Google is giving you more control over how long you want the tech company to hold on to your location history and web activity data.Google has introduced a new, easier, privacy-focused auto-delete feature for your Google account that will allow you to automatically delete your Location History and Web and App Activity data after a set period of time.Google's Location History … [Read more...] about Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks—for almost a year—in prison by a London court for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 and taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy for nearly 7 years.The 47-year-old Assange was arrested last month by London's Metropolitan Police Service after the Ecuadorian government suddenly withdrew his political asylum.Within … [Read more...] about WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks in UK Jail
Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware
Taking advantage of newly disclosed and even patched vulnerabilities has become common among cybercriminals, which makes it one of the primary attack vectors for everyday-threats, like crypto-mining, phishing, and ransomware.As suspected, a recently-disclosed critical vulnerability in the widely used Oracle WebLogic Server has now been spotted actively being exploited to … [Read more...] about Hackers Found Exploiting Oracle WebLogic RCE Flaw to Spread Ransomware
Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households
A team of security researchers has claims to have found a publicly-accessible database that exposes information on more than 80 million U.S. households—nearly 65 percent of the total number of American households.Discovered by VPNMentor's research team lead by hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, the unsecured database includes 24GB of extremely detailed information about … [Read more...] about Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households
Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach, Asks Users to Reset Password
Docker Hub, one of the largest cloud-based library of Docker container images, has suffered a data breach after an unknown attacker gained access to the company's single Hub database.Docker Hub is an online repository service where users and partners can create, test, store and distribute Docker container images, both publicly and privately. The breach reportedly exposed … [Read more...] about Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach, Asks Users to Reset Password
New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner.Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result of an FTC investigation over privacy violations, it seems to be just first installment of what Facebook has to pay for … [Read more...] about New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension
If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could allow attackers to compromise your online store.A WordPress security company—called "Plugin Vulnerabilities"—that recently gone rogue in order to protest against moderators of the WordPress’s official support … [Read more...] about Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension
‘Highly Critical’ Unpatched Zero-Day Flaw Discovered In Oracle WebLogic
A team of cybersecurity researchers today published a post warning enterprises of an unpatched, highly critical zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server application that some attackers might have already started exploiting in the wild.Oracle WebLogic is a scalable, Java-based multi-tier enterprise application server that allows businesses to quickly deploy new products … [Read more...] about ‘Highly Critical’ Unpatched Zero-Day Flaw Discovered In Oracle WebLogic
Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations
Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that's about one month's revenue for the social media giant.To be clear the amount of fine is not what the FTC has announced or hinted yet; instead, it's an estimated due that Facebook disclosed on Wednesday in its first … [Read more...] about Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations
‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy
The cybercriminal group behind the infamous DNSpionage malware campaign has been found running a new sophisticated operation that infects selected victims with a new variant of the DNSpionage malware.First uncovered in November last year, the DNSpionage attacks used compromised sites and crafted malicious documents to infect victims' computers with DNSpionage—a custom remote … [Read more...] about ‘Karkoff’ Is the New ‘DNSpionage’ With Selective Targeting Strategy