Google and Microsoft accused of feeding smaller search engines spam ads

Google and Microsoft appear to have been flooding their smaller search engine rivals with spam ads, to limit the number of higher-value ads that appear on them, according to data viewed by POLITICO. Ads are considered "spam" if they appear in search results but have little to no relevance to the...

Privacy Violating COVID Tests

A good lesson in reading the fine print: Cignpost Diagnostics, which trades as ExpressTest and offers £35 tests for holidaymakers, said it holds the right to analyse samples from seals to "learn more about human health" -- and sell information on to third parties. Individuals are required to give...

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Mozilla VPN

Mozilla has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Mozilla VPN. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-08 and make the necessary update. This...

HackerOne: Private invitation links/tokens leak to third-party analytics site

Summary: Private invite links are normally FILTERED before sending to third-party analytics sites. But it is seen that in few cases where the invitation link that requires users to accept NDA policy, the private invitation links are still sent to third party analytics site. Steps to reproduce 1...

GHSA-53M6-44RC-H2Q5 Missing server signature validation in OctoberCMS

Impact This advisory affects authors of plugins and themes listed on the October CMS marketplace where an end-user will inadvertently expose authors to potential financial loss by entering their private license key into a compromised server. It has been disclosed that a project fork of October CM...

Iranian Government-Sponsored MuddyWater Actors Conducting Malicious Cyber Operations

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, U.S. Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force CNMF, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-UK, and the National Security Agency NSA have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA detailing malicious cyber operations by Iranian...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages...

Bypassing Apple’s AirTag Security

A Berlin-based company has developed an AirTag clone that bypasses Apples anti-stalker security systems. Source code for these AirTag clones is available online. So now we have several problems with the system. Apples anti-stalker security only works with iPhones. Apple wrote an Android app that...

New Sandworm Malware Cyclops Blink Replaces VPNFilter

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre, CISA, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA reporting that the malicious cyber actor known as Sandworm or Voodoo Bear is using new malware, referred to as Cyclops...

How to Use Google Chrome's Enhanced Safety Mode

You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you...

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Description:- When the user uploads his profile picture, the uploaded image’s EXIF Geolocation Data does not get stripped. As a result, anyone can get sensitive information of microweber users like their Geolocation, their Device information like Device Name, Version, Software & Software version...

CISA Compiles Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools for Network Defenders

CISA has compiled and published a list of free cybersecurity services and tools to help organizations reduce cybersecurity risk and strengthen resiliency. This non-exhaustive living repository includes services provided by CISA, widely used open source tools, and free tools and services offered b...

CVE-2021-3155

snapd 2.54.2 and earlier created /snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1...

CVE-2021-3155

CVE-2021-3155 affects snapd up to 2.54.2, where ~/snap directories in users’ home were created with insufficient owner-only permissions, potentially allowing a local attacker to read private data. Fixes are in snapd 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04, and 2.54.3+21.10.1. No exploitation details are provi...

Google Bringing Privacy Sandbox to Android to Limit Sharing of User Data

Google on Wednesday announced plans to bring its Privacy Sandbox initiatives to Android in a bid to expand its privacy-focused, but also less disruptive, advertising technology beyond the desktop web. To that end, the internet giant said it will work towards building solutions that prevent...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Email Security Appliance

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting Cisco Email Security Appliance. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA...

Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor

The European Data Protection Supervisor EDPS has urged the EU to ban the development and deployment of spyware with the capabilities of Pegasus to protect fundamental rights and freedoms. What is Pegasus? On July 18, a group of 17 newspaper and media organizations—aided by Amnesty International’s...

Akamai’s Compliance with Cross-border Transfer Laws

Akamai is compliant with applicable data privacy regulations in countries where we and our customers conduct business. This is a fundamental tenet of our company’s core values. After all, when you make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day, there’s an expectation that you wi...

Is Firefox OK?

Mozilla’s privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web...

EU Data Protection Watchdog Calls for Ban on Pegasus-like Commercial Spyware

The European Union's data protection authority on Tuesday called for a ban on the development and the use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware in the region, stating that the technology's "unprecedented level of intrusiveness" could endanger users' right to privacy. "Pegasus constitutes a paradigm...