Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Increased transparency over advertiser and app accesses to user data. Today, Facebook users can download and view much of the data the company has about them. The company could be more transparent about what data it shares with advertisers and others and how it allows advertisers to select users they show ads to.

Surveillance 215

Surveillance Advertising Engineering Encryption 215

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.

Spyware 186

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 186

Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

A hacker or scammer could also use faceprint and voiceprint data in a plethora of ways to impersonate you, and to create very realistic deep fakes or digital personas - combined with the other information obtainable from TikTok and some rudimentary AI, create a not-so-easily discerned, fake digital version of any user.

Data collection 98

Data collection Media Mobile Identity Theft 98

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

By 2008, the USPS job exam preppers had shifted to advertising their schemes mostly online. Mirza and his colleagues was actively uploading all of the device’s usernames, passwords and authentication cookies to cybercriminals based in Russia. The score is only one of many criteria taken into account for employment.

Marketing 266

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 266

Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Protecting your digital footprint can help you keep your personal information and online activities private, which can be important for helping prevent identity theft , avoid targeted advertising, and maintain control over your online reputation. Begin by cleaning up old accounts. 6 Ways to Help Protect Your Digital Footprint 1.

Identity Theft 52

Identity Theft Education Media Accountability 52

SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

As mentioned above, the creators of phishing bots and kits can get access to data collected with tools they made. To attract larger audiences, scam operators advertise their services, promising to teach others how to phish for serious cash. Legitimate services use one-time passwords as a second authentication factor.

Phishing 114

Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 114

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. Scammers abused legitimate survey services by creating polls in the name of various organization to profit from victims’ personal, including sensitive, data.

Phishing 90

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 90

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

Period-tracking app users scrambled to find the most secure app online , and one period-tracking app maker promised to encrypt user data so that, even if law enforcement made a request for their data, the data would be unintelligible. In August, the company confirmed a data breach that affected 5.4

Data privacy 70

Data privacy Engineering Encryption Internet 70

SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This article delves deep into the settings and privacy policies of LLM-based chatbots to find out how they collect and store conversation histories, and how office workers who use them can protect or compromise company and customer data. The user creates an account and gains access to the bot. Account hacking.

Accountability 97

Accountability B2B Risk Hacking 97

Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

Why data matters I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that “data is the new oil” without reading any explanations as to why people should care. Creating a social media account requires handing over your full name and birthdate. Where the risk truly lies, however, is in fraudulent account access.

Data breaches 70

Data breaches Passwords Banking Malware 70

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

The original advertisement to hopeful customers, retrieved from one of these forums and translated from Russian: Collects from browsers: Login and passwords. Data collection from FTP clients, IM clients. With this in mind, remember that Lapsus$ does not always use RedLine to steal data. Autocomplete fields.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. In addition, it collects Steam and Telegram credentials as well as data related to installed cryptocurrency wallets. MysticStealer forum post advertising v1.2

Cryptocurrency 52

Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces. “I used to steal their QIWI accounts with up to $500k in them,” Wazawaka recalled. DomainTools.com [an advertiser on this site] reports mixfb@yandex.ru

DDOS 263

DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 263

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2021

While these alt platforms largely position themselves as “free speech” alternatives, we at CyberNews were also interested in how these alt social platforms compare in terms of data collection. Users would need to read both Triller’s and Quickblox’ privacy policies to get a good idea of how their data is being collected and processed.

Data collection 112

Data collection Accountability Media Advertising 112

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Vamosi: So ransomware started with like individuals being compromised and their data collected and $300 in Bitcoin and then it became commercialized to industries and so first ransomware.

Ransomware 40

Ransomware Encryption Cybercrime Government 40