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A week in security (August 12 – 18)

August 19, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, Android, facebook, Google, password, phish, phishing, roundup, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:55:50 +0000

A roundup of the most interesting cybersecurity news stories from August 12 to 18, including a deep dive into facial recognition technology, swatting dangers, social engineering attacks on cities, and more.

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Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?

August 19, 2019 0 Comments access tokens, data breach, data loss, facebook, facebook data, Law & order, online privacy, Privacy, security threats, social network, Social networks, View As, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:31:52 +0000

Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3KG4K9pSsio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats

August 15, 2019 0 Comments AI, audio, contractors, Data Protection Commission, eavesdropping, facebook, GDPR, Ireland, Law & order, Messenger, Privacy, Social networks, transcription, voice chats, voice recognition

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:15:55 +0000

Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ygMZYoeBESk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (August 5 – 11)

August 12, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, APT28, awis, backdoors, bitcoin, bmi, brain-machine interface, chrome incognito, CTNT report, dslr flaw, facebook, Fancy Bear, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services, IRIS, Mark Zuckerberg, messenger kids, phishing, protonmail, Ransomware, robocall, robocall scam, sextortion, smart homes, steam, Strontium, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000

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.

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Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead

August 12, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, court decision, court ruling, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, Patel v. Facebook, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:34:30 +0000

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/En8PlzNDHD0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories

August 9, 2019 0 Comments Big Data, data scraping, facebook, Hyp3r, Instagram, location data, Marketing, Privacy, Tracking, user data, user profiles

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:07:06 +0000

A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tYg0EOUDhS8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook is working on mind-reading

August 2, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, brain-computer interface, facebook, Facebook Reality Labs, mind reading, research, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:39:03 +0000

The completely non-evil-genius goal: a wearable, noninvasive device that could translate thoughts into text, for the speech impaired or VR.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E-Vvn7l33Vw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Five Eyes nations demand access to encrypted messaging

August 1, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, australia, backdoors, Canada, Cryptography, encryption, end-to-end encryption, facebook, Five Eyes, FVEY, Instagram, Law & order, Messenger, Mobile, new zealand, Privacy, Social networks, terrorism, uk, US, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:39:54 +0000

The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OwcXC3l1bLY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (July 22 – 28)

July 29, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, AdwCleaner, Amazong, BlueKeep, Cloud Security, Elasticsearch, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FaceApp, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Flight 17, FTC, Malaysian Airlines, Marcus Hutchins, office 365, online privacy, parental monitoring, parental monitoring apps, Phobos, pre-installed software, Ransomware, Ring doorbell, russia, russian disinformation, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, WannaCry, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:50:58 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of July 22–28. We look at Phobos ransomware, stalkerware’s similarities to parental monitoring apps, and the investigation into Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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