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2019-11-27 15:28:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
IoT Smartwatch Exposes Kids’ Personal, GPS Data

Yet another connected smartwatch for children has been discovered exposing personal and location data of kids - opening the door for various insidious threats.

Hacks IoT Privacy Web Security Children's Smartwatch Connected Smartwatch Exposed Data GPS Location Data Personal Data SMA M2
2019-11-27 15:26:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Federal Data Privacy Bill Takes Aim at Tech Giants

The COPRA legislation would provide GDPR-like data protections, and create a new FTC enforcement bureau.

Government Privacy Cantwell Copra Data Privacy Data Protections Enforcement Bureau Federal Law Fines FTC GDPR Legislation Private Lawsuits Senate Bill Tech Giants
2019-11-27 14:49:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Fowl play: Black Friday scams to watch out for this year

Avoid being stuffed by cybercriminals this Thanksgiving

2019-11-27 14:00:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Dexphot Malware Hijacked 80K+ Devices to Mine Cryptocurrency

A cryptomining malware has infected at least 80k devices and uses various tactics to evade detection.

Hacks Malware 80K Infections Apt Code Crypto Cryptomining Detection Evasion Dexphot Malware Microsoft
2019-11-27 12:49:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.

Android Data Loss Facebook IOS Mobile Privacy Security Threats Social Networks Twitter Advertising Data Slurping Marketing MobiBurn Mobile Marketing One Audience OneAudience Profile Slurping Profiles Rogue SDKs SDK SDKs Third Party Apps
2019-11-27 12:37:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Splunk customers should update now to dodge Y2K-style bug

Splunk has issued a critical warning regarding a showstopping Y2K-style date bug in one of the platform’s configuration files.

Data Loss Security Threats Vulnerability Bug Configuration Files Splunk Timestamp Y2k
2019-11-27 12:26:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
EU raises eyebrows at possible US encryption ban

EU officials have warned that they may not take kindly to a US encryption ban or insertion of crypto backdoor technology.

Cryptography Government Security Privacy Encryption EU EU-US Privacy Shield European Commission GDPR US Encryption Ban Usa
2019-11-27 12:20:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Finland launches cybersecurity label for IoT devices

‘Buy smart, not blind’

2019-11-27 11:58:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, "Swatting celebrities for a follow back."

2-factor Authentication Celebrities Hacked Law & Order Security Threats Twitter 2-Factor Authentication 2FA @jack Account Hijack Account Hijacking Celebrities Chuckling Squad Debug Hack Hacked Jack Dorsey MFA REACT Santa Clara Security Threats SIM Swaps SMS Social Networks
2019-11-27 11:25:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Firefox gets tough on tracking tricks that sneakily sap your privacy

Firefox is getting ready to turn on its automatic anti-snooping tools to stop web 'fingerprinting" tricks.

Firefox Mozilla Browser Fingerprint Cookie Supercookie Tracking

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A total of 13 breaches were found and analysed resulting in 4,834,779 leaked accounts containing a total of 21 different data types. The breaches found publicly and freely available included Stealer Log 0452, Redaq, Stealer Log 0453, Kharkov and Stealer Log 0451