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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Mobile Wireless Advertising Telecommunications 275

Schneier on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

Privacy International has the details : Key facts: Despite Facebook claim, "Download Your Information" doesn't provide users with a list of all advertisers who uploaded a list with their personal data. As a user this means you can't exercise your rights under GDPR because you don't know which companies have uploaded data to Facebook.

Advertising 302

Advertising Data collection Cybersecurity 302

Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to analyze our purchase histories in order to better target their marketing efforts, many people may not realize that even some well-known retailers also use data provided by people whose purchases the retailer itself cancelled.

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Retail Data collection Artificial Intelligence Marketing 182

Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

As I have warned for decades, just as they are in the physical world, “too good to be true” prices found online are often scams; one should be especially careful when dealing with retailers who advertise such prices but who are also previously unknown to the buyer.

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Data collection Retail Scams Artificial Intelligence 228

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

According to the lawsuit, the company utilized its advertising technologies and other methods to collect details of users’ site visits and activities, even when individuals were using “private” browsing mode. The IT giant is accused of having collected an unaccountable trove of information.

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Data collection Advertising Hacking Technology 127

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While the data is used for targeted ads and ad effectiveness, TikTok spokesperson Melanie Bosselait said the data "is not used to group individuals into particular interest categories for other advertisers to target." Data collected from non-TikTok users, however, are used in aggregated reports sent to advertisers.

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Data collection Advertising Accountability Technology 98

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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Advertising Internet Internet Accountability 288

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.

Data collection 86

Data collection Technology Surveillance Data privacy 86

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The end looms for Meta's behavioural advertising in Europe Microsoft Teams used in phishing campaign to bypass multi-factor authentication Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users FAQ: How does Malwarebytes ransomware rollback work?

Data collection 71

Data collection Ransomware Phishing Advertising 71

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.

Data collection 59

Data collection Ransomware Advertising Risk 59

Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Practices highlighted included “hard to find” location settings, misleading descriptions of location settings, and “repeated nudging” to enable location settings alongside incomplete disclosures of Google’s location data collection.

Advertising 90

Advertising Accountability Data collection Engineering 90

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 9, 2023

The departure of senior management staff shortly after a change in ownership naturally raises questions about Twitter’s ability to fulfill its legal obligations, particularly with regard to user privacy and data security.

Data privacy 110

Data privacy Data collection Advertising Cybersecurity 110

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A new form of digital advertising is looking to make its way to you courtesy of video gaming. Let’s take a look at how advertising has been used in an Amazon gaming title previously, and see how that could create a frosty reception for any new ad technology. The sliding doors of advertising banners. How does this work?

Technology 83

Technology Advertising Marketing Retail 83

Threatpost

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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

Data collection 62

Data collection Advertising Authentication Data breaches 62

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google introduces Privacy Sandbox on Android aimed at leading to more private advertising solutions for mobile users. Google announced Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit user data sharing and prevent the use of cross-app identifiers. Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection.

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Data collection Advertising Mobile Technology 103

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In today’s environment, many people are aware that companies are tracking their online activity and mine that data for a variety of business purposes. These purposes range from personalization and advertising to analyzing on-site behavior to inform site design changes.

Data collection 57

Data collection Advertising 57

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 23, 2023

The users got these feelings as they noticed an advertisement for a product or a service as soon as they searched or spoke about it with their friend or family member over the phone. Weirdly, two-thirds of them do not know how to stop it from happening.

Mobile 111

Mobile Surveillance Data collection VPN 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

All these days we have seen many media speculations that Google collects some personalized data of its users for advertising and development purposes. On Wednesday, Google made an official announcement on the data collection it does and is as follows-.

Advertising 96

Advertising Data collection Internet Internet 96

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While many users allow location tracking on their mobile apps to enable tailored content such as weather or nearby restaurants, they are often unaware that their travel history and daily routines are closely monitored and sold for use in the $21 billion advertising market. . “[T]he That disclosure is often buried in a vague privacy policy.”.

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Mobile Advertising Data collection Marketing 192

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Media Data collection Internet Internet 109

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

The threat actor is abusing Google advertiser accounts to create malicious ads and pointing them to pages where unsuspecting users will download Remote Administration Trojan (RATs) instead. While we don’t know the threat actor’s true intentions, data collection and spying may be one of their motives.

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Malware Advertising Accountability Encryption 100

Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Online tracking starts whenever you connect to the internet, and your ISP is one of the first entities to collect web traffic once engaged in various activities. In many cases, internet service providers (ISPs) sell collected user data to marketers, who use it to target individuals with advertisements. Myth or reality?

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Data collection Internet Internet Marketing 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2022

Second, if the Chinese data processor feels that the company’s data collection from users could affect national security, they can carry on with their business objective of filing for an IPO after a review certification gets completed.

Data collection 104

Data collection Government Advertising Network Security 104

Centraleyes

APRIL 11, 2024

The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) would allow Americans to opt out of targeted advertising. They would also have the right to view, correct, export, or delete personal data and prohibit its sale or transfer.

Data collection 52

Data collection Advertising 52

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Data collected by the researchers are very interesting and very useful for future research projects on the security of the critical infrastructure. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Advertising Data collection Healthcare 115

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In reality, this level of data collection is not as uncommon as is being suggested. The app collects how much data? How can apps collect data? These are a staple diet of Out of Home (OOH) advertising. That’s one theory, anyway. That was expected behaviour. The investigation findings.

Mobile 100

Mobile Data collection Advertising Marketing 100

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

net , a service that advertised to cybercriminals seeking to obfuscate their malicious software so that it goes undetected by all or at least most of the major antivirus products on the market. net , which advertised “free unlimited internet file-sharing platform” for those who agreed to install their software.

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 290

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2021

CAC alleges Didi has breached many laws pertaining to personal data collection, storage and security and will face legal consequences if it fails to further comply with its orders. The post Data flow vs. data security dilemma for China Didi appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Data collection Data privacy Advertising Technology 133

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Government 141

Government Advertising Data collection Hacking 141

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

While this is generally fine for an offline game with no data being sent elsewhere, once additional first or third-party systems are introduced this can become a risk. Is player data sent to the advertisers, or does the game provider start building up a profile for non-gaming purposes? Is an ad network layered across the game?

Advertising 115

Advertising Risk Data collection Mobile 115

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Marketers frequently purchase or share first-party data from another partner organization. Data collection red flags. All of this leads us to “third-party” data. Third-party data is generally implicitly collected, used and shared from an external party across sites.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Data collection Consumer Protection Advertising 113

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 210

Surveillance Advertising Engineering Encryption 210

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Axe was advertising the Trojan as the result of over five years of work, a total of 15k ~ hours were spent for the development of the malicious code. Data collected by the malware are then transferred to the operator’s command-and-control (C2) server. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 135

Banking Advertising Malware Cybercrime 135

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And, while the name Kochava may not ring any bells, it actually has a sizeable footprint in the data collection industry. While we are all more or less aware that advertisers spend a lot of money to enhance their targeted advertising strategies, there are boundaries to what the FTC will allow. Sensitive locations.

Mobile 82

Mobile Advertising Surveillance Data collection 82

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This was a one-time data collection, done for security purposes (to analyze whether a user had recently encountered adware or other threats, and thus to improve the product & service).” The experts have observed that all these apps have embedded tracking codes provided by advertising and marketing firms. “In

Adware 82

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 82

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The advertising experiment lies within a feature called “Firefox Suggest,” which was announced in September. Advertising revenue can be vital to browser development, but online advertising is still rooted firmly in surreptitious data collection and sharing—the very thing these browsers fight against.

Advertising 67

Advertising Data collection VPN 67

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

“The data collected from the target machine could be useful in classifying the value of the target. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. These DLL implants were intended to gather basic information from the victims’ machines with the purpose of victim identification.”

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Advertising Data collection Malware Phishing 100