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MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

January 22, 2025 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, akam.ne, akam.net, Akamai, awsdns-06.ne, az.mastercard.com, Azure, bugcrowd, CloudFlare, Google, how to break into security, mastercard, philippe caturegli, seralys

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:24:41 +0000

The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent it from being grabbed by cybercriminals.

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The great Google Ads heist: criminals ransack advertiser accounts via fake Google ads

January 15, 2025 0 Comments Cybercrime, Google, google accounts, google ads, malvertising, phishing

An ongoing malvertising campaign steals Google advertiser accounts via fraudulent ads for Google Ads itself.

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Google Chrome AI extensions deliver info-stealing malware in broad attack

January 9, 2025 0 Comments #chatgpt, bard, browser extensions, chrome, extension, Google, news

At least 36 Google Chrome extensions for AI and VPN tools have begun delivering info-stealing malware in a widespread attack.

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AI is everywhere, and Boomers don’t trust it

November 19, 2024 0 Comments #chatgpt, AI, Artificial intelligence, claude, gemini, generative ai, Google, meta ai, news, Privacy

ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI may be everywhere, but Baby Boomers don’t trust the tech or the companies behind it.

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Large eBay malvertising campaign leads to scams

November 6, 2024 0 Comments ads, ebay, Google, malvertising, scams, tech support

Consumers are being swamped by Google ads claiming to be eBay’s customer service.

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SophosAI team presents three papers on AI applied to cybersecurity at CAMLIS

October 23, 2024 0 Comments ai research, ai trojans, anti-phishing, camlis, featured, Google, llm, small model machine learning

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:02:39 +0000

On October 24 and 25, SophosAI presents ideas on how to use models large and small—and defend against malignant ones.

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After concerns of handing Facebook taxpayer info, four companies found to have improperly shared data

October 23, 2024 0 Comments facebook, Google, irs, news, pixels, Privacy, tigta

Tax preparation firms shared user information with Google and Meta without proper consent by using tracking pixels

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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

October 23, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, accuweather, adx, android advertising id, app tracking transparency, Apple, associated press, bid request, br24, daniel's law, Electronic Frontier Foundation, eva galperin, fog reveal, gasbuddy, Google, grindr, identifier for advertisers, judge andrew f. wilkinson judicial security act, justin sherman, justyna maloney, Latest Warnings, macy's, maid, mobile advertising id, myfitnesspal, netzpolitik.org, scott maloney, sen. ron wyden, silentpush, tangles, The Coming Storm, troutman pepper, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, webloc, zach edwards

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:30:18 +0000

Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites.

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