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Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage

February 19, 2020 0 Comments amazon s3, amazon simple storage service (s3) bucket, Amazon web services, amazon web services (aws) storage bucket, Android, AWS, breach, CCPA, Cloud, cloud storage, credit card fraud, data breach, data leak, data loss, exposed database, financial fraud, identity theft, iOS, leak, Mobile, personally identifiable information, phishing, photo apps, photosquared, PII, port scanning, Privacy, s3 database, security threats, vpnMentor, web mapping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:49:20 +0000

With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/v6L-VwD68-Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online

February 18, 2020 0 Comments amazon, Amazon web services, AWS, aws bucket, Cloud Security, cloud storage, data leak, data loss, data protection, exposed data, medical data, medical images, next motion, online privacy, personally identifiable information, PII, plastic surgery, Privacy, security threats, vpnMentor

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:04:56 +0000

Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3bHx9OL42rQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details

February 17, 2020 0 Comments australia, bad reviews, fraudulent reviews, Google, google reviews, Law & order, lawsuit, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:02:28 +0000

A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4sEoG9Kawk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency

February 17, 2020 0 Comments california consumer protection act, CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data protection, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Government security, kirsten gillibrand, Law & order, online privacy, personal data, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy, selling data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US charges four Chinese military members with Equifax hack

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Breach Notification, china, chinese military, credit monitoring, data breach, data loss, Equifax, financial data, identity theft, Law & order, PII, Privacy, rce, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:48:41 +0000

The indictment suggests the hack was part of a series of major data thefts organized by Chinese military and intelligence agencies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2euIheG1QVA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app

February 12, 2020 0 Comments amazon, amazon s3, amazon simple storage service (s3) bucket, Cloud, cloud storage, correctional facility, correctional risk services, crs technologies, Cryptography, data breach, data leak, data loss, exposed database, google cloud, inmates, jailcore, jailhouse, Law & order, PII, port scanning, prescriptions, prison, prisoners, Privacy, privacy policy, s3 bucket, security threats, sha-256, ssl certification, terms of service, tos, vpnMentor, web mapping

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:16:24 +0000

A web-mapping project came across detainees’ prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ypFJWLIWMOE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Anatomy of a “free” gift – how online surveys can harm your digital health

January 29, 2020 0 Comments PII, Privacy, surveys

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:52:25 +0000

Just how much will that £1000 “free” gift card cost? We took a look so you don’t have to…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xTic4Md05yA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online

January 24, 2020 0 Comments age appropriate design code, children, children online, children's privacy, data breach, elizabeth denham, grooming, ico, Information Commissioner's Office, Instagram, Law & order, location data, molly russell, molly russell foundation, PII, predators, Privacy, privacy code, self-harm, social media, Social networks, stalking, suicide, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:09:18 +0000

A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/85dspOTlfAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

January 16, 2020 0 Comments adcolony, ads, advertising, amazon, Android, app privacy, appnexus, appsflyer, behavioral ad industry, braze, bucksense, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, clue, data brokers, digital marketing bill of rights for minors, drug use, facebook, fluxloop, fysical, GDPR, Google, gps data, grindr, happn, leanplum, location data, Marketing, Mobile, mobile ad platforms, mobile ads, mobile marketing, muslim: qibla finder, muslims, my talking tom 2, mydays, neura, norwegian consumer council, okcupid, openx, perfect365, PII, placer, places/fouraquare, political views, Privacy, profiling, pubnative, qibla finder, receptiv, religious preferences, safegraph, sexual orientation, smaato, targeted advertising, tinder, twitter, unacast, verve, vungle, wave keyboard

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:43:44 +0000

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing it…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NPeC4ksaHAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Peekaboo Moments baby-recording app has a bad database booboo

January 15, 2020 0 Comments children online, data breach, data loss, Elasticsearch, online privacy, peekaboo moments, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:05:46 +0000

No need to wait until you’ve gurgled out of your mother’s womb to experience the joys of having your privacy breached.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s_aas9nhhmI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>