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2020-01-16 15:42:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
A win for privacy? Google plans to scrap user-agent string in Chrome

Mozilla takes issue with proposed replacement, which the Firefox-maker says could still be used for fingerprinting

2020-01-16 14:40:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Jenkins flags vulnerable plugins in latest security advisory

Devs urged to keep their CI pipeline in order

2020-01-16 14:35:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
‘Fleeceware’ Apps Downloaded 600M Times from Google Play

New research shows apps that dupe users into being charged excessively with little reward persist on the Android app store.

Uncategorized Android Bad Apps Fleeceware Google Google Play Mobile Apps
2020-01-16 13:47:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Update now! Popular WordPress plugins have password bypass flaws

Researchers have discovered bad authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins which should be patched as soon as possible.

Security Threats Vulnerability InfiniteWP Client Password Bypass Password Security Plugins Security Flaw Vulnerability WebARX Wordpress Wordpress Plugins WP Time Capsule
2020-01-16 13:43:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it's not just dating apps that are doing it...

Amazon Android Facebook Google Mobile Privacy Twitter AdColony Ads Advertising App Privacy AppNexus AppsFlyer Behavioral Ad Industry Braze Bucksense California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA Clue Data Brokers Digital Marketing Bill Of Rights For Minors Drug Use Fluxloop Fysical GDPR GPS Data Grindr Happn LeanPlum Location Data Marketing Mobile Ad Platforms Mobile Ads Mobile Marketing Muslim: Qibla Finder Muslims My Talking Tom 2 MyDays Neura Norwegian Consumer Council OKCupid OpenX Perfect365 Pii Placer Places/Fouraquare Political Views Profiling PubNative Qibla Finder Receptiv Religious Preferences Safegraph Sexual Orientation Smaato Targeted Advertising Tinder Unacast Verve Vungle Wave Keyboard
2020-01-16 13:20:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two years

Google doesn't want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. It has promised to make them obsolete later, though. Wait - what?

Google Google Chrome Privacy Web Browsers Chrome Cookies Fingerprinting Privacy Sandbox Tracking Web Tracking
2020-01-16 12:57:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus

Fight for the Future is building on its success in pressuring concert promoters to back off of plans to use the technology at festivals.

Privacy Biometrics College Campuses Facial Recognition Fight For The Future Students Students For Sensible Drug Policy Surveillance
2020-01-16 12:48:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Hackers jailed for hacking National Lottery & withdrawing £13

By Uzair Amir

Welp, here's something shocking... NOT.

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers jailed for hacking National Lottery & withdrawing £13

Cyber Crime Fraud Hacking Lottery NCA Scam Security
2020-01-15 23:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
2017 Data Breach Will Cost Equifax at Least $1.38 Billion

Company agrees to set aside a minimum of $380.5 million as breach compensation and spend another $1 billion on transforming its information security over the next five years. The 147 million US consumers affected by the breach have one week from today to file a claim.

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