Snapchat has explored plans to skirt Apple's new privacy rules and continue tracking users, making use of banned device fingerprinting techniques rather than the IDFA identification number.
The Chinese hackers are able to run a massive but stealthy campaign of password-spraying attacks while evading logs, targeting Microsoft 365 accounts that require only basic authentication and do not have MFA enabled.
Data breach on Cash App Investing platform exposed customer information of 8.2 million users in the U.S. after a former employee downloaded customer reports.
GitHub has shared a DMCA filing from Twitter that indicates source code leak was apparently posted on the site shortly after Elon Musk's introductory round of layoffs began.
Virtual version of ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ may not reflect that childlike innocence and joy. In fact, a lawsuit claims that Disney is ruthlessly gathering information through mobile apps for kids to target advertising and ‘other commercial purposes’.
The UK government line is that it does not want to outlaw end-to-end encryption, but simply "provide necessary tools" to law enforcement to ensure child cyber safety. This may include client-side scanning.
A new TikTok suit was filed in California and will also see participation from the FTC, which initiated an investigation into the company's child privacy practices several months ago. The company remains under a prior court order involving COPPA violations.
Google's Privacy Sandbox project has been touted as the end of tracking cookies and creepy cross-site following, but it is facing regulatory trouble as the UK ICO has expressed concerns about a collection of "loopholes" that could be used to personally identify and track internet users.
Meta allegedly violated Texas’ CUBI and the Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act in capturing and profiting from facial recognition data without obtaining required informed consent, and failing to delete this stored data after a required amount of time.
BianLian ransomware group disputed Air Canada's claim that data breach impacted only limited personal information of some employees and certain records. Ransomware group claims to have stolen 210 GB of technical and operational data spanning from 2008 to 2023.
