Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads

They say you can't have too much of a good thing. Unfortunately, this applies to ads, too, whether you think they're a good thing or not. Soon, Europes four biggest telecommunication companies--Germany's Deutsche Telekom DK, France's Orange, Spain's Telefonica, and the UK's Vodafone Group--will...

Irish Regulators Fine Facebook $414 Million for Forcing Users to Accept Targeted Ads

The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta Platforms €390 million roughly $414 million over its handling of user data for serving personalized ads in what could be a major blow to its ad-fueled business model. To that end, the privacy regulator has ordered Meta Ireland to pay two fin...

TikTok Postpones Privacy Policy Update in Europe After Italy Warns of GDPR Breach

Popular video-sharing platform TikTok on Tuesday agreed to pause a controversial privacy policy update that could have allowed it to serve targeted ads based on users' activity on the social video platform without their permission to do so. The reversal, reported by TechCrunch, comes a day after...

Platform Update: Build the Future on Akamai

Today, technology is infused into nearly everything we do. The data behind personalized recommendations, connected devices, and wearables has changed how we engage with the world around us — whether we’re driving to a new destination, purchasing from a new retailer, or monitoring our health...

Developers Push Coding to the Edge in Akamai

The first-ever Akamai EdgeWorkers Coding Challenge gave participants the opportunity to harness the power and potential of serverless computing using the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform. Winning developer teams built functions using Akamai EdgeWorkers and EdgeKV products that ranged from DNS...

Hackers Are Going ‘Deep-Sea Phishing,’ So What Can You Do About It?

Hackers are upping their game, using an approach I call “Deep Sea Phishing,” which is the use of a combination of the techniques described below to become more aggressive. To keep pace, cybersecurity innovators have been working diligently to develop tools, techniques and resources to improve...

Fortress Home Security Open to Remote Disarmament

A pair of vulnerabilities in the Fortress S03 WiFi Home Security System could allow cyberattackers to remotely disarm the system, leaving homes open to unlawful entry. The Fortress platform is a consumer-grade home security system that allows users to mix and match various sensors, IP cameras and...

What is phishing attacks❓ Types and business impact

According to Wikipedia, phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive data by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity. Much like any other kind of fraud, the perpetrator is able to cause a significant amount of damage, especially when the threat persists for an extended period...

3 personalized tech products that make for great gifts

By Owais Sultan Tech products aren’t often associated with the sentiment, so here is our attempt at reconciling the functional with the heartfelt. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 3 personalized tech products that make for great gifts...

Hackers Targeting professionals With 'more_eggs' Malware via LinkedIn Job Offers

A new spear-phishing campaign is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with weaponized job offers in an attempt to infect targets with a sophisticated backdoor trojan called "moreeggs." To increase the odds of success, the phishing lures take advantage of malicious ZIP archive files that have the...

Home-Office Photos: A Ripe Cyberattack Vector

That photo that appears when someone disables his or her Zoom video, or those photos of a remote worker’s home office shared on Instagram may seem innocuous and playful. However, they could become ammunition for threat actors to launch targeted scams and put personal and critical data at risk, a...

Smart DNS for the New Network: Optimizing Content Delivery

This is the third in a series of blog posts that will discuss how smart DNS resolvers can enhance ongoing internet service provider ISP and mobile network operator MNO network transformation efforts, such as the transition to 5G, better integration of Wi-Fi, and new network designs that optimize...

Providing Security and Acceleration of Single Page Applications

HTTP/2 + gRPC and protobuf Today many digital transformation and DevOps teams have been tasked with building applications that will enhance their customer’s digital experience. The goal, to make the user experience smoother, faster and less impeded by transactional and security controls, is a cor...

Free Automated Public Cloud Risk Self-Assessment

This self-guided risk assessment will provide you with a personalized results of your cloud environment to uncover the overall risk level of your cloud infrastructure and specify clear remediation steps to help you avoid risk...

The Changing Face of Loyalty Programs Amid and Post-COVID-19

COVID-19 has undoubtedly prompted the Hospitality and Travel industry into a new era of customer loyalty. Currently, "shelter in place" or similar nonessential travel bans are instituted by many countries and companies across the world. Once travel restrictions are lifted, there will be a...

Ring Makes 2-Factor Authentication Mandatory Following Recent Hacks

Smart doorbells and cameras bring a great sense of security to your home, especially when you're away, but even a thought that someone could be spying on you through the same surveillance system would shiver up your spine. Following several recent reports of hackers gaining access to people's...

CamuBot Banking Trojan Returns In Targeted Attacks

The CamuBot malware, known for targeting Brazilian bank customers, has returned in a slew of recent offensives. The latest wave of attacks are highly personalized and, unlike previous campaigns, target victims’ mobile banking apps as an extra step to evade detection when making fraudulent...

Ashley Madison Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds

Nearly five years after the high-profile Ashley Madison data breach, hundreds of impacted website users are being targeted by a new extortion attack this past week. The 2015 data breach of the adultery website led to 32 million accounts being publicly dumped online, including victims’ names,...

Explained: data enrichment

How do your favorite brands know to use your first name in the subject line of their emails? Why do you seem to get discounts and special offers on products you've recently purchased? Businesses are able to personalize their marketing messages thanks to data enrichment. Data enrichment applies to...

Nord Security: Password Reset Link Leaked In Refer Header In Request To Third Party Sites

The reporter has identified that the web application is leaking password reset token in the HTTP referrer header. By obtaining a token, malicious user would be able to reset the passwords for a particular user. It is worth to mention that the attack must be highly personalised and requires prior...