privacy

Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data and used it to influence US voters

The commercial data analytics company Cambridge Analytica allegedly used data harvested by Facebook to target US voters in the 2016…

7 years ago

VPN leaks affect 3 Major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield promptly fixed it

The website VPNMentor discovered that IP leak issues in three major VPN vendors, only Hotspot Shield VPN promptly fixed it. The…

7 years ago

Facebook improves link security infrastructure by implementing HSTS Preloading

Facebook has implemented HSTS preloading that instructs a browser to always use SSL/TLS to communicate with eligible websites. Facebook has…

7 years ago

A vulnerability in Facebook exposed email and details of page administrator

The security researcher Mohamed Baset discovered a vulnerability in Facebook that exposed email and other details of a page administrator.…

7 years ago

Paypal issue allows disclosure of account balance and recent transactions

Paypal issue allows for enumeration of the last four digits of payment method and for the disclosure of account balance…

7 years ago

A Flaw in Hotspot Shield VPN From AnchorFree Can Expose Users Locations

Security expert Paulos Yibelo has discovered a vulnerability in Hotspot Shield VPN from AnchorFree that can expose locations of the…

7 years ago

Are you a Tinder user? Watch out, someone could spy on you

Experts at security firm Checkmarx discovered two security vulnerabilities in the Tinder mobile apps that could be exploited to spy…

7 years ago

The US Global surveillance bill has been signed by President Trump

US Government missed a historic opportunity to reform a dangerous surveillance law that opens to a global surveillance, instead it…

7 years ago

Game of Drones – Researchers devised a technique to detect drone surveillance

A group of Israeli researchers at Ben Gurion University have built a proof-of-concept system against surveillance operated a surveillance drone.…

7 years ago

Never too late, Skype supports end-to-end encryption for new Private Conversations feature

It's official, Microsoft's Skype is rolling out a new feature called Private Conversations, which uses end-to-end encryption. The latest version of…

7 years ago

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