetown University received top marks, with their DMARC policy set to “reject.” Continue reading U.S. Universities Get Failing Grades for DMARC Adoption
Reports have linked the attack to the Ryuk ransomware. Continue reading Malware Attack Crippled Production of Major U.S. Newspapers
Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That… Continue reading A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams
Remember when privacy advocates used to worry about Google scanning your email? Well now, they have another problem on their hands: real people reading them. Continue reading Someone else is reading your Gmails
Godspeed, Bitcoin wizard. Continue reading Bitcoin Nerds Are Trying to Get This Cartoon Wizard Into The Wall Street Journal
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported a wave of hijacked Amazon seller accounts that proceeded to fleece buyers for large sums of money. As reported here, attackers would use credentials harvested from other breaches to take over the account, th… Continue reading Amazon third party sellers: A new threat
Twitter has asked its business partner Dataminr to no longer provide it services to the U.S. intelligence community. Continue reading Twitter Turns Off Fire Hose For Intelligence Community