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Android apps exposed millions of users through misconfigurations

Android apps exposed millions of users through misconfigurations

Researchers analyzing Android apps have found profoundly worrying cloud misconfigurations that expose the data of more than 100 million users. Check Point Research published a report on Thursday saying that at least 23 mobile applications have a variety of misconfigurations of third-party cloud ser... Read more

date3 years ago
PHP compromised: user database leakage prime suspect

PHP compromised: user database leakage prime suspect

Nikita Popov, a PHP maintainer, posted an update regarding how the source code was compromised and corrupted by the insertion of malicious code. Popov blames a user database leak, rather than an issue with the server itself. The PHP code repository was compromised toward the end of last month, w... Read more

date3 years ago
Facebook criticizes Apple over data privacy changes in iOS 14

Facebook criticizes Apple over data privacy changes in iOS 14

Facebook posted full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Washington Post, blasting Apple for its upcoming iOS 14 operating system. The ads carried the headline, “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.” The criticism is against Apple’s decisio... Read more

date3 years ago
Apple brings privacy information for apps on all its app stores

Apple brings privacy information for apps on all its app stores

Apple now requires developers to answer a questionnaire as part of submitting an app or update in app stores across iOS, macOS, iPad, tvOS, and watchOS. Cupertino is currently relying on trust between developers and the company to receive direct reports on their apps' permissions and actions. Cu... Read more

date3 years ago
Chrome extensions will show the data they collect from users

Chrome extensions will show the data they collect from users

Google said this week that it plans to add a new section on the Chrome Web Store. It is intended for extension developers, who will be required to show what user data they are collecting and what they plan to do with the data collected. The section will go into effect on January 18, 2021. It wil... Read more

date3 years ago
The EU’s new Digital Services Act takes aim at Big Tech

The EU’s new Digital Services Act takes aim at Big Tech

The EU continues to take the fight to the tech giants, deploying a new array of legal powers contained in the block's updated Digital Services Act. Thierry Breton, the EU's bad boy of technology oversight, is at it again. As the EC's Commissioner of Internal Market, Breton is responsible for "th... Read more

date4 years ago
Browser histories are accurate enough to identify users

Browser histories are accurate enough to identify users

Userprofiles are used in identifying and re-identifying users as they browse the internet. A study presented at the Usenix Security conference states that a short list of browsing history is enough for advertisers to profile you. They do not need to have a long list of everything you have looked at... Read more

date4 years ago
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