privacy

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2021
Privacy Concerns On Cookies Storing Personal Information

Which are privacy concerns on the way organizations collect personal information through the use of cookies? Data is constantly being tracked, stored and processed right under our noses, and it is quite frightening to know just how much data a company might have on you. They may not have your deepest darkest secrets (or maybe […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2021
Scheme flooding fingerprint technique may deanonymize Tor users

FingerprintJS experts devised a fingerprinting technique, named scheme flooding, that could allow identifying users across different desktop browsers, including the Tor Browser. FingerprintJS experts devised a new fingerprinting technique, named scheme flooding, that could allow identifying users while browsing websites using different desktop browsers, including the Tor Browser. The technique allows to profile users while […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2021
How Companies Need to Treat User Data and Manage Their Partners

After the introduction of CCPA and GDPR, much more attention is given to third-party risks, and the privacy terms and conditions users agree to.  Global privacy regulations, such as the CCPA and GDPR, were enacted to ensure stricter standards when handling the personal data of consumers. As per these regulations, organizations can be held responsible […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2021
WhatsApp will not deactivate accounts for not accepting new privacy terms

WhatsApp will not deactivate the accounts of users who don’t accept the new privacy policy update that requires sharing data with other companies owned by Facebook. WhatsApp on Friday announced that it will not deactivate accounts of users who don’t accept its new privacy policy that will be rolled out on May 15. The company will only […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2021
Boffins found a bug in Apple AirDrop that could leak users’ personal info

Experts found a bug in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol Apple AirDrop that could expose user’s contact information. Boffins from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, have discovered a privacy issue in Apple’s wireless file-sharing protocol Apple AirDrop that could expose user’s contact information, such as email addresses and phone numbers. “A team of researchers from […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2021
Privacy and security in the software designing

The importance of carrying out a careful risk and impact assessment in order to safeguard the security of the information and the data privacy. In order to reduce as much as possible the vulnerabilities and programming errors that can affect not only the quality of the product itself but can also be exploited to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 19, 2021
Millions of People Can Lose Sensitive Data through Travel Apps, Privacysavvy reports

According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. PrivacySavvy is a digital security company on a mission to educate internet users on issues […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 10, 2021
White hat hackers gained access more than 150,000 surveillance cameras

A group of hackers claimed to have compromised more than 150,000 surveillance cameras at banks, jails, schools, and prominent companies like Tesla and Equinox. A group of US hackers claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations. The news was first reported by […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 01, 2021
ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users for illegal data collection. ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users. The settlement has yet to be approved by a federal judge. The Chinese firm was accused to have failed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2021
An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms

An attacker demonstrated this week that Clubhouse chats are not secure, he was able to siphon audio feeds from “multiple rooms” into its own website While the popularity of the audio chatroom app Clubhouse continues to increase experts are questioning the security and privacy level it offers to its users. Recently the company announced it […]