We’ve discovered a new scheme of distribution of the Mamont (Russian for mammoth) Trojan banker. Scammers promise to deliver a certain product at wholesale prices that may be considered interesting to small businesses as well as private buyers, and offer to install an Android application to track the package. However, instead of a tracking utility, the victim installs a Trojan … [Read more...] about Mamont banker under the guise of a tracking app
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How to guard against webcam and microphone tracking
Just a decade ago, people who taped over their webcam were seen as a little eccentric, shall we say. Fast forward to today, and many laptop models feature a built-in privacy shutter that lets you cover the webcam with a single swipe. Useful, yes – but if the mic is still on, the overall benefit is less clear. Is it still worth covering your webcam in 2024, or is such practice a … [Read more...] about How to guard against webcam and microphone tracking
Enrich Kubernetes with New Deployment Tracking Capability
When things go wrong, we’d all love the ability to go back in time, return things to the way they were, and fix whatever issues pop up at the start so they never happen in the first place.This is no different when maintaining complex microservices-based architectures. With any complex system, things are bound to go wrong from time to time. When it’s your responsibility to … [Read more...] about Enrich Kubernetes with New Deployment Tracking Capability
Apple and Google Join Forces to Stop Unauthorized Tracking Alert System
May 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Technology Apple and Google have teamed up to work on a draft industry-wide specification that's designed to tackle safety risks and alert users when they are being tracked without their knowledge or permission using devices like AirTags. "The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible … [Read more...] about Apple and Google Join Forces to Stop Unauthorized Tracking Alert System
Google to Pay $391 Million Privacy Fine for Secretly Tracking Users’ Location
Internet giant Google has agreed to pay a record $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. over charges the company misled users about the collection of personal location data. "Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information," Oregon Attorney … [Read more...] about Google to Pay $391 Million Privacy Fine for Secretly Tracking Users’ Location
New Unpatched Apple Safari Browser Bug Allows Cross-Site User Tracking
A software bug introduced in Apple Safari 15's implementation of the IndexedDB API could be abused by a malicious website to track users' online activity in the web browser and worse, even reveal their identity. The vulnerability, dubbed IndexedDB Leaks, was disclosed by fraud protection software company FingerprintJS, which reported the issue to the iPhone maker on November … [Read more...] about New Unpatched Apple Safari Browser Bug Allows Cross-Site User Tracking
Google Extends Support for Tracking Party Cookies Until 2023
Google's sweeping proposals to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome browser is going back to the drawing board after the company announced plans to delay the rollout from early 2022 to late 2023, pushing back the project by nearly two years. "While there's considerable progress with this initiative, it's become clear that more time is needed across the ecosystem to get this … [Read more...] about Google Extends Support for Tracking Party Cookies Until 2023
Google to Let Android Users Opt-Out to Stop Ads From Tracking Them
Google is tightening its privacy practices that could make it harder for apps on Android phones and tablets to track users who have opted out of receiving personalized interest-based ads. The change will go into effect sometime in late 2021. The development, which mirrors Apple's move to enable iPhone and iPad users to opt-out of ad tracking, was first reported by the Financial … [Read more...] about Google to Let Android Users Opt-Out to Stop Ads From Tracking Them
New 5G Flaw Exposes Priority Networks to Location Tracking and Other Attacks
New research into 5G architecture has uncovered a security flaw in its network slicing and virtualized network functions that could be exploited to allow data access and denial of service attacks between different network slices on a mobile operator's 5G network. AdaptiveMobile shared its findings with the GSM Association (GSMA) on February 4, 2021, following which the … [Read more...] about New 5G Flaw Exposes Priority Networks to Location Tracking and Other Attacks
Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.The company enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" setting by default for its browser in June this year, but only for new users who downloaded and installed a fresh copy of … [Read more...] about Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default