Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:35:14 +0000
Google and all its products can dominate the average person’s life. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to remove yourself from their ecosystem.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000
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| The latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 5–11. We touch on problematic backdoors, the grim possibility of the Internet of Thoughts, and smart home improvement. We also released a retrospective report on ransomware. Categories: Tags: a week in securityAPT28awisbackdoorsbitcoinbmibrain-machine interfacechrome incognitoCTNT reportdslr flawfacebookFancy BearIBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence ServicesIRISMark Zuckerbergmessenger kidsphishingprotonmailransomwarerobocallrobocall scamsextortionsmart homessteamStrontiumweekly blog roundup |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| What do small, privacy-protective companies think about a federal data privacy law for the US? It turns out, they’re all for it. Here are some of their ideas for US data privacy legislation. Categories: Tags: AB 846AB 873BraveBrave browserCalifornia Consumer Privacy Actdata brokerData privacydata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationdigital bill of rightsDisconnectDuckDuckGoEuropean Unionfederal data privacy lawfederal data privacy legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGhosteryinternet service providerLavabitMainepreemptpreemptionprotonmailPurismright to accesssocial purpose companyUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislationUS Senate Judiciary CommitteeVermontVivaldi |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:09:55 +0000
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| A roundup of security news from May 27–June 2, including a look at 2019 ransomware outbreaks in the Unites States, ATM fraud, NIST’s privacy framework, more legal problems for Google and Facebook, and more. Categories: Tags: a week in securityamazonatm attacksatm fraudbaltimorechromeCity of BaltimoreDepartment of JusticeDoomFederal Trade CommissionG Suitegandcrabgandcrab ransomwaregmailGoogleGoogle Chromehidden beeJustice DepartmentNISTprivacy frameworkprotonmailransomwareweek in securityyoutube |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| Here are Labs’ top six takeaways from our data privacy and cybersecurity law series on corporate data privacy compliance. From emerging startups to burgeoning enterprises, these rules help not just with legal liability, but also user trust. Categories: Tags: AppleCalifornia Online Privacy Protection Actcybersecurity lawcybersecurity lawsdata breach notificationdata breach notification lawData privacydata privacy compliancedata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationHelix DNAmozillaonline privacypersonal datapersonal informationpersonally identifiable informationprivacy policyprotonmailsignalUberuser privacywhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:04:22 +0000
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| As the US considers new data privacy laws, at least two new proposals include calls to exchange money for privacy—an unwelcome bargain for users. Before pay-for-privacy becomes law, privacy as a right should become industry practice. Categories: Tags: Amy KlobucharBrian SchatzCaliforniaCalifornia Consumer Privacy ActConsumer Data Protection ActConsumer Privacy ActCredoCredo MobileDuckDuckGoduty to carefacebookFederal Trade CommissionFloridagdprGoogleHawaiihuman rightMarco RubioMinnesotaoregonpay-for-privacyprivacyprotonmailRon Wydentargeted adstargeted advertisingtwitter |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 05:37:06 +0000
Federal authorities this week arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly ran with a group of online hooligans that attacked Web sites (including this one), took requests on Twitter to call in bomb threats to thousands of schools, and tried to frame various online gaming sites as the culprits. In an ironic twist, the accused — who had fairly well separated his real life identity from his online personas — appears to have been caught after a gaming Web site he frequented got hacked.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 01:38:49 +0000
The alleged ringleader of a gang of cyber hooligans that made bomb threats against hundreds of schools and launched debilitating denial-of-service attacks against Web sites (including KrebsOnSecurity on multiple occasions) has been sentenced to three years in a U.K. prison, and faces the possibility of additional charges from U.S.-based law enforcement officials.
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