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Blizzard of EU Regulation Triggers Changes at Meta, Company Will Now Obtain User Consent Before Serving Targeted Ads

August 16, 2023

Since the GDPR went into effect in 2018, Meta has done nearly everything possible to claim legitimate interest to avoid user consent for collecting personal information for targeted ads. The company appears to have finally reached the end of its rope in this area, though a recently announced changeover to a consent basis.

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Cyber Security News

Dollar Tree Third-Party Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Data of Nearly 2 Million Employees

December 8, 2023

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have leaked the sensitive personal information of nearly 2 million employees via a third-party data breach of a people analytics firm.

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Data Privacy News

Amazon Ring Tests the Waters for Facial Recognition, Leaks Reveal

May 5, 2020

A leaked survey shows Amazon Ring assessing demand for potential new features including facial recognition and license plate scanning tools for their future product versions.

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Cyber Security News

New KeePass Password Manager Exploit Can Draw a Plaintext Master Password From a Memory Dump

May 29, 2023

Another vulnerability that can expose master passwords in KeePass has surfaced, after one was discovered to start the year. The new security exploit involves traces of the password being left in system memory, and potentially reassembled if the memory is dumped.

Cyber Security News

Windows Support Scam Targets Users in a Google Ads Malvertising Campaign

August 3, 2022

Malwarebytes discovered a malvertising campaign targeting top keywords and users' search behavior to display malicious Google Ads and redirecting to Windows support scam websites.

Close up of woman face with facial recognition technology interface showing the privacy and security concerns raised over France’s nationwide facial recognition ID program

Data Privacy News

France’s Rollout of Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program Raises Privacy and Security Concerns

October 11, 2019

France will be the first in Europe to roll out a nationwide facial recognition ID program. Citizens will have a single digital identity tied to their face instead of using different user names and passwords.

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Cyber Security News

Life360 Database Leak from Unsecured Login API Impacts over 440,000 Customers

July 24, 2024

A threat actor is selling the personal information of over 440,000 Life360 customers stemming from a database leak from an unsecured login API endpoint.

Cyber Security News

Kodak Confirms Data Breach Linked to ShinyHunters Hacking Group

June 22, 2026

Kodak has confirmed a data breach after the notorious hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to leak the stolen information on the dark web.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. National Guard’s Evolving Mission Includes Assisting Local Governments Experiencing Cyber Attacks

November 18, 2019

The National Guard is serving as something of a stopgap to defend against cyber attacks for state and local governments that are running behind the curve in terms of cyber capabilities.

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Cyber Security News

Domain Registrar GoDaddy Breached, Attackers Trick Employees Into Transferring Ownership of Cryptocurrency Sites

December 8, 2020

The world's biggest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has suffered another blow to its reputation for security after losing control of the addresses of several well-known cryptocurrency services.

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Dollar Tree Third-Party Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Data of Nearly 2 Million Employees

Amazon Ring Tests the Waters for Facial Recognition, Leaks Reveal

New KeePass Password Manager Exploit Can Draw a Plaintext Master Password From a Memory Dump

Windows Support Scam Targets Users in a Google Ads Malvertising Campaign

France’s Rollout of Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program Raises Privacy and Security Concerns

Life360 Database Leak from Unsecured Login API Impacts over 440,000 Customers

Kodak Confirms Data Breach Linked to ShinyHunters Hacking Group

U.S. National Guard’s Evolving Mission Includes Assisting Local Governments Experiencing Cyber Attacks

Domain Registrar GoDaddy Breached, Attackers Trick Employees Into Transferring Ownership of Cryptocurrency Sites

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People