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New Google Play policy cuts both ways

March 26, 2019 admin Android, google, Google Play, Mobile Apps, permissions, sms, Tips

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:40:03 +0000

Apps that demand access to calls and SMS messaging without good reason are being kicked off Google Play. We explain what threats might arise.

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Vuoi prenotare al ristorante? Google Duplex lo fa per te

March 19, 2019 admin Attualità, google, privacy

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:57:43 +0000

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Changes to Kaspersky Internet Security for Android and Kaspersky Safe Kids mobile apps

March 15, 2019 admin App Store, apple, google, Google Play, Kaspersky Internet Security for Android, Products, Safe Kids

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:31:21 +0000

Why Kaspersky Internet Security for Android and Safe Kids are set to lose some features.

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Google’s Nest fiasco harms user trust and invades their privacy

March 13, 2019 admin alarm, Amazon Alexa, assistant, Data Collection, Data Privacy, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Epic, Federal Trade Commission, google, Google Assistant, keypad, microphone, motion sensor, Nest, Nest Guard, Nest Secure, privacy, Security world, Senate Select Committee on Commerce, smart assistant, Sonos, Sonos One, transparency, transparent, trust, user trust, voice assistant

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:30:29 +0000

Last month, Google announced that its Nest Secure would be updated to work with Google Assistant software. The problem? Google never told users its product had a microphone to begin with. Simple oversight or invasion of privacy? We break it down.

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Tags: alarm Amazon Alexa assistant data collection Data privacy EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Privacy Information Center Epic Federal Trade Commission Google Google Assistant keypad microphone motion sensor Nest Nest Guard Nest Secure privacy Senate Select Committee on Commerce smart assistant Sonos Sonos One transparency transparent trust user trust voice assistant

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Explained: Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2)

March 13, 2019 admin aisp, banking, cryptocurrency, European Union, Facebook, GDPR, google, Information, privacy, PSD, psd2, Security world

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

PSD2 is coming to the EU. What is it? How will it be used? What are the implications? Many questions and some answers and recommendations.

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Tags: aisp banking cryptocurrency European Union facebook gdpr Google information PSD psd2

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Google Chrome zero-day: Now is the time to update and restart your browser

March 8, 2019 admin 0day, chrome, exploit, Exploits, google, Vulnerability, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:13:15 +0000

A particularly dangerous Google Chrome zero-day is already being used in real-world attacks. Despite Google’s auto update feature, users will need to close and restart their browser in order to be protected.

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Tags: 0day chrome exploit exploits Google vulnerability zero day

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The not-so-definitive guide to cybersecurity and data privacy laws

March 7, 2019 admin California Online Privacy Protection, California Online Privacy Protection Act, Childrens Online Privacy Protect Act, COPPA, cybersecurity, cybersecurity compliance, cybersecurity laws, data breach, data breach notification, data breach notification law, Data Privacy, data privacy compliance, data privacy laws, Do Not Track, EU, European Union, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, google, Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility, hipaa, Legal, privacy, Privacy & Policy, Security world, startup

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In the first blog for Malwarebytes Labs’ cybersecurity and data privacy law series, we tackle US data privacy compliance from a startup’s perspective. GDPR, COPPA, HIPAA—it’s all here.

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Tags: California Online Privacy Protection California Online Privacy Protection Act Childrens Online Privacy Protect Act COPPA cybersecurity cybersecurity compliance cybersecurity laws data breach data breach notification data breach notification law Data privacy data privacy compliance data privacy laws Do Not Track EU European Union gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Google Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility HIPAA legal privacy privacy policy startup

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Spectre, Google, and the Universal Read Gadget

March 1, 2019 admin CPU, cybercrime, exploit, google, hacking, meltdown, Meltdown and Spectre, spectre, universal read gadget, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:43:37 +0000

A recently released paper by Google has resurrected the spirit of Spectre, a seemingly never-ending threat to most makes of processor. We take a look at what this means, and what the Universal Read Gadget means for most technology users.

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Tags: CPU exploit Google Meltdown meltdown and spectre Spectre universal read gadget vulnerability

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