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Apple Opens PCC Source Code for Researchers to Identify Bugs in Cloud AI Security
Apple has publicly made available its Private Cloud Compute PCC Virtual Research Environment VRE, allowing the research community to inspect and verify the privacy and security guarantees of its offering. PCC, which Apple unveiled earlier this June, has been marketed as the "most advanced securit...
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-2024-44205
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system lo...
CVE-2024-44205
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system lo...
CVE-2024-44205
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system lo...
CVE-2024-44205
A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A sandboxed app may be able to access sensitive user data in system lo...
CVE-2024-44205
CVE-2024-44205 describes a privacy issue where a sandboxed app may access sensitive user data in system logs. The vendor-fixed versions are: macOS Ventura 13.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, and iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6. The NVD/NVD-derived entry notes ...
Pinterest tracks users without consent, alleges complaint
Pinterest has received a complaint from privacy watchdog noyb None of your business over the unsolicited tracking of its users. Pinterest allows you to pin images to virtual pinboards; useful for interior design, recipe ideas, party inspiration, and much more. It started as a virtual replacement...
Scrub EXIF Image Data in Your DevOps Pipeline
In this post, we’ll go over why you need to scrub EXIF image data and how to integrate this process into your DevOps pipeline...
Denial of service by memory exhaustion
This report is not public...
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Not long ago, the ability to digitally track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a dangerous power that should remain only within the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New...
This industry profits from knowing you have cancer, explains Cody Venzke (Lock and Code S05E22)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast … On the internet, you can be shown an online ad because of your age, your address, your purchase history, your politics, your religion, and even your likelihood of having cancer. This is because of the largely unchecked “data broker” industry. Data brokers...
WordPress Extra Privacy for Elementor Plugin <= 0.1.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Software Extra Privacy for Elementor Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 0.1.3 Fixed in N/A OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2024-49654 Patch priority Medium CVSS severity Medium 7.1 Developer Claim ownership PSID 7a3a2af9d08c Credits Mika Required privileg...
Lack of access control on /users/me/org endpoint
Description The /users/me/org route is not adequately protected by access control mechanisms such as a middleware. This lack of authorization allows unauthorized users to access information about all team members in the current organization, even if the user does not have sufficient privileges. A...
Microsoft Reveals macOS Vulnerability that Bypasses Privacy Controls in Safari Browser
Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple's Transparency, Consent, and Control TCC framework in macOS that has likely come under exploitation to get around a user's privacy preferences and access data. The shortcoming, codenamed HM Surf by the tech giant, is track...
23andMe will retain your genetic information, even if you delete the account
Deleting your personal data from 23andMe is proving to be hard. There are good reasons for people wanting to delete their data from 23andMe: The DNA testing platform has a lot of problems, so let’s start with a recap. A little over a year ago, cybercriminals put up information belonging to as man...
5 Ways to Reduce SaaS Security Risks
As technology adoption has shifted to be employee-led, just in time, and from any location or device, IT and security teams have found themselves contending with an ever-sprawling SaaS attack surface, much of which is often unknown or unmanaged. This greatly increases the risk of identity-based...
“Nudify” deepfake bots remove clothes from victims in minutes, and millions are using them
Millions of people are turning normal pictures into nude images, and it can be done in minutes. Journalists at Wired found at least 50 "nudify" bots on Telegram that claim to create explicit photos or videos of people with only a couple of clicks. Combined, these bots have millions of monthly...
Election season raises fears for nearly a third of people who worry their vote could be leaked
As the United States enters full swing into its next presidential election, people are feeling worried, unsafe, and afraid. And none of that has to do with who wins. According to new research from Malwarebytes, people see this election season as a particularly risky time for their online privacy...
How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back at least a little control from ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and more...