Toyota subsidiary has recently lost $37 million in a BEC scam. Unlike many companies, the large fund transfer did not seem to raise any initial alarms and warnings.
Recent research shows a sharp increase in Magecart attacks with a peak experienced in July when 962 sites were hit in one day and 17,000 domains infected through misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets.
Instead of sending personally identifiable information directly to advertisers, Google is allegedly using hidden web tracking pages to keep its online advertising profitable.
State DMV offices around U.S. have made tens of millions of dollars in profit since 2014 by selling personal data of drivers which surprisingly is not in violation of state law.
U.S. states are showing their disapproval of how federal government has dealt with Big Tech so far by launching antitrust probe into firms like Facebook and Google.
419 million Facebook users are vulnerable to phishing attacks, SIM swaps and spam with their phone numbers exposed through a number of online databases found without password protection.
Facebook, Google and other tech industry giants are searching for adtech exemption to weaken CCPA which provisions could stop them from selling targeted ads and potentially charging users for consumed content.
Monster.com does not consider itself responsible for reporting the recent third party data breach which exposed thousands of resumes as they claimed the client "owns the data".
EU is trialling facial recognition technology through ADDS, Automatic Deception Detection System, which will use AI to assess visitors’ facial expressions and behavior before granting entry permit.
iOS devices are widely considered to be stronger in mobile device security. However, the recent iOS watering hole attack discovered by Google should make consumers think twice on it.
