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4 new cybercrime trends threaten your business
The more things change, the more things stay the same — at least for hackers. That’s one of the finding in Proofpoint’s mid-year threat …
Researcher discloses zero-day vulnerability in FireEye
On Sunday, Kristian Erik Hermansen disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in FireEye’s core product, which if exploited, results in unauthorized file disclosure. As proof, he …
Spotify cleans up privacy mess with plain language policy update
“What do you mean?” has been a big theme around Spotify in recent weeks. Justin Bieber’s tune of the same name just had the …
Man Arrested for Mocking Mayor on Twitter Wins Big in Civil Suit
An Illinois man who was raided and arrested last year for creating a parody account of his town’s mayor on Twitter has won $125,000 …
CISA likely coming back to Senate, amid doubts about effectiveness
Supporters of a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill will push for the U.S. Senate to pass it this fall, even as some security experts question …
Some Uber trip info is publicly accessible through Google
When an Uber rider reaches his or her destination, the ride may be over, but information about it could live on through Google. On …
Privacy fears over websites sharing children’s data
Websites and apps aimed at children are gathering unacceptable amounts of personal data, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned. The UK’s data protection agency …
Microsoft slips user-tracking tools into Windows 7, 8 amidst Windows 10 privacy storm
Windows 10 is a deliciously good operating system, all things considered, but its abundant user-tracking has prompted many privacy-minded individuals to stay pat with …
U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection
A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under …
Study: 15% Of Wireless Users Now Tracked By Stealth Headers, Or ‘Zombie Cookies’
Earlier this year AT&T and Verizon were caught modifying wireless user traffic to inject unique identifier headers (UIDH). This allowed the carriers to ignore …
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