privacy

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Facebook paid teens $20 to install a Research App that spies on them

Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via their mobile devices.Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via the mobile devices. 2018 was a terrible year for Facebook that was in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 22, 2019
France watchdog fines Google with $57 million under the EU GDPR

The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR.The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR. “On 21 January 2019, the CNIL’s restricted committee imposed a financial penalty […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 18, 2019
Twitter fixed a bug in its Android App that exposed Protected Tweets

A bug in the Twitter app for Android may have had exposed tweets, the social media platform revealed on Thursday. The bug in the Android Twitter app affects the “Protect my Tweets” option from the account’s “Privacy and safety” settings that allows viewing user’s posts only to approved followers. People who used the Twitter app […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2019
I swiped right, Viewing sensitive data cached in your Safari browser.

By using multi-gesture trackpad along with Safari browser in MacBook Pro, one can view sensitive data which is cached in your Safari browser. (Note: This is not a back button browsing vulnerability) I figured out this issue while playing around with Safari browser, looks like the most recent activity of any authenticated or un-authenticated website is stored in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2019
German Watchdog will request Facebook changes

German watchdog is going to ask Facebook changes to protect privacy and personal information of its users. The news was first reported by the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, German regulators are going to request Facebook changes in its platforms aimed at protecting privacy and personal data of its users. The German watchdog want to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2018
Facebook tracks non-users via Android Apps

New thunderclouds on Facebook, the social network giant is accused of tracking non-users via Android apps. According to a report presented by Privacy International yesterday at 35C3 hacking conference held in Germany, the list of Android apps that send tracking and personal information back to Facebook includes dozens of apps including Kayak, Yelp, and Shazam, “Facebook routinely tracks users, non-users […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2018
Android Pie introduces important security and privacy enhancements

The latest version of Google OS, Android Pie, implements significant enhancements for cybersecurity, including a stronger encryption and authentication. Google experts worked on OS hardening and the implementation of anti-exploitation mechanisms with a great attention to the user privacy. The tech giant updated the File-Based Encryption implementing the support for external storage media, it also […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2018
Twitter fixed bug could have exposed Direct Messages to third-party apps

Researcher Terence Eden discovered that the permissions dialog when authorizing certain apps to Twitter could expose direct messages to the third-party. The flaw is triggered when apps that require a PIN to complete the authorization process instead of the using the OAuth protocol. The expert discovered that some permissions such as that to access direct messages, remained […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2018
A bug in Facebook Photo API exposed photos of 6.8 Million users

New problems for Facebook, the social network giant announced that a bug related to Photo API could have allowed third-party apps to access users’ photos. Facebook announced that photos of 6.8 Million users might have been exposed by a bug in the Photo API allowing third-party apps to access them.  The bug impacted up over 870 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2018
Google will shut down consumer version of Google+ earlier due to a bug

Google announced it will close the consumer version of Google+ before than originally planned due to the discovery of a new security flaw. Google will close the consumer version of Google+ in April, four months earlier than planned. According to G Suite product management vice president David Thacker. the company will maintain only a version designed […]