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FTC charged Avast with selling users’ browsing data to advertising companies

US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and…

1 month ago

Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud in 2021, FTC reports

A report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that in 2021 Americans lost $770 million from social media…

2 years ago

FTC warns legal action against businesses who fail to mitigate Log4J attacks

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned legal action against companies who fail to secure their infrastructure against Log4Shell…

2 years ago

FTC shares guidance for small businesses to prevent ransomware attacks

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared guidance for small businesses on how to increase resilience to ransomware attacks.…

2 years ago

FTC says $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams

Consumer reports received since January 2020 revealed that that approximately $12 million were lost due to Coronavirus-related scams, FTC says.…

4 years ago

FTC fines Facebook $5B and obliges it to adopt a new privacy framework

The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and is instituting new oversight and restrictions on its…

5 years ago

Smart TV vendor Vizio fined $2.2M for spying on 11 million customers

Smart TV vendor Vizio makes the headlines because it has been caught while secretly collecting consumers' data through over 11…

7 years ago

Western Union agreed to pay $586 Million to settle fraud charges

The money transfer leader company Western Union has agreed to forfeit $586 million  to settle fraud charges and admitted it…

7 years ago

FTC filed a lawsuit against D-Link over failure to secure its IoT devices

FTC charges the Taiwanese IT giant D-Link putting consumers' privacy at risk due to the failure of Implementing secure adequate…

7 years ago

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