privacy

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2018
Ops … Why is Facebook interested in my culinary tastes on Faasos portal?

During checkout from faasos, I observed that there are several requests going to Facebook, which carries your Faasos details without user’s consent. I reported the issue to Facebook that closed my report saying: “Unfortunately what you have described is not currently covered by this program, We will follow up with you regarding any questions we may […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2018
Hacking the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant to spy on unaware users

Checkmarx experts created a proof-of-concept Amazon Echo Skill for Alexa that instructs the device to eavesdrop on users’ conversations and then sends the transcripts to a website controlled by the attackers. The Alexa virtual assistant could be abused by attackers to spy on consumers with smart devices. Researchers at security firm Checkmarx created a proof-of-concept Amazon Echo Skill […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2018
SAFERVPN CVE-2018-10308 VULNERABILITY, FROM DOS TO DEANONYMIZATION

Researchers Paulos Yibelo explored a vulnerability he found in SaferVPN Chrome Extension. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-10308 should help malicious actors to retrieve vital information such as IP addresses when a user visits a website. After my last month’s finding in Hotspot Shield, I decided to look at and audit more VPNs to see how […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2018
A flaw in LinkedIn feature allowed user data harvesting

The researcher Jack Cable (18) has discovered a vulnerability in LinkedIn, the AutoFill functionality, that allowed user data harvesting. While experts and people are discussing the Cambridge Analytica case another disconcerting case made the headlines, the private intelligence agency LocalBlox has left unsecured online an AWS bucket containing 48 million records that were also harvested from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2018
Private Intelligence agency LocalBlox leaked 48 Million personal data records

The private intelligence agency LocalBlox has left unsecured online an AWS bucket containing 48 million records that were also harvested from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Oops … another data breach made the headlines and once again it was discovered by data leak hunters at Upguard. The private intelligence agency LocalBlox has left unsecured online an AWS […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2018
Probably you ignore that Facebook also tracks non-users across the web

Facebook explained how it is tracking Non-Users across the Internet and for which purposes it is using their metadata. Facebook is still in the middle of a storm for its conduct and the way it approached the privacy of its users after the Cambridge Analytica case. Now Facebook is under scrutiny after Zuckerberg testified in front […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2018
Sodexo Filmology data breach – Users need cancel their credit cards

Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform Sodexo Filmology. Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform, Filmology […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2018
After Cambridge Analytica Facebook COO Sandberg admits other possible misuses

After the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg admitted that the company cannot rule out other cases of misuse. In the wake of recent revelations about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg doesn’t exclude other data misuse. Sandberg gave two interviews last weeks to National Public Radio and NBC’s “Today […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2018
130,000 Finnish user data exposed in third largest data breach ever happened in the country

Personal information belonging to more than 130,000 Finnish citizens have been compromised in the third largest data breach ever happened in the country. The data breach affected a website maintained by the New Business Center in Helsinki (“Helsingin Uusyrityskeskus”), that is company that provides business advice to entrepreneurs. “Data batches have overwritten username and password for over 130,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2018
Zuckerberg admitted public data of its 2.2 billion users has been scraped by Third-party entities

Third-party scrapers have exploited an issue in the Facebook ’s search function that allows anyone to look up users via their email address or phone numbers. Facebook revealed on Wednesday that 87 million users have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica case, much more than 50 million users initially thought. Facebook is the middle of a storm, Mark […]