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Linux kernel patches “performance can be harmful” bug in video driver

February 2, 2022 0 Comments cve-2022-0330, data loss, drm/i915, Linux, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:59:08 +0000

This bug is fiendishly hard to exploit – but if you patch, it won’t be there to exploit at all.

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Digital piggy bank sevice broken into by cybercrooks

March 3, 2020 0 Comments data breach, data loss, loqbox, phishing

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:08:13 +0000

A financial proivider that gives loans but locks them down to turn them into savings… didn’t lock down its own network.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zpLp7E5OQY8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

March 3, 2020 0 Comments adtech, advertising, branch, braze, data loss, Data Sharing, facebook, goodrx, Google, hipaa, Marketing, medical information, Mobile, mobile marketing, personal data deletion, prescription drugs, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, surveillance, targeted advertising, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK

March 2, 2020 0 Comments advertising, Android, data analytics, data loss, data slurping, facebook, grabby apps, iOS, Law & order, lawsuit, malicious sdks, Marketing, mobiburn, Mobile, mobile marketing, one audience, oneaudience, Privacy, profile slurping, profiles, rogue sdks, sdk, sdks, security threats, Social networks, software development kit, third party apps, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:52:59 +0000

Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cTLgFQQq3iM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers

February 28, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, clearview ai, data loss, data scraping, faceprints, facial recognition, hoan ton-that, Law & order, law enforcement, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:08:19 +0000

Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UEh1lsdY7KE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all

February 27, 2020 0 Comments breach, data breach, data hack, data leak, data loss, exposed data, Hacker, lynx0x00, Privacy, security threats, slickwraps, vinyl skins, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:47:39 +0000

The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MqNwwvLAhW0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices

February 26, 2020 0 Comments 4g, 5G, data loss, dns spoofing, imp4gt, impersonation attacks, impersonation attacks in 4g networks, lte, man-in-the-middle attack, Mobile, mobile operators, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:27:45 +0000

Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FZepiqGAIX0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff

February 26, 2020 0 Comments chat apps, Cryptography, cyber espionage, data loss, european commission, Law & order, messaging, messaging apps, Mobile, pegasus, Privacy, secret messaging, security threats, signal, spying, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:31:35 +0000

Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mRJrv_YSfXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it

February 25, 2020 0 Comments chat, data loss, facebook, Google, group chat, invite code, online privacy, Privacy, private chat groups, search engine, security threats, Social networks, whatsapp, whatsapp groups

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:51:22 +0000

Private chat invites aren’t meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/De9SWjTWYs0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

February 24, 2020 0 Comments breach, clevguard, cyberstalking, data breach, data loss, kidsguard, mobiispy, mobile spyware, mspy, PII, Privacy, security threats, spying, spying app, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking, stalking apps, surveillance, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/F2UPHduG6YE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>