Digital ID

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2022
Hackers stole $3 million worth of cryptocurrency from BTC.com

The BTC.com cryptocurrency platform was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of $3 million worth of crypto assets. BTC.com is a website that provides services for managing and transferring Bitcoin, it offers a digital wallet for storing Bitcoin, a trading interface for exchanging Bitcoin with other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 25, 2022
Microsoft fined €60 million in France for using advertising cookies without consent

France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft for using advertising cookies without explicit customer consent. France’s privacy watchdog fines €60 million Microsoft’s Ireland subsidiary for using advertising cookies without the explicit consent of its customers. The practice violated the European data protection law. The CNIL received a complaint relating to the conditions for the deposit […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 12, 2022
Cryptomining campaign targets Linux systems with Go-based CHAOS Malware

Researchers spotted a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). In November 2022, Trend Micro researchers discovered a cryptocurrency mining campaign targeting Linux users with Go-based CHAOS malware (Trojan.Linux.CHAOSRAT). The Chaos RAT is based on an open-source project. Like the original project, the malware is able to terminate competing malware, security […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2022
UK urges to disconnect Chinese security cameras in government buildings

The British government banned the installation of Chinese-linked security cameras at sensitive facilities due to security risks. Reuters reports that the British government ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese security cameras at sensitive buildings due to security risks. The Government has ordered departments to disconnect the camera from core networks and to consider removing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2022
Experts claim that iPhone’s analytics data is not anonymous

Researchers discovered that analytics data associated with iPhone include Directory Services Identifier (DSID) that could allow identifying users. Researchers at software company Mysk discovered that analytics data collected by iPhone include the Directory Services Identifier (DSID), which could allow identifying users. Apple collects both DSID and Apple ID, which means that it can use the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2022
Beginning 2023 Google plans to rollout the initial Privacy Sandbox Beta

Google announced it will roll out the Privacy Sandbox system for Android in beta to a limited number of Android 13 devices in early 2023. Google announced it will roll out the Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta to mobile devices running Android 13 starting early next year. The Privacy Sandbox aims at creating technologies to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2022
Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Google is going to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. for secretly collecting personal location data. Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 US states for misleading users about the collection of personal location data. The settlement is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2022
$1 billion of FTX customer funds have vanished, Reuters reported

Crypto exchange FTX appears to have been hacked, rumors state that attackers stole $600 million drained from the company’s wallets. Crypto exchange FTX is recommending users to delete FTX apps and avoid using its website, a circumstance that refutes the rumors that the rumors of a $600 million crypto heist. The owners of several wallets […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2022
Updated TikTok Privacy Policy confirms that Chinese staff can access European users’ data

TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”) and confirmed that its Chinese staff can access their users’ data. The short-form video-sharing service TikTok updated its privacy policy for European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK, and Switzerland and confirmed that its users’ data can be accessed by its personnel, including Chinese employees. European user data […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2022
Threat actors exploit critical flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access to drop ransomware, miners

Threat actors are exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access in attacks in the wild. Threat actors are actively exploiting a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22954, in VMware Workspace ONE Access to deliver cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. The issue causes server-side template injection due to because of the lack of […]