Gambling firms are secretly sharing your data with Facebook

While you might think you’re hitting the jackpot, whether you’ve consented to it or not, online gambling sites are playing with your data. Users’ data, including details of webpages they visited and buttons they clicked, are being shared with Meta, Read More …

USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk’s DOGE employees access to secure systems

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave Saturday after they tried to prevent employees from the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing secure USAID systems, five sources familiar with the Read More …

Millions of Vinted, Spotify and Tinder users’ data could be compromised in global hack

Millions of users of popular apps such as Vinted, Spotify, Candy Crush and Tinder may have had their sensitive location data stolen by an unknown hacker who has posted details on a Russian-language site popular with cyber-criminals. In what is Read More …

Philippines, US sign military intelligence-sharing deal to counter China

The Philippines and the United States have signed a military intelligence-sharing deal, in a further deepening of security ties between the two defence treaty allies as they seek to counter a resurgent China. Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro and his Read More …

FBI: Easy Access to Information for Conducting Fraudulent Emergency Data Requests Impacts US-Based Companies and Law Enforcement Agencies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight a trend of compromised US and foreign government email addresses used to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US-based companies, exposing personally identifying information (PII). While Read More …

Telegram CEO Durov Says App to Provide More Data to Governments

Messaging app Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests, according to Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov. The platform changed its terms of service to deter criminals from abusing it, Read More …

What Is a Data Broker?

A data broker (also known as an information product company) is an organization that makes money by collecting your personal information, analyzing it, and licensing it out to be used by other companies for things like marketing purposes. Data providers Read More …

City of Columbus sues researcher for sharing leaked ransomware data

The City of Columbus, Ohio, has taken legal action against a security researcher who shared leaked data from a ransomware attack against the city with members of the news media. A lawsuit filed last week alleges that the actions of Read More …

Chennai bomb threat mails: Serious setback for police as Microsoft refuses to share vital information

Chennai cybercrime police has faced a serious setback in its investigations into the more than three dozen hoax bomb emails sent to schools, colleges, and the airport, ToI reported on August 30. Microsoft has refused to share crucial information regarding Read More …