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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

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“Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. ” reads the DoJ’s press release. not hidden); and.

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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

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Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. The IT giant will pay $9.5 million to D.C.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

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Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

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As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities. PagerDuty Operations performance 2014 NYSE: PD Auth0 Identity management 2014 Acquired: Okta. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. EEP Investments.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

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The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. org back in 2014. com , and postalhiringreviewboard[.]org

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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

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Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. About Group-IB.

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Online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion

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Scammers create fake websites of known brands, fraudulent promotional campaigns, and fake accounts on social media. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .