Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Consumer Expectations Privacy Rights and Seamless Online Experiences An overwhelming 87% of consumers expect privacy rights from online interactions, with the most significant expectations being the right to be informed about data collection (55%) and the right to data erasure (53%).

Media 77

Media Passwords Authentication Digital transformation 77

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 20, 2021

China has made some amendments to the existing laws and passed a new document that discloses several provisions on how automobile companies need to collect their user data as per the stated stipulations.

Manufacturing 142

Manufacturing Data collection Media Risk 142

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

Social Engineering 130

Social Engineering Data collection Media Passwords 130

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.

Mobile 274

Mobile Wireless Advertising Telecommunications 274

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Cybersecurity Awareness Program by Interpol will start on October 4th, 2021 and will end on October 22nd, 2021, and will only be driven through social media.

Cybersecurity 125

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

From now on, the Mark Zuckerberg’s led company faced a lawsuit against its facial recognition related data collection early this year. FB made a step forward by offering a settlement of $650 million to a data advocacy group that filed a legal suit against the use of FacioMetrics technology acquired by FB in 2016.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To demonstrate the pervasiveness of this phenomenon, Source Defense researchers monitored multiple websites for 28 days and counted how many times an unnamed social media platform’s code attempted to access the site’s web form entries by default. million times from a fast casual dining chain site, approximately 22.7

Media 76

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Incognito browsing does not prevent your ISP from tracking you and it doesn’t thwart the data collection process when you visit different webpages. Many apps, websites and social media platforms are not fully transparent about data collection, and mishandled user records may end up in the wrong hands.

Data collection 116

Data collection Internet Internet Marketing 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

Factually speaking, an Information Commissioner plays a vital role in regurgitating data flow between companies and their customers, respectively. It helps in protecting the rights of citizens and offers a plan to companies on what to do and what not to do when it comes to data collection and its security.

Information Security 112

Information Security Data privacy Data collection Media 112

Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s a harsh realization we are dealing with more by the day as social media, and a litany of applications and hosted software products invade our daily lives, and in the process, our privacy. Now TikTok wants the ability to put an actual face and voice to those other data sets, and it’s… dangerous.

Data collection 98

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Arkansas – S 396: Social Media Safety Act Arkansas’s S 396, known as the Social Media Safety Act, mandates age verification for social media use to address the growing social media concerns. It also explores the implications for social media companies regarding responsibility and liability.

Data privacy 52

Data privacy Consumer Protection Media Data collection 52

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

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Greediest data harvesters. Social media and business apps collect the most data. While sharing is usually what consumers find most alarming when it comes to how apps handle their data, collection can be just as important to online privacy and security.

Data privacy 141

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 12, 2022

Mostly data collection. Data collection sounds conceptually simple, but operationally it is still very difficult for many organizations. land of data collection. Just as early SIM/SEM innovators struggled with collection [and then UEBAs did ], innovators in 2022 struggle with it as well. LEFT OF SIEM.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

The data allegedly originated from big data sources of the two most popular mobile network operators in China. Another threat actor in February 2021 offered website and application crawler data collection services on a Chinese-language cybercrime marketplace.

Big data 100

Big data Data collection Mobile Risk 100

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Social media site Omegle is under fire after an investigation found boys using the platform to expose themselves on camera, and adults exposing themselves to minors. Omegle users are paired with a random stranger who they can socialize with via text or video chat. Just like TikTok, Omegle’s popularity has exploded during the pandemic.

Media 116

Media Internet Internet Data collection 116

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

While we don’t know the threat actor’s true intentions, data collection and spying may be one of their motives. In this blog post, we share more information about the malicious ads and payloads we have been able to collect. Malicious ads Visitors to google.cn are redirected to google.com.hk

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Hot for Security

MARCH 17, 2021

However, once engaged on the platform, users may further expand their profile information by: linking to their social media networks adding a phone number setting game preferences participating in message boards and forums sending or receiving game invitation requests using the chat feature other user-generated content.

Data breaches 105

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This announcement marks the conclusion of an inquiry that began on April 14, 2021, after media reports surfaced that threat actors leaked a Facebook personal dataset on the Dark Web. That obligation applies to the amount of personal data collected, the extent of their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility.

Data breaches 77

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2022

Companies that do not have an efficient business continuity plan like failing to back-up information on media or cloud service will not be eligible to go for a claim if, in case, data gets seized by hackers. Some policies do not cover losses incurred by a company indulging in illegitimate data collection of individuals or clients.

Cyber Insurance 90

Cyber Insurance Insurance Antivirus Data collection 90

Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your digital footprint is the trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet and digital devices. It describes the sum of your online activities, from social media interactions to website visits and online transactions. Close or delete outdated email addresses, social media accounts, and online services you no longer use.

Identity Theft 52

Identity Theft Education Media Accountability 52

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Between social media, mobile apps, internet-connected devices and the rise of artificial intelligence vast amounts of personal data is being gathered constantly, putting individuals’ privacy at risk,” said Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director at NCA.

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Data privacy Education Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity 100

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The collected data is sent to the C2 server every two days, but the cycle depends on the remote configuration. The level of data collection depends on the permissions granted to the app using the malicious library.

Data collection 92

Data collection Mobile Malware Education 92

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Nisos curates target-specific keywords for tuning broad social media, open web, as well as deep and dark web collection tools. Their analysts actively remove PII from more than 165 internet databases and sources while documenting any data that cannot be removed for legal and policy reasons. their needs.

Risk 136

Risk Media Data collection Security Intelligence 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

These are based on publicly disclosed incidents in the media or security reports.” ” Anyone can request access to the data by compiling this form. Data collected by the researchers are very interesting and very useful for future research projects on the security of the critical infrastructure.

Ransomware 102

Ransomware Advertising Data collection Healthcare 102

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

Residential proxy services are often marketed to people seeking the ability to evade country-specific blocking by the major movie and media streaming providers. 911’s EULA would later change its company name and address in 2017, to International Media Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands.

VPN 288

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 288

The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

Fingerprinting makes it difficult for irresponsible parties to create fake accounts or social media pages. Tracking is only harmless when there is no real data collected and stored; that’s impossible, isn’t it? In the era of bots and fake news, fingerprinting is supposed to work seamlessly.

Advertising 288

Advertising Internet Internet Accountability 288

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Monitoring and tracking potential threats from the dark web, open source, and social media platforms to detect threats that could attack your organization is critical to ensure public and corporate safety and security. Nisos is The Managed Intelligence Company. www.nisos.com | info@nisos.com | 703-382-8400.

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Risk Media Cyber threats Cybersecurity 123

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online. Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format.

IoT 109

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. We encourage people to be cautious when choosing which third-party apps are granted access to their social media accounts.”

Accountability 128

Accountability Mobile Advertising Marketing 128

SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

The large amount and very personal types of data collected by the organization is an extremely valuable dataset for cybercriminals if they want to steal identities, said Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4. The post Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit appeared first on SC Media.

Retail 102

Retail Ransomware Hacking Digital transformation 102

SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2023

Both Apple and Google are actively promoting their security efforts at developer conferences, achieving record profits and sales while many of the apps available have huge discrepancies between their stated privacy policies and the actual information and data collected.

Spyware 63

Spyware Cyber threats Mobile Data collection 63

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Social media platforms like Twitter are key components of misinformation campaigns carried out by nation-state actors, today we discuss Twitter bot activity after the release of the Mueller report. Data collected by SafeGuard confirm the intensification of the presence of Russian bots on Twitter. Midterm election.

Advertising 68

Advertising Data collection Media Accountability 68

Security Through Education

JANUARY 26, 2022

So, social media sites use data sharing alongside their algorithms to keep your feed enticing to you, the consumer. According to Rob Sanders , digital marketing expert, social media platforms supply marketers with a vast amount of data to know what content is working and what isn’t.

Marketing 97

Marketing Social Engineering Engineering Advertising 97

Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2021

Like its nearest US equivalent, Amazon, the company also runs cloud services, a payment service (Alipay), and is active in digital media. None of the customer data was sold and Alibaba’s users didn’t incur financial losses from the episode, the company said in a statement. In 2005 it started a close cooperation with Yahoo!

B2B 75

B2B Data privacy Media Retail 75

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2021

They later had to clarify that they meant data was encrypted at Zoom endpoints. In theory, the company could access the data but said they don’t directly access it. Sharing data with social media companies even if you don’t have an account with them. The numbers game.

Encryption 102

Encryption Data collection Accountability Media 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

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. .

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Marketing Phishing Media Engineering 77