Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Cybercriminal syndicates operating under the extortionate BlackCat (ALPHV) operation have adopted a new tactic — utilizing malicious advertising to gain initial access to victim systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 24, 2023

The post Google advertisements turning into malware spreading platforms appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. A mechanism to warn online users against such fraudulent websites is already in place and Microsoft has alerted all Windows users as soon as they come across such malevolent URLs.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

After having taken Meta to task for various privacy violations and data breaches, Meta is now having to provide European users with a way to opt out of behavioural advertising. As The Record explains , behavioural advertising typically involves the display of adverts customised by someone’s browsing habits and / or app usage.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The charges include wire fraud, computer intrusion, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Ovsyannikov was arrested last month in Malaysia; Zhukov was arrested earlier this month in Bulgaria; and Timchenko was arrested earlier this month in Estonia, all pursuant to provisional arrest warrants issued at the request of the United States.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2018

From Kashmir Hill : Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. So users who want their accounts to be more secure are forced to make a privacy trade-off and allow advertisers to more easily find them on the social network.

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Bleeping Computer

MAY 25, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has fined Twitter $150 million for using phone numbers and email addresses collected to enable two-factor authentication for targeted advertising. [.].

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Avast team has been interested to learn about a recent proposal put forth by politicians in the US House of Representatives which calls for an end to targeted advertising, AKA surveillance advertising. The post A New Way to Advertise Online | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 30, 2021

Amazon has quietly been hit with a record-breaking €746 million fine for alleged GDPR violations regarding how it performs targeted behavioral advertising. [.].

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 6, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused BetterHelp online counseling service of sharing customers’ mental health data with advertisers. million. […] The post BetterHelp Accused of Sharing Mental Health Data with Advertisers appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Security researchers at Norton Labs have found that roughly eight out of ten websites featuring a search bar will leak their visitor's search terms to online advertisers like Google. [.].

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert about cyber criminals using a new methodology to defraud users – brand impersonation via search engine advertisement services. At first, cyber criminals buy advertisements that appear in internet […].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 16, 2021

million for selling user information to advertisement firms without the consent of its users on a respective note. The leaked info includes age, gender, advertising ID, HIV status and HIV testing dates, IP address, GPS Location, and their se$ual orientation. Grindr, the online dating app, has been slapped with a penalty of £5.5

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft for using advertising cookies without explicit customer consent. France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for using advertising cookies without the explicit consent of its customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

?Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators have started to run Facebook advertisements to force their victims into paying the ransom. Ragnar Locker Ransomware operators are improving their extortion technique and started running Facebook advertisements to make pressure on their victims and force them to pay the ransom. 9, on Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

Atomic macOS Stealer is a new information stealer targeting macOS that is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month. Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) recently discovered a Telegram channel advertising a new information-stealing malware, named Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

After Meta (Facebook and Instagram) switched the legal basis for targeting advertising from automatic consent to opt-out, privacy watchdog noyb has built a tool for users to opt out of targeted advertising and various other claims made by Meta in an easy and legally sound way.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 5, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to ban the online counseling service BetterHelp from sharing its customers' sensitive mental health data with advertising networks and marketers. [.]

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

million) fine against Microsoft's Ireland subsidiary for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union. France's privacy watchdog has imposed a €60 million ($63.88

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 27, 2022

Are you seeing the same advertisement on all the websites that you are surfing? Nowadays, as soon as you search for a product online, the web search giant sells that data to advertisement firms that then sell that info to product selling companies based on the profile info of the searching person like gender, interest, age and such.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 16, 2021

million fine by Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet for sharing data with advertisers. Grindr disclosed information about a user’s GPS location, IP address, mobile phone advertising ID, age and gender to several third parties for marketing purposes. Dating network Grindr has been slapped with a US$7.7 No consent, no app. Shared data.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Mozilla says that Firefox users will be better protected from advertising trackers (like Google Analytics scripts) while browsing the Internet in Private Browsing mode and using Strict Tracking Protection. [.].

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 5, 2023

The post Meta Fined $414 Million by Irish Regulators for Using Personal Data for Advertising appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Privacy regulators ordered Meta Ireland to pay two fines, one over violations of the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation […].

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Telegram has launched a new advertising program dubbed Ad Platform and offering the opportunity to display sponsored messages on the instant-messaging platform. [.].

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2021

Now, in this post, we'll be presenting the advertiser’s perspective of the situation at hand. While advertisers may think the sky is falling, the full-on Chicken Little scenario might not be happening. The changes will make it harder – but not impossible – for advertisers to track users’ habits and target ads to their devices.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 30, 2021

Facebook has filed lawsuits against two groups of suspects who took over advertising agency employees' accounts and abused its ad platform to run unauthorized or deceptive ads. [.].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In the third week of August this year, UK’s Ministry of Defense posted an advertisement for a role to be filled by a SAS hacker who will earn £33,000 a year and will work for the secretive Computer Network Operations Exploitation Unit. Basically, such Ad postings are made secretly and through freelance platforms.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 18, 2022

The post Industrial Spy, a New Stolen Data Market Is Advertised via Adware and Cracks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Unlike traditional stolen data marketplaces, where data is used to extort enterprises and threaten them with GDPR fines, Industrial Spy promotes itself as a marketplace where organizations […].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

An Iranian developer is advertising on Telegram a Ransomware-as-a-Service called BlackRouter. The same expert advertises other malware and is believed to the author of another ransomware called Blackheart. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. promotes other infections such as a RAT.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 7, 2021

The post A New Threat Advertises Malicious Privacy Tools as Security Enhancers appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. An infostealer is a type of malware focused on gathering sensitive and conditional information from a compromised system. It is often related to user’s credentials but has also been […].

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2021

to restrict tracking by advertisers, and a discussion about why people continue to choose terrible passwords. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Instagram debuts new tool to stop abusive message salvos made through new accounts [link] Apple […].

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft for using advertising cookies without explicit customer consent. France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for using advertising cookies without the explicit consent of its customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Graham Cluley

JUNE 5, 2023

Twitter awarded "gold checkmark" to unofficial Disney Twitter account which posted racial slurs. Is it any wonder that Twitter's ad sales in the United Sales have plunged 59% in the past year?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Online advertising is a data free-for-all. However, Amazon is doing so well right now because it has access to the data of every seller and advertiser using its platform. Between the two companies, two-thirds of the online advertising market is affected. The post Is Your Company Doing Market Research for Your Advertiser?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

Tracking cookies have been a hot topic in recent months, as advertisers try switching to other methods of tracking. Third party tracking: An advertiser’s dream. A third-party cookie is being set by someone else, like an advertiser or ad network, via code embedded into the page. What are cookies?

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The world’s most popular browser is about to make it a lot harder for advertisers to track your online activity.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 1, 2021

Facebook is suing the suspects that took over the advertising agency employees’ accounts and managed to abuse the ad platform in order to run unauthorized or deceptive ads. The post Facebook Is Suing the Hackers That Hijacked Advertising Agencies’ Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. n, Lê Khang, Nguy?n

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The Hacker News

MARCH 13, 2023

A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with capabilities to hijack Facebook accounts and create rogue admin accounts, highlighting one of the different methods cyber criminals are using to distribute malware. "By

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