TheTruthSpy stalkerware, still insecure, still leaking data
Stalkerware app TheTruthSpy has been hacked for the fourth time, once again leaking the sensitive data it captures.
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For months, JusTalk messages were accessible to everyone on the Internet
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:25:38 +0000
A security researcher found an open database belonging to JusTalk, a China-based video call and messaging app company.
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Read morePhotos of kids taken from spyware-ridden phones found exposed on the internet
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:31:16 +0000
TheTruthSpy is an app programmed to siphon out photos, locations and more from smartphones.
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Read moreYou Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:25:49 +0000
Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The move comes just months after Google rolled out a new policy enabling people under the age of 18 (or a parent/guardian) to request removal of their images from Google search results.
Read moreApple Explains Mysterious iPhone 11 Location Requests
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:46:02 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity ran a story this week that puzzled over Apple’s response to inquiries about a potential privacy leak in its new iPhone 11 line, in which the devices appear to intermittently seek the user’s location even when all applications and system services are individually set never to request this data. Today, Apple disclosed that this behavior is tied to the inclusion of a new short-range technology that lets iPhone 11 users share files locally with other nearby phones that support this feature, and that a future version of its mobile operating system will allow users to disable it.
Read moreAvast, NordVPN Breaches Tied to Phantom User Accounts
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:32:57 +0000
Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.
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