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 249

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Apparently, before a child reaches the age of 13, advertisers will have gathered more 72 million data points on them. I knew I'd seen a metric about this sometime recently, so I went looking for "7,000", which perfectly illustrates how unaware we are of the extent of data collection on all of us.

Data breaches 342

Data breaches Passwords B2B Technology 342

Schneier on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users.

Surveillance 357

Surveillance Advertising Data collection 357

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 Accountability Internet Internet 290

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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Data collection VPN Advertising Mobile 98

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 16, 2021

million fine by Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet for sharing data with advertisers. Grindr—which call itself the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people—sold data which includes GPS, IP address, age, and gender. Shared data. Dating network Grindr has been slapped with a US$7.7

Advertising 105

Advertising Marketing Data collection Mobile 105

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.

Advertising 98

Advertising Data breaches Data collection Marketing 98

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To focus on the cybersecurity aspect first, there is the problem of what data your UEBA solution is taking in. If it’s just data collected during the user’s work hours or while they are using company hardware/software, it’s probably fine as long as you make that monitoring clear to the user in advance.

Advertising 126

Advertising Cybersecurity DDOS Data breaches 126

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Drilling further into the data, 56% said they were “extremely concerned” or “very concerned” about the security of their personal information during this election season. Escaping this data collection regime has proven difficult for most people. The reasons could be obvious.

Scams 134

Scams Identity Theft Cybercrime Accountability 134

Threatpost

OCTOBER 23, 2019

With DoubleClick, Analytics and AdWords under its belt, Google continues dominating when it comes to global data collection for advertising, a new report found.

Data collection 41

Data collection Advertising 41

Schneier on Security

JULY 28, 2021

The data that resulted in Burrill’s ouster was reportedly obtained through legal means. Mobile carriers sold­ — and still sell — ­location data to brokers who aggregate it and sell it to a range of buyers, including advertisers, law enforcement , roadside services, and even bounty hunters.

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Mobile Advertising Data collection Surveillance 363

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.”.

Mobile 192

Mobile Data collection Advertising Marketing 192

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 245

Surveillance Advertising Encryption Engineering 245

SecureList

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They purchase advertising slots that redirect users to malicious resources, employing various tricks to achieve infections. Users in Brazil, Spain, Italy, and Russia were most frequently affected. Conclusion Cybercriminals often infiltrate ad networks that are open to all comers.

Adware 126

Adware Malware Cryptocurrency Data collection 126

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 360

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Two things are true of data online: It will be collected and, just as easily, it will be lost. They are invisible pieces of code that advertisers use to track user activity even after they leave a website.

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Data breaches Data collection Advertising Internet 116

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

The researchers recommend avoiding clicking on sponsored search results and always verifying the advertiser by checking the details behind the URL to ensure it’s the legitimate brand owner. Crooks can bypass Google controls that prevent fake ads, outbidding legitimate brands and rank higher in sponsored search results.

Malware 67

Malware Data collection Advertising Media 67

Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2025

In January, a location data broker named Gravy Analytics was hacked, with the alleged cybercriminal behind the attack posting an enormous amount of data online as proof. And, considering how readily location data is traded directly from mobile apps to data brokers to advertisers, this wasn’t too unusual a suggestion.

Mobile 72

Mobile Advertising Data collection Hacking 72

Zero Day

JUNE 25, 2025

Is there a clear privacy policy for data collection? Which sources are used to collect user data? Is the data shared with third parties? What data do the AI apps collect? Plus, its data collection is limited, and it scored high points on other AI-specific privacy issues.

Password Management 94

Password Management Data collection Artificial Intelligence Small Business 94

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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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 242

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Meanwhile, on March 25 the accounts that had previously advertised the Raccoon Stealer malware on cybercrime forums announced the service was closing down. gov — that allows visitors to check whether their email address shows up in the data collected by the Raccoon Stealer service.

Malware 347

Malware Identity Theft Cybercrime Accountability 347

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 27, 2020

Once we are identified, the data about who we are and what we are doing can be correlated with other data collected at other times. This might be movement data, which can be used to "follow" us as we move throughout our day. It might be data about our income, ethnicity, lifestyle, profession and interests.

Surveillance 279

Surveillance Technology Data collection Internet 279

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.

Media 136

Media Data collection Internet Internet 136

Zero Day

JUNE 24, 2025

Is there a clear privacy policy for data collection? Which sources are used to collect user data? Is the data shared with third parties? What data do the AI apps collect? Plus, its data collection is limited, and it scored high points on other AI-specific privacy issues.

Password Management 92

Password Management Data collection Artificial Intelligence Small Business 92

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 144

Ransomware Data collection Advertising Healthcare 144

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.

Data collection 144

Data collection Advertising Hacking Technology 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 145

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Data collection 145

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 108

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 108

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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Advertising Technology Marketing Media 128

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.”

Data collection 136

Data collection Advertising Malware Phishing 136

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.

Data collection 98

Data collection Advertising Accountability Technology 98

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 143

Banking Advertising Malware Data collection 143

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 145

Government Advertising Data collection Hacking 145

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.

Data collection 110

Data collection Advertising Mobile Technology 110

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The conclusions seemed to upset the FTC, but we weren’t even mildly surprised: “The amount of data collected by large tech companies is simply staggering. Many of the responding companies relied on selling advertising services to other businesses based largely on using the personal information of their users.

Surveillance 120

Surveillance Media Data collection Advertising 120

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.

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Data collection Technology Surveillance Data privacy 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Digitalization creates new forms of entertainment, advertisement, communication, and promotion. Then, the derived insights let you monitor market trends, customer behavior, competitor pricing, and other key data collected via market research. Why Choose Residential Proxies?

Marketing 127

Marketing Data collection Internet Internet 127