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How to protect yourself from doxing

October 25, 2019 0 Comments dox, doxer, doxing, how-tos, ip address, mobile vpns, online privacy, password manager, personal data, personally identifiable information, Privacy, Social engineering, social media, vpn, vpns, whois

Credit to Author: Osama Tahir| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:31 +0000

Doxing, or collecting and spreading private information about a user online, is a form of cyber harassment, stalking, and even a potential threat to physical safety. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against it.

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Tags: dox doxer doxing IP address mobile VPNs online privacy password manager personal data personally identifiable information privacy Social Engineering social media vpn VPNs WHOIS

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Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible

October 25, 2019 0 Comments content trackers, firefox, firefox privacy protection, lockwise, Mozilla, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:33:28 +0000

Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 – the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TxqeyH4Au6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies

October 25, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Department of Justice, keyloggers, keylogging, Law & order, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:04:06 +0000

He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m3yduCwBOnU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

October 24, 2019 0 Comments androids, bed-bots, code signing, henn na hotel, his group, his hotel group, japan, nfc tag, peeping toms, Privacy, robot hotels, robots, security threats, smart speakers, surveillance, tapia, unsigned code, voice assistants, voice recognition, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:39:48 +0000

Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6qgRyj8P2OY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges

October 24, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, malware, mobilespy, phonesheriff, Privacy, retina-x, security threats, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking apps, teenshield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:59:48 +0000

It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LN5zrcziLXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Growing rate of robocalls threatens user privacy

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Data privacy, do not call registry, FCC, FTC, high-risk calls, nuisance calls, Privacy, robocall, robocall scam, robocalling, robocalls, scam calls, scammers, tcpa, user privacy

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:43:07 +0000

Robocalls aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a threat to personal data and privacy. And they’re on the rise. Learn which new tactics scammers are using and how to protect against them.

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Tags: Data privacy do not call registry FCC FTC high-risk calls nuisance calls privacy robocall robocall scam robocalling robocalls scam calls scammers TCPA user privacy

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Security Sophos

Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers

October 23, 2019 0 Comments actions, Alexa, amazon, amazon echo, eavesdropping, Google, Google Home, karsten nohl, passwords, phishing, Privacy, security research labs, skills, smart spies, spying apps, srl, vishing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:43:57 +0000

The researchers’ “Smart Spies” apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2-76soYbixo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker breached servers used by NordVPN

October 23, 2019 0 Comments data breach, data hack, data leak, Hacker, NordVPN, Privacy, security threats, torguard, virtual private network, vpn, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:41:12 +0000

NordVPN has been forced to admit that a hacker stole an expired TLS certificate key used to securely connect customers to its web servers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/f5mz8QmYkC8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Travel database exposed PII on US government employees

October 23, 2019 0 Comments amazon, AWS, best western, best western hotel & resorts group, data breach, data loss, department of homeland security, Elasticsearch, PII, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:32:40 +0000

A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ya-mCNqAOjw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>