US Facebook users can now claim Cambridge Analytica settlement cash

Categories: News

Tags: Facebook

Tags: class action lawsuit settlement

Tags: Cambridge Analytica

Tags: Lauren Price

Tags: Meta

In December, Facebook decided to pay $725 million to settle a class action lawsuit. Facebook users in the US can now claim their slice of the pie.

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Sued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:19:26 +0000

The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just days after the Dutch registrar was sued by Meta, which alleges the company ignores abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains.

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“Untraceable” surveillance firm sued for scraping Facebook and Instagram data

Categories: News

Tags: Voyager Labs

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: Meta

Tags: surveillance tool

Tags: data scraping

Voyager Labs, a surveillance firm, allegedly created thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts so it could use its scraping tool to steal data.

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A week in security (January 9—15)

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Tags: AWIS

Tags: weekly blog roundup

Tags: week in security

Tags: Slack

Tags: GitHub

Tags: Magecart

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: Pokemon NFT

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: Snapchat

Tags: TikTok

Tags: YouTube

Tags: Google

Tags: Meta

Tags: identity theft

Tags: Maternal & Family Health Services

Tags: 2023 predictions

Tags: Royal Mail

Tags: K-12 security

Tags: K-12

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: NSO Group

Tags: Department of Interior

Tags: weak passwords

Tags: Vice Society

Tags: ransomware. Vice Society ransomware

The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15.

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WhatsApp lawsuit against NSO Group greenlit by Supreme Court

Categories: News

Tags: Pegasus

Tags: spyware

Tags: Pegasus spyware

Tags: NSO Group

Tags: NSO

Tags: Apple

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: Meta

Tags: Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act

The US Supreme Court essentially gave Meta’s WhatsApp the go ahead to pursue their case against Pegasus’s NSO Group.

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US school district sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids

Categories: News

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: Snapchat

Tags: TikTok

Tags: YouTube

Tags: Section 230

Tags: Seattle Public School

Tags: SPS

Tags: Meta

Tags: Alphabet

Tags: Snap

Tags: ByteDance

A whole school district in Seattle is suing social media giants for causing harm to kids and youths.

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Warning: “FaceStealer” iOS and Android apps steal your Facebook login

Categories: Awareness

Categories: News

Tags: FaceStealer

Tags: Facebook stealer

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Nathan Collier

Tags: Meta

Tags: fake Android apps

Tags: fake iOS apps

FaceStealer is back. As a seasoned threat to legitimate app stores, expect it to be gone and then back again.

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A week in security (October 10 – 16)

Categories: News

Tags: a week in security

Tags: week in security

Tags: AI Bill of Rights

Tags: Final Fantasy XIV

Tags: Lock and Code S03E21

Tags: Meta

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: ransomware

Tags: tax scam

Tags: Chinese APT

Tags: Android

Tags: Chrome

Tags: iOS

Tags: managed detection response

Tags: MDR

Tags: disinformation

Tags: FBI

Tags: CISA

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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