Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

While everyday users might already know about some of the largest breaches in recent history— AT&T comes to mind —it can be nearly impossible to keep track of every single company that has lost user data in the past. million people affected by the breach of Rite Aid , to the 1.7

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yesterday, I wrote the first part of this 5-part series on fixing data breaches and I focused on education. The next few parts of this series all focus on cures - how do we fix data breaches once bad code has already been written or bad server configurations deployed? Data Collection Should be Minimised, Not Maximisation.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The popular webcomic platform XKCD has suffered a data breach that exposed data of its forum users, the incident impacted 562,000 subscribers. XKCD has suffered a data breach that exposed data of its forum users. Hunt added the data to the Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) website over the weekend.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2023

A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of health care and coverage in the United States, is dealing with the fallout from a significant data breach that has affected more than 13 million individuals. The company revealed details of the incident in a public notification posted on April 25th.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

Rather than for logging online activities, online fingerprinting becomes a way to track users for advertising and other commercial purposes. Advertisers are amassing a huge amount of data and creating a comprehensive profile on you as an internet user. At the same time, the profile that advertisers can create reveals a lot.

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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. That would be the $277m fine issued by the Irish Data Protection Commision because of a Facebook data breach.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In the ever-evolving fight against data loss , data breaches, and data theft in the 21st century, organizations worldwide have turned to a number of cybersecurity solutions, services, and software in an attempt to keep their data safe and secure from threats. Why Use Behavioral Analytics in Cybersecurity?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 31, 2023

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. This included user location, frequency using other apps, time, and also unrelated websites visited for the purposes of advertising.

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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.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2024

At Malwarebytes, we reported how a team of researchers at Mozilla who reviewed the privacy and data collection policies of various product categories for several years now, named “Privacy Not Included,” found cars to be the worst product category they ever reviewed for privacy.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The automakers argued that their practice was necessary to provide certain features and services, such as hands-free calling and texting, and that customers had consented to the data collection by agreeing to the terms of service when they purchased their vehicles. states specific to a private right of action that allows class actions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

link ) was posted on Pastebin , the hacker claims to have compromised user’s email and also accused ProtonMail of sending user’s decrypted data to American servers. AmFearLiathMor also wrote that ProtonMail hasn’t configured the mandatory Subresource Integrity ( SRI ) allowing tampering and data collection.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This information allows businesses to personalize experiences, improve user engagement, target advertising more efficiently, and measure the performance of their online services. Google Display & Video 360 is a tool for managing advertising campaigns. This system had the largest share among the TOP 25 tracking systems in Asia.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Data collected for two-factor authentication purposes “inadvertently” matched users to targeted-advertising lists, the company admits.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

As we know, a lot of this data is valuable to advertisers—this is what pundits focus on when they invoke the value of “oil” in discussing modern data collection—but this data is also valuable to an entirely separate group that has learned to abuse private information in novel and frightening ways: Cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2019

The domain name used for the sniffer’s codes storage and as a gate for stolen data collection was registered on May 7, 2018. Recent data breaches at British Airways and Ticketmaster proved this point. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 28, 2021

There’s plenty of rules and requirements for things such as data breaches or poor personal data notifications. Crucially, should you get your data protection wrong somewhere along the way, big fines may follow. The complaints themselves related to third-party advertising partners.

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Amidst the data practices of industry giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, concerns about individual privacy intensified. While these conglomerates use collected data to refine their services and for targeted advertising, concerns are mounting regarding the accumulation of excessive data beyond individual control.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To comply with OCPA, businesses must meet several key requirements: Data Collection Transparency: Businesses need to clearly disclose what personal data they collect, why they collect it, and how they use it. Data Security Obligations: Standards for implementing security measures to protect personal information.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

.” Song pointed out that several of the things reported by Twelve are not true, for example he denied that Wyze sends data to Alibaba Cloud in China. Song also added that Wyze only collected health data from 140 users who were beta-testing a new smart scale product, the claims of a massive data collection were fake.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 13, 2024

These include: Consumer Rights : Kentucky residents have the right to access their data, request corrections, delete personal information, and opt out of data sharing for targeted advertising. This also extends to notifying users when data collection practices change. Why Should You Be KCDPA Compliant?

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Minnesota Data Privacy and Security Act (MNDPA) is a comprehensive state-level privacy law designed to protect the personal information of Minnesota residents. It ensures that individuals can: Access their data held by organizations. Opt-out of data sales or targeted advertising. What are the Requirements for MNDPA?

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Right to Opt-Out : Residents have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal data, particularly for targeted advertising or profiling purposes. Security Requirements The NJDPA also establishes clear security requirements to protect personal information from unauthorized access or breaches.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Solutions like XDR, SIEM, and MDM platforms, apart from traditional anti-virus products, enable centralized data collection, accelerate analysis, and correlate security events from various sources, facilitating swift response to complex incidents. These cyber-mercenaries openly advertise their services and target entities of interest.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

However, while these apps may provide mental health resources and benefits, they may be harvesting considerable amounts of information and sharing health-related data with third parties for advertising and tracking purposes. The post Mental Health Apps are Likely Collecting and Sharing Your Data appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2023

A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device -- unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Maryland Takes the Lead in Privacy Legislation with Comprehensive MODPA The Maryland legislature enacted two comprehensive privacy bills to limit how big tech platforms can acquire and utilize customers’ and children’s data. Notably, MODPA prohibits the sale of sensitive data, a provision unparalleled in other state privacy laws.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 10, 2024

Controller Responsibilities: Determine Purpose: Decide why personal data is needed and how it will be used. Data Collection: Collect personal data from individuals. Compliance: Ensure that the data processing complies with privacy laws and regulations. What rights do consumers have under the UCPA?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Don’t get upset and ask again in 5 minutes (the software is #### normalized) Format: Advertisement mail:password Hackers give buyers instructions on using a compromised account: for example, they recommend not tampering with its owners’ chats and deleting their own messages immediately after each session with the chatbot.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Here’s why integrating a VPN into your online routine is a smart move: Enhanced Online Privacy When you connect to the internet, your IP address can expose your location and browsing habits to websites, advertisers, and your ISP. Maintaining Online Anonymity Maintaining online anonymity is challenging due to data collection and targeted ads.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

The snippets of stolen data that USDoD offered as teasers showed rows of names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security Numbers (SSNs). Many media outlets mistakenly reported that the National Public data breach affects 2.9 billion people (that figure actually refers to the number of rows in the leaked data sets).

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

It’s not like data breaches are going away, they’re shifting. No, I think the insurance agencies are literally going to say based upon breaches, we see the following security control capabilities that have the biggest effect on mitigating or minimizing the results. VAMOSI: That’s on the data collection side.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In complying with the “opt-in” requirement of the law, email newsletter subscribers are asked to manually opt back in to their mailing lists, but many subscribers are either ignoring the request, or taking this opportunity to unsubscribe, resulting in a huge loss for targeted advertising. Extra Complexity for Ecommerce Sites.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On the other hand, we saw the repeal of Roe vs Wade and the subsequent controversy surrounding female reproductive health data in the US as well as investigations into companies selling fine-grained commercial data and facial recognition services to law enforcement. One way to do that might be to insure yourself against data breaches.

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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

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As organizations deploy new tools to fight the spread of COVID-19 – including contact tracing apps, digital monitoring, home tests and vaccine appointment booking – US Democrats have introduced a bill seeking to set strong and enforceable privacy and data security rights for health information.

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