privacy

247,000 DHS current and former federal employees affected by a privacy incident

A privacy incident suffered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exposed data related to 247,167 current and former federal…

7 years ago

Marketing companies have started exploiting a flaw in browsers’ built-in password managers to track users

A group of researchers discovered marketing companies have started exploiting an 11-year-old vulnerability in browsers' built-in password managers to track…

7 years ago

Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to 5 years in prison for selling a VPN service without the authorization

The Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling a VPN service without the authorization.…

7 years ago

FortiClient improper access control exposes users’ VPN credentials

FortiClient for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows stores encrypted VPN authentication credentials in improperly secured locations. Fortinet provided security updates…

7 years ago

Introducing ProtonMail Bridge, email encryption for Outlook, Thunderbird, and Apple Mail

ProtonMail is officially launching ProtonMail Bridge, which brings easy-to-use email encryption to desktop email clients. Ever since the day that…

7 years ago

Google Unwanted Software Policy – It’s a fight against snooping apps

Google has expanded enforcement of Google's Unwanted Software Policy waring Android developers to explicitly declare data collection behaviors. A few days…

7 years ago

Google gathers Android users’ location data even when location services are disabled

Google is secretly gathering location data from billions of Android users, the news is disconcerting and once again raise the debate…

7 years ago

Watch out! European Consumer Organisation warns of some kid GPS smartwatches have security flaws

Some kid smartwatches available for sale in Europe pose security and privacy risks, including potentially allowing hackers to take control…

7 years ago

Which are most frequently blacklisted apps by enterprises?

Mobile security firm Appthority published an interesting report that revealed which Android and iOS applications are most frequently blacklisted by…

7 years ago

Signal announces private contact discovery to improve users’privacy

Open Whisper Systems announced that it’s working on a new private contact discovery service for its popular communications app Signal.…

7 years ago

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