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Temu must respect consumer protection laws, says EU
Temu has been accused of a number of infringements on its platform against European Union EU consumer law. The Consumer Protection Cooperation CPC Network of national consumer authorities and the European Commission teamed up for a coordinated ongoing investigation into Temu and its practices. Th...
Accelerating our commitment to Europe with even more investments
Wiz increases investments in products and presence for European customers by enabling support for AWS European Sovereign Cloud ESC and new regional headquarters...
Irish Watchdog Imposes Record €310 Million Fine on LinkedIn for GDPR Violations
The Irish data protection watchdog on Thursday fined LinkedIn €310 million $335 million for violating the privacy of its users by conducting behavioral analyses of personal data for targeted advertising. "The inquiry examined LinkedIn's processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioral...
CVE-2024-44061
: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page Basic XSS vulnerability in WPFactory EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce allows Cross-Site Scripting XSS.This issue affects EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.12.14...
Threat actor believed to be spreading new MedusaLocker variant since 2022
Cisco Talos has discovered a financially motivated threat actor, active since 2022, recently observed delivering a MedusaLocker ransomware variant. Intelligence collected by Talos on tools regularly employed by the threat actor allows us to see an estimate of the amount and countries of origin of...
Mozilla Faces GDPR Complaint Over New Firefox Tracking Feature
NOYB, a European privacy group has filed a complaint with Austrian authorities, alleging that Mozilla breached GDPR by…...
WordPress EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin <= 2.12.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability discovered by vgo0 in WordPress Plugin EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce versions = 2.12.12...
CVE-2024-9189
The EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the algwceuvatexemptvatfromadmin function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.12. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to updat...
WordPress plugin EU/UK VAT Manager for WooCommerce 安全漏洞
WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed in the PHP language. The platform supports personal blog sites on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application plugin. A security vulnerability exists in WordPress...
Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution
A European privacy watchdog has filed a complaint against Mozilla for quietly enabling Privacy Preserving Attribution PPA in its Firefox browser. Noyb none of your business argues that despite its reassuring name, the feature allows the browser to track your online behavior. By design, Privacy...
Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post
A new variation of a hoax that has been doing the rounds on Facebook for years has crossed over to Instagram. We’re seeing this post on Instagram Stories a lot suddenly over the last few days. The post is usually posted as a shareable screenshot on Instagram Stories, but it’s also been spotted on...
New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover DTO and perform fraudulent transactions. The new version has been codenamed Octo2 by the malware author, Dutch security firm ThreatFabr...
Ireland's Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google's AI Data Practices in Europe
The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's foundational artificial intelligence AI model to determine whether the tech giant has adhered to data protection regulations in the region when processing the personal dat...
Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority DPA has fined Uber a record €290 million $324 million for allegedly failing to comply with European Union E.U. data protection standards when sending sensitive driver data to the U.S. "The Dutch DPA found that Uber transferred personal data of European taxi...
New Phishing Attacks Target Eastern European Bank Users on iOS and Android
Cybercriminals exploit Progressive Web Apps PWAs in the latest phishing scam, targeting mobile users in Czechia, Hungary, and…...
Meta Given Deadline to Address E.U. Concerns Over 'Pay or Consent' Model
Meta has been given time till September 1, 2024, to respond to concerns raised by the European Commission over its "pay or consent" advertising model or risk-facing enforcement measures, including sanctions. The European Commission said the Consumer Protection Cooperation CPC Network has notified...
Experts Uncover Chinese Cybercrime Network Behind Gambling and Human Trafficking
--- The relationship between various TDSs and DNS associated with Vigorish Viper and the final landing experience for the user A Chinese organized crime syndicate with links to money laundering and human trafficking across Southeast Asia has been using an advanced "technology suite" that runs the...
Meta Halts AI Use in Brazil Following Data Protection Authority's Ban
Meta has suspended the use of generative artificial intelligence GenAI in Brazil after the country's data protection authority issued a preliminary ban objecting to its new privacy policy. The development was first reported by news agency Reuters. The company said it has decided to suspend the...
Brazil Halts Meta's AI Data Processing Amid Privacy Concerns
Brazil's data protection authority, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados ANPD, has temporarily banned Meta from processing users' personal data to train the company's artificial intelligence AI algorithms. The ANPD said it found "evidence of processing of personal data based on inadequate leg...
Meta's 'Pay or Consent' Approach Faces E.U. Competition Rules Scrutiny
Meta's decision to offer an ad-free subscription in the European Union E.U. has faced a new setback after regulators accused the social media behemoth of breaching the bloc's competition rules by forcing users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them. The European Commission said the...