Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Security Technology and GDPR

Many of our customers conducting business in Europe are concerned about how the new General Data Protection Regulation "GDPR" impacts the ability to protect their organization's data, network and IT system resources. In particular, many worry that the requirements of GDPR will restrict their...

Google Tracks Android, iPhone Users Even With 'Location History' Turned Off

Google tracks you everywhere, even if you explicitly tell it not to. Every time a service like Google Maps wants to use your location, Google asks your permission to allow access to your location if you want to use it for navigating, but a new investigation shows that the company does track you...

CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out

Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year? If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not the last thing you have to deal with. Avast has...

CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out

Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year? If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not the last thing you have to deal with. Avast has...

WindowsSpyBlocker - Block Spying And Tracking On Windows

WindowsSpyBlocker is an application written in Go and delivered as a single executable to block spying and tracking on Windows systems. The initial approach of this application is to capture and analyze network traffic based on a set of tools. It is open for everyone and if you want to contribute...

Facebook Security Exec Calls for Tightened Data Privacy

Facebook’s outgoing chief information security officer Alex Stamos has urged the social media company to rethink its approach to data privacy. The executive, whose exit has been widely reported on for months, wrote an internal note to staff that called for changes in how Facebook approaches data...

Microhard Systems 3G/4G Cellular Ethernet And Serial Gateway Remote Root

Microhard Systems 3G/4G Cellular Ethernet and Serial Gateway Remote Root Exploit Vendor: Microhard Systems Inc. Product web page: http://www.microhardcorp.com Affected version: IPn4G 1.1.0 build 1098 IPn3Gb 2.2.0 build 2160 IPn4Gb 1.1.6 build 1184-14 IPn4Gb 1.1.0 Rev 2 build 1090-2 IPn4Gb 1.1.0 R...

CVE-2018-5892

The Touch Pal application can collect user behavior data without awareness by the user in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear...

Code injection

The Touch Pal application can collect user behavior data without awareness by the user in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear...

CVE-2018-5892

CVE-2018-5892 concerns Touch Pal on Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear where the app can collect user behavior data without user awareness. The NVD entry lists a NETWORK attack vector with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, and indicates partial confidentiality impact alon...

Looking For Secure VPN Services? Get a Lifetime Subscription

PRIVACY – a bit of an Internet buzzword nowadays, because the business model of the Internet has now shifted towards data collection. Today, most users surf the web unaware of the fact that websites and online services collect their personal information, including search histories, location, and...

PT-2018-17220

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Touch Pal affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns the collection of user behavior data without the user's awareness in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear by the Touch Pal application. Recommendations: At the moment,...

Citrix Provisioning 7.x Data Collection

Note This Document covers Citrix Provisioning, formerly Provisioning Services,data Collection ONLY. Links Wireshark -https://www.wireshark.org Enable Promiscuous Mode – http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139171 Citrix Telemetry Service - https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/provisioning/1912-...

This Week in Security News: Rules and Regulation

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, House lawmakers approved legislation for securing technology used to power critical infrastructures from cyberattacks. Read on to learn more...

Norwegian Agency Dings Facebook, Google For “Unethical” Privacy Tactics

While GDPR is forcing large data-crushing service providers to be transparent around data collection and usage, some are still employing a number of tactics to nudge end users away from data privacy. That’s what the Norwegian Consumer Council said in an in-depth report, released Wednesday, which...

Microsoft Windows 10: Do not show feedback notifications

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winfeedbacknotifications.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for Do not show feedback notifications Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Microsoft Windows: Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program

This policy setting turns off the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program collects information about your hardware configuration and how you use our software and services to identify trends and usage patterns. Microsoft will not collect...

Microsoft Windows: Disable Windows Error Reporting

This policy setting turns off Windows Error Reporting, so that reports are not collected or sent to either Microsoft or internal servers within your organization when software unexpectedly stops working or fails. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Error Reporting does not send any problem...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the Report Builder and Data Collection Component that are shipped with Jazz Reporting Service (CVE-2016-5898, CVE-2016-5899, CVE-2016-6054, CVE-2016-6047)

Summary There are multiple security vulnerabilities in the Report Builder and Data Collection Component DCC shipped with Jazz Reporting Service. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-5898 DESCRIPTION: IBM Jazz Reporting Service JRS could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information,...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Jazz Reporting Service shipped with Rational Insight (CVE-2016-5898, CVE-2016-5899, CVE-2016-6054)

Summary Jazz Reporting Service is shipped as a component of Rational Insight. Information about multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Jazz Reporting Service has been published in a security bulletin. Vulnerability Details Consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: Multiple security...