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Android ecosystem of pre-installed apps is a privacy and security mess

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An academic study that analyzed 82,501 apps that were pre-installed on 1,742 Android smartphones sold by 214 vendors concluded that users are woefully unaware of the huge security and privacy-related threats that come from pre-installed applications.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 26, 2019

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2019

Android Q to get a ton of new privacy features

Google's upcoming Android version, currently referred to only as Android Q, will arrive later this summer with a trove of privacy enhancements.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2019

Facebook sues Ukrainian browser extension makers for scraping user data

Facebook has filed a suit against two Ukrainian developers for creating Facebook apps and browser extensions that harvested user data and injected ads into users' timelines.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 11, 2019

809 million records exposed by email marketing giant

Data breaches are so common now that your eyes may tend to gloss over the news of yet-another public exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) and customer records.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2019

Firefox to add Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing

Mozilla is scheduled to add a new user anti-fingerprinting technique to Firefox with the release of version 67, scheduled for mid-May this year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 06, 2019

Some Android VPN apps request access to sensitive permissions they don't need

Some of the Android VPN apps available through the official Google Play Store request access to "dangerous" user permissions that a normal VPN app would have no use for, according to research viewed today by ZDNet.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 05, 2019

Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws

Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook’s behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 03, 2019

A third of all Chrome extensions request access to user data on any site

More than a third of all Google Chrome extensions ask users for permission to access and read all their data on any website, a recent survey of over 120,000 Chrome extensions has revealed.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 22, 2019

Researcher reveals data leak at South Africas main electricity provider

In what may be a case of "if we ignore it, it will go away," South Africa's largest electricity company has become the subject of the public exposure of customer data after ignoring researcher pleas to resolve the problem.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 06, 2019

Over 59K Data Breaches Reported in EU Under GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially went into effect across the European Union on May 25, 2018. Since then, more than 59,000 personal breaches have been reported to regulators.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 06, 2019

Two thirds of US consumers say Government should do more to protect data privacy

Over two thirds of US consumers think the Government should do more to protect data privacu, and say they're ready for federal regulation similar to GDPR.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 22, 2019

Twitter bug exposed some Android private tweets to public view

In October, after Twitter refused to give a user information about how it tracks him when he clicks on links in tweets (as is the right of EU citizens under the newly passed, sweeping General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] privacy law), Irish privacy authorities launched an investigation into the platform’s privacy practices.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 21, 2019

French data protection watchdog fines Google $57 million under the GDPR

The CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, has issued its first GDPR fine of $57 million (€50 million). The regulatory body claims that Google has failed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when new Android users set up a new phone and follow Android’s onboarding process.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 21, 2019

GDPR Suit Filed Against Amazon, Apple

An Austrian non-profit organization, noyb, has filed suit under GDPR against eight firms for non-compliance with the privacy regulation. The suit named Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Youtube, and three others for violating the terms of the European law.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 19, 2019

How 2018 became Facebook’s worst year in privacy and security

In early December, Facebook’s developer team declared the discovery of a security bug that gave developers access to photos users hadn’t shared on their timeline, including photos they had posted in Facebook Marketplace or Stories.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 19, 2019

There's a simple reason why your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your da

Massive TVs with razor-thin frames, brilliant image quality, and streaming services built-in are more affordable than ever thanks to companies like Vizio and TCL. If you want a 65-inch 4K smart TV with HDR capability, one can be purchased for below $500 - a surprisingly low price for such a massive piece of technology, nonetheless one that's likely to live in your home for years before you upgrade.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2019

UK Banks Finally Issue New Cards After Ticketmaster Breach

Two major UK high street banks have started to send out replacement cards for some of their customers, nine months after one lender reported fraudulent activity to Ticketmaster.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2019

Facebook staff discussed cashing in on user data, reports say

Facebook staff discussed charging companies for access to user data, before ultimately deciding against such a policy, according to reports.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 12, 2019

200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach

Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in China was exposed last month. The leaked info included not just the name and working experience of people, but also their mobile phone number, email, marriage status, children, politics, height, weight, driver license, and literacy level as well.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 11, 2019

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