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Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

January 22, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, booter sites, booters, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Denial of Service, Gaming, Law & order, lawsuit, online gaming, penetration testing, r6s, rainbow six siege, security threats, ubisoft

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:39:14 +0000

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RCiMuJPJaio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts

December 9, 2019 0 Comments advertising policies, bad ads, celeb bait, chen xiao cong, cloaking, counterfeit goods, deceptive ads, diet pills, facebook, hijacked accounts, huang tao, ilikead media international company ltd, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, policies, socelars, Social networks, terms, unauthorized ads

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:46:38 +0000

Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PXMa1EXeC34″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

October 30, 2019 0 Comments copyright infringement, cybersquatting, facebook, hacking tools, id shield, Instagram, Law & order, lawsuit, Microsoft, onlinenic, phishing, security threats, trademark, trademark law, typosquatting, verizon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:33:21 +0000

Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/g_OViBXsCtw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering

October 28, 2019 0 Comments arrest, bitcoin, bitfinex, crypto capital, cryptocurrency, digital currency, exchanges, extradition, ivan manuel molina lee, Law & order, lawsuit, Money Laundering, payment processor, poland, tether, token sale

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:53:51 +0000

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LnDwGsb6p10″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

September 27, 2019 0 Comments confidence scams, data loss, fake profiles, fraud, FTC, Law & order, lawsuit, match.com, okcupid, online dating, phishing, plenty of fish, Romance Scams, security threats, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

September 26, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, face tagging, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, lawsuit, Machine Learning, magisto, photo tagging, Privacy, vimeo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Investors accuse FedEx of lying, stock dumping after NotPetya attack

September 23, 2019 0 Comments fedex, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, notpetya, petya, Ransomware, security threats, shareholders, stockholder derivative complaint, stockholders, tnt express

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:36:45 +0000

This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DZkjtO37crE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US files suit against Snowden to keep book profits out of his hands

September 19, 2019 0 Comments cia, edward snowden, Government security, Law & order, lawsuit, ndas, NSA, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:32:44 +0000

The government, alleging that Snowden violated NDAs with the CIA and NSA, isn’t looking to stop the book’s publication or distribution.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sZMpIte9WGE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook expands use of face recognition

September 6, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:38:46 +0000

Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E2d_NAvFEnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>