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You can never be too careful when surfing the web, even if you’re looking for a new job. Corsair is a prominent name in the gaming hardware and accessories market, and it stands to reason that it would be a Read More …
Thanks to improvements in security mechanisms and mitigations, hacking cell phones — both running iOS and Android — has become an expensive endeavor. That’s why hacking techniques for apps like WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars, TechCrunch has learned. Read More …
During previous analysis of a campaign involving a Facebook stealer, Trend Micro researchers discovered another interesting stealer. It was written in Node.js, packaged into an executable, exfiltrated stolen data via both Telegram bot API and a command-and-control (C&C) server, and Read More …
Unit 42 researchers have recently discovered a previously unreported phishing campaign that distributed an infostealer equipped to fully take over Facebook business accounts. Facebook business accounts were targeted with a phishing lure offering tools such as spreadsheet templates for business. Read More …
The European Commission has announced a pact with the US to allow easier legal transfer of personal data across the Atlantic. Data privacy activists vowed to challenge the agreement in court. President Joe Biden and EU officials welcomed the deal, Read More …
NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts Read More …
The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing to take action against Facebook parent company Meta for a third time over claims it failed to protect user privacy, as required under a 2020 agreement Meta made with the regulator. The FTC Read More …
WhatsApp Ireland has been fined €5.5 million for breaches of GDPR. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has also announced that WhatsApp Ireland has been given six months to bring its data processing operations into compliance. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Read More …
A legal saga between Meta, Ireland and the European Union has reached a conclusion – at least for now – that forces the social media giant to remove data consent requirements from its terms of service in favor of explicit Read More …
Facebook’s owner has been fined €265m (£230m) by the Irish data watchdog after a breach that resulted in the details of more than 500 million users being published online. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Meta had infringed two articles Read More …
