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Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

March 11, 2024 0 Comments Coppa, cppa, data brokers, geolocation, minors, news, personal, reproductive healthcare

Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly what categories of information they trade in.

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PetSmart warns customers of credential stuffing attack

March 7, 2024 0 Comments captcha, data breach, monitoring, news, personal, petsmart, rate limiting, throttling

Pet retail company PetSmart has emailed customers to alert them to a recent attack that used reused passwords.

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American Express warns customers about third party data breach

March 5, 2024 0 Comments american express, news, personal

American Express has warned affected customers about a breach at a merchant process that leaked account numbers, names, and card expiration dates.

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Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money

February 29, 2024 0 Comments airbnb, browser guard, news, personal, scammers, scams, tripadvisor

One of our researchers was targeted by a scammer advertising on Airbnb and hosting a fake Tripadvisor website.

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Facebook bug could have allowed attacker to take over accounts

February 29, 2024 0 Comments account takeover, brute force, facebook, login code, news, personal, zero-click

A vulnerability, now fixed, in Facebook could have allowed an attacker to take over a Facebook account without the victim needing to click on anything at all.

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Android banking trojans: How they steal passwords and drain bank accounts

February 28, 2024 0 Comments anatsa, Android, android banking trojan, banking trojan, banking trojans, Google Play, Google Play Store, news, personal

Android banking trojans are a serious cyberthreat to everyday users that, through clever trickery, steal passwords and drain bank accounts.

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Identity theft is number one threat for consumers, says report

February 28, 2024 0 Comments bsi, Data Breaches, data brokers, identity theft, information stealer, news, personal

The German BSI has published its 2023 state of IT security report which names identity theft as the main threat for consumers.

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Signal to shield user phone numbers by default

February 28, 2024 0 Comments news, personal, Privacy, signal

Chat app Signal will shield users’ phone numbers by default from now on. Check whether you need to change your settings to adapt to the new version

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MalwareBytes Security 

Wyze cameras show the wrong feeds to customers. Again.

February 28, 2024 0 Comments AWS, cameras, news, notifications, personal, thumbnails, wyze

Wyze cameras allowed users access to other users’ feeds once again. An estimated 13,000 people got a peek at thumbnails from another user’s home.

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Malvertising: This cyberthreat isn’t on the dark web, it’s on Google

February 28, 2024 0 Comments amazon, browser guard, malvertising, malwarebytes browser guard, news, notepad++, personal, rufus, state of malware, state of malware 2024, tradingview, weebly

Malvertising made a resurgence in 2023, with cybercriminals creating malicious ads and websites imitating Amazon, TradingView, and Rufus.

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