What if the tech intended to ensure that your kids, senior citizens, and pets are safe even when they're out of sight inadvertently expose them to stalkers?An estimated 600,000 GPS tracking devices for sale on Amazon and other large online merchants for $25–$50 have been found vulnerable to a handful of dangerous vulnerabilities that may have exposed user's real-time locations, … [Read more...] about Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data
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Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password
If you have an online account with Foxit Software, you need to reset your account password immediately—as an unknown attacker has compromised your personal data and log-in credentials.Foxit Software, a company known for its popular lightweight Foxit PDF Reader and PhantomPDF applications being used by over 525 million users, today announced a data breach exposing the personal … [Read more...] about Foxit PDF Software Company Suffers Data Breach—Asks Users to Reset Password
Ransomware Hits Dental Data Backup Service Offering Ransomware Protection
THIS WEEK IN THE IRONIC NEWS:DDS Safe, an online cloud-based data backup system that hundreds of dental practice offices across the United States are using to safeguard medical records and other information of their patients from ransomware attacks has been hit with ransomware.Provided by two Wisconsin-based companies, Digital Dental Record and PerCSoft, the backend system of … [Read more...] about Ransomware Hits Dental Data Backup Service Offering Ransomware Protection
Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users’ Data
In the wake of data abuse scandals and several instances of malware app being discovered on the Play Store, Google today expanded its bug bounty program to beef up the security of Android apps and Chrome extensions distributed through its platform.The expansion in Google's vulnerability reward program majorly includes two main announcements.First, a new program, dubbed … [Read more...] about Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users’ Data
Use This Privacy Tool to View and Clear Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Data
Well, here we have great news for Facebook users, which is otherwise terrible for marketers and publishers whose businesses rely on Facebook advertisement for re-targeted conversations.Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has taken several privacy measures in the past one year with an aim to give its users more control over their data and transparency about how … [Read more...] about Use This Privacy Tool to View and Clear Your ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ Data
How viruses steal autofill data from browsers
Most browsers kindly offer to save your data: account credentials, bank card details for online stores, billing address, name, and passport number for travel sites, and so on. It’s convenient and saves having to fill out the same forms all over again or worry about forgotten passwords. However, there is a catch: All of this autofill data can be scooped up by cybercriminals if … [Read more...] about How viruses steal autofill data from browsers
DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks
What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane's electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control?Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the same flight, so in this article, we are going to talk about a potential loophole that could allow an attacker to exploit a … [Read more...] about DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks
Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested
Another week, another massive data breach.Capital One, the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer and banking institution, has recently suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants in the United States and 6 million in Canada.The data breach that occurred on March 22nd and 23rd this year allowed attackers to steal … [Read more...] about Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested
Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that's almost half the country.According to an official announcement by the U.S. Federal Trade … [Read more...] about Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement
Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers
Eastern European country Bulgaria has suffered the biggest data breach in its history that compromised personal and financial information of 5 million adult citizens out of its total population of 7 million people.According to multiple sources in local Bulgarian media, an unknown hacker earlier this week emailed them download links to 11GB of stolen data which included … [Read more...] about Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers