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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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Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’

February 10, 2020 0 Comments chat apps, child abuse, child abuse imagery, child safety, children online, Cryptography, encryption, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, Messenger, nspcc, online grooming, online safety, open letter, predators, Privacy, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:44:10 +0000

Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ns3LDtnKrEc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Update now – WhatsApp flaw gave attackers access to local files

February 6, 2020 0 Comments facebook, Google, perimeterx, Privacy, remote code execution, security threats, whatsapp

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:39:57 +0000

The flaw affecting WhatsApp’s desktop client when it’s paired with the iPhone app allowed attackers access to local file systems.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z97jnHoyCbQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs Security

Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

January 24, 2020 0 Comments arno vis, csc, dnspionage, dnssec, e-hawk, e-hawk.net, Latest Warnings, openprovider, pdr, peter cholnoky, public domain registry, raymond dijkxhoorn, registrar lock, registry lock, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0, whatsapp

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:37:11 +0000

If you’re running a business online, few things can be as disruptive or destructive to your brand as someone stealing your company’s domain name and doing whatever they wish with it. Even so, most major Web site owners aren’t taking full advantage of the security tools available to protect their domains from being hijacked. Here’s the story of one recent victim who was doing almost everything possible to avoid such a situation and still had a key domain stolen by scammers.

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UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

January 23, 2020 0 Comments amazon, Celebrities, crown prince, Hacked, jamal khashoggi, jeff bezos, malware, mbs, mohammed bin salman, pegasus, phone hack, saudi arabia, security threats, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:10 +0000

Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cudbgBhrFvg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption

December 12, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, backdoors, congress, Cryptography, encrypted messaging, encryption back doors, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, no backdoors, Privacy, Social networks, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:26:50 +0000

Congress on Tuesday told Facebook it must put backdoors into its end-to-end encryption, or it’ll be forced to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Lghno3KWNa0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Actualiza WhatsApp ya: un bug en los videos MP4 expone los mensajes

December 3, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, vulnerabilidad, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:14:30 +0000

El eslogan de WhatsApp: simple, seguro, mensajería fiable. Anexo necesario de marketing: agujero, actualizar, inmediatamente, vulnerabilidad, MP4. Facebook publicó un aviso de seguridad sobre una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer muy peligrosa en WhatsApp, CVE-2019-11931, que podría ser desencadenada por un vídeo MP4 comprometido. Está calificada como una vulnerabilidad de alto riesgo – 7,8 – […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aIFTlPehi4A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Update WhatsApp now: MP4 video bug exposes your messages

November 20, 2019 0 Comments buffer overflow, Cryptography, cve-2019-11931, data loss, Denial of Service, DOS, facebook, malware, mp4, Privacy, rce, security threats, vulnerability, whatsapp, whatsapp business, whatsapp for enterprises

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:33:18 +0000

A now-patched-hole could have allowed remote code execution that could have exposed files and messages. Update your WhatsApp now.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jIBF0sl6Kuo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem

November 18, 2019 0 Comments al franken, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, cyberstalk, cyberstalking, Department of Justice, district attorney, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violenc, FBI, federal wiretap act, franken, FTC, jackie's law, mobilespy, National Network to End Domestic Violence, nnedv, nso group, online harassment, operation safe horizon, phonesheriff, senator al franken, Stalkerware, stalking, StealthGenie, TeenSafe, us attorney, US Federal Trade Commission, whatsapp, wiretap

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:47:58 +0000

Those who install stalkerware with the intent to monitor, control, harass, or otherwise abuse their victims typically get away with it, avoiding legal penalty even if there’s plenty of evidence to suggest their guilt.

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

November 6, 2019 0 Comments access act, apple pages, Big Tech, center for democracy and technology, competition, congress, data interoperability, data portability, Data privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, ello, European Union, facebook, Facebook Messenger, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Google, google docs, Instagram, interoperability, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, mastodon, Messenger, Microsoft Word, portability, Privacy, senate, the access act, twitter, us congress, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, user privacy, whatsapp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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