Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine to Settle FTC Privacy Investigation

After months of negotiations, the United States Federal Trade Commission FTC has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its privacy investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The settlement will put an end to a wide-ranging probe that began more than a year ago and...

Heather Mills Gets An Apology and 'Substantial' Settlement in Spyware Case

The 2010-2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal – in which it was revealed that the tabloid dropped malware on celebrity targets’ phones in order to gather dirt for news stories – is still playing out in court. The latest is a settlement for a “substantial” sum paid to Heather Mills and her...

D-Link Agrees to 10 Years of Security Audits to Settle FTC Charges

Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has agreed to implement a "comprehensive software security program" in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission FTC lawsuit alleging that the company didn't take adequate steps to protect its consumers from hackers. Your wireless router is the...

Dating App Jack'd Fined After Leaking Users' Nude Pics

LGBTQ dating app Jack’d must cough up a $240,000 fine and “make substantial changes to improve security” on the heels of a security faux pas that leaked the private data – including nude photos – of thousands of its users. Jack’d is a popular location-based app that caters to gay and bisexual men...

Chinese Hackers Behind 2015 Anthem Data Breach Indicted

Two Chinese nationals have been charged in the massive 2015 data breach of health insurer Anthem that impacted more than 78 million people. Fujie Wang, 32, and another Chinese man, who remains unnamed, were allegedly part of a China-based hacking group that was behind the breach of Indiana-based...

Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations

Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission FTC as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that's about one month's revenue for the social media giant. To be clear the amount of fine is not what the FTC has announced or hinted yet...

Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations

Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission FTC as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that's about one month's revenue for the social media giant. To be clear the amount of fine is not what the FTC has announced or hinted yet...

Yahoo Offers $117.5M Settlement in Data Breach Lawsuit

Yahoo is offering to cough up $117.5 million to settle a lawsuit regarding its massive data breaches that compromised the personal information of three billion users. The new $117.5 million settlement, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, comes after the internet company’s first...

A week in security (March 25 – 31)

Last week, we looked at plugin vulnerabilities, location tracking app problems, and talked about plain text password woes. We also looked at federal data privacy regulation and took a deep dive into BatMobi Adware. Other cybersecurity news Poisoned software update headache for ASUS Source: The...

FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy

The social media app will pay $5.7 million to settle the allegations, and be required to delete videos uploaded by anyone under 13...

Google Faces Legal Turmoil After Location Tracking Debacle

Google is under fire from both legal teams and activists after reports emerged that the technology giant tracked customers’ movements, even when they opt out. The company has been slapped by a lawsuit, filed in the federal court last week out of California, alleging that Google is violating both...

Phone Maker BLU Settles with FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction

Android phone-maker BLU Products agreed to a proposed settlement on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission, over allegations it allowed the third-party firm Adups Technology to collect detailed consumer data from users without their consent. In an administrative complaint filed earlier this we...

Breach at Third Party Contractor Affects 18,000 Anthem Members

A month after it agreed to settle 2015’s massive data breach, Anthem Inc., the United States’ largest healthcare company, has a new problem on its hands. The Indianapolis-based company began notifying 18,000 members affected by another unrelated data breach last week. Anthem reported the breach o...

Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million to Data Breach Victims

Ashley Madison, an American most prominent dating website that helps people cheat on their spouses has been hacked, has agreed to an $11.2 Million settlement for roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a massive data breach two years ago. Though the parent company of Ashle...

June 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Helen Keller” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 27, 2017 - Headlines 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across...

Anthem Agrees to Settle 2015 Data Breach for $115 Million

Like many companies hit by data breaches, Anthem, the United States’ largest for-profit health care company, has been forced to watch from the sidelines while the incident plays out in court. An end finally appears to be in sight however. Late Friday the company agreed to settle a series of...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in the cartSettlement Method of ShopSn V2.0 Mall System

ShopsN Mall system is a product of Shanghai Yiso Network Technology Co., Ltd, an enterprise-class commercial standard full-featured allow free commercial use of open source online store full network system. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the cartid parameter in the cartSettlement method ...

Smart TV Manufacturer Vizio Fined $2.2M for Tracking Customers

Smart TV manufacturer Vizio tracked data on 11 million of its customers TVs without their knowledge or consent, the Federal Trade Commission announced this week. The Irvine, Calif.-based company agreed on Monday to pay $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected scores of its customers’ data...

Mobile Advertising Firm Found Tracking Users To Pay $950K

After settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission this week a mobile advertising company will pay nearly $1M after it was determined the company tracked customers – including children – without their consent. InMobi, an India-based firm with offices across the world, will pay $950,000 in...

Home Depot Agrees $19.5 Million To Settle 2014 Breach

Home Depot agreed this week to pay $19.5 million to compensate the 40 million cardholders it said were impacted by a massive 2014 data breach. As part of a proposed settlement by Home Depot, it admits no wrongdoing or liability in the breach, according to court filings with the US District Court...