Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies

Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users' data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015. It's an unusual clear view of how the largest social networking site manages your...

Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies

Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users' data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015. It's an unusual clear view of how the largest social networking site manages your...

Microsoft Windows: Prevent users from sharing files within their profile

This policy setting specifies whether users can share files within their profile. By default users are allowed to share files within their profile to other users on their network after an administrator opts in the computer. An administrator can opt in the computer by using the sharing wizard to...

Microsoft Windows: Prevent the computer from joining a homegroup

This policy setting specifies whether users can add computers to a homegroup. By default, users can add their computer to a homegroup on a private network. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot add computers to a homegroup. This policy setting does not affect other network sharing...

Microsoft Windows: Turn off handwriting personalization data sharing

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winhandwritingdatasharing.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for Turn off handwriting personalization data sharing Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Google Solves Update Issue for Android Apps Installed from Unknown Sources

If you are wondering how to receive latest updates for an Android app—installed via a 3rd party source or peer-to-peer app sharing—directly from Google Play Store. For security reasons, until now apps installed from third-party sources cannot be updated automatically over-the-air, as Google does...

Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties

By Carolina The electric car manufacturing giant, Tesla, has filed a lawsuit This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties...

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon to Stop Sharing Customer Location Data With Third Parties

In the wake of a scandal involving third-party companies leaking or selling precise, real-time location data on virtually all Americans who own a mobile phone, the four major wireless carriers have responded to requests from a U.S. senator for more details about how the carriers are managing acce...

TRON Cryptocurrency Founder Buys BitTorrent, µTorrent for $140 Million

BitTorrent, the company which owns the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has quietly been sold for $140 million in cash to Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain-focused startup TRON. TRON is a decentralized entertainment and content-sharing platform that uses blockchain and distributed storag...

Microsoft Windows: Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winncshowsharedaccessui.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Microsoft Windows: Service: Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: wininetconnectionsharing.nasl 11344 2018-09-12 06:57:52Z emoss $ Check value for Internet Connection Sharing ICS SharedAccess Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net...

Microsoft Windows: Service: Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winmediaplayernetsharing.nasl 11344 2018-09-12 06:57:52Z emoss $ Check value for Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service WMPNetworkSvc Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Facebook Software Bug Made Some Private Posts Public: 14 Million Affected

A Facebook software bug in May switched the “suggested audience” for posts to “public” for 14 millions of users. The glitch meant Facebook users who though they were sharing content with just friends or small groups actually made their posts available to the general public. The incident is the...

Facebook bug changed 14 million users' default privacy settings to public

Facebook admits as many as 14 millions of its users who thought they're sharing content privately with only friends may have inadvertently shared their posts with everyone because of a software bug. Facebook said in front of Congress in March over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that "every piece...

Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole

Last month's story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support...

Scammers hacked webcams to secretly record videos & post on YouTube

By Carolina Malicious hackers and scammers have always come up with complex yet This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Scammers hacked webcams to secretly record videos & post on YouTube...

Synology Drive File Sharing Notify Toast Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Synology Drive is a collaboration suite from Synology that includes document management, collaboration and file synchronization and backup features.File Sharing Notify Toast is one of the file sharing components. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in File Sharing Notify Toast in Synology...

Facebook Defends Against Device-Integrated APIs Policy, But Concerns Remain

Facebook is hitting back against a New York Times article alleging that it struck deals enabling phone-makers to access users’ personal information. The incident is yet another blow to the social media giant as it continues to deal with questions and outrage over its data privacy policies. The...

Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data

After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users' data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung. According to a lengthy report published by The New...

Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data

After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users' data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung. According to a lengthy report published by The New...