Security News

What Stricter Data Privacy Laws Mean for Your Cybersecurity Policies
2022-12-09 11:00

For today's businesses data privacy is already a big headache, and with modern privacy laws expanding to more of the world's population, regulatory compliance is on track to become a more...

Brave starts showing "privacy-preserving" ads in search results
2022-12-01 18:24

All "Private search ads" shown by Brave Search throughout this beta test will be clearly marked according to the company and will not be linked to their identity. "By design, Brave Search ads are anonymous, clearly marked, and follow Brave's commitment to putting users first, and to ethical and transparent advertising practices," Brave said.

Cyber Monday deal: Get 50% off Malwarebytes Premium, Privacy VPN
2022-11-28 15:59

50% off the Malwarebytes Premium + Malwarebytes Privacy VPN bundle, discounted from $79.99 to $39.99. 25% off Malwarebytes for Teams, discounted from $49.99 to $37.49.

Black Friday deal: Get 50% off Malwarebytes Premium, Privacy VPN
2022-11-21 19:10

50% off the Malwarebytes Premium + Malwarebytes Privacy VPN bundle, discounted from $79.99 to $39.99. 25% off Malwarebytes for Teams, discounted from $49.99 to $37.49.

Black Friday deal: 50% off Malwarebytes Premium + Privacy VPN bundle
2022-11-21 19:10

Get 50% off the Malwarebytes Premium and Malwarebytes Privacy VPN bundle through November 28th! Malwarebytes' Black Friday deal is now live, offering a 50% discount on the Malwarebytes Premium antivirus + Malwarebytes Privacy VPN bundle until November 28th. Malwarebytes 4.5 includes numerous features to help you stay protected, including real-time malware protection, exploit protection, and behavior detections for ransomware attacks. While running, Malwarebytes will also monitor network connections, preventing communication with malicious sites and command and control servers.

Google to Roll Out Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 by Early 2023
2022-11-16 05:24

Internet behemoth Google on Tuesday said it plans to roll out Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta to mobile devices running Android 13 starting early next year. "The Privacy Sandbox Beta will be available for ad tech and app developers who wish to test the ads-related APIs as part of their solutions," the company said.

Breaking down data encryption techniques aimed at improving data privacy
2022-11-16 05:00

In this Help Net Security video, Dana Morris, SVP Product and Engineering at Virtru, talks about privacy-preserving cryptography. He provides an introduction to data encryption techniques, the key exchange problem, discusses the need for crypto-agility, and much more.

Google to roll out Privacy Sandbox on Android 13 starting early 2023
2022-11-15 18:00

Google announced today that they will begin rolling out the Privacy Sandbox system on a limited number of Android 13 devices starting in early 2023. The Privacy Sandbox is a set of technologies Google introduced in February this year, aiming to limit the tracking of users while still providing advertisers with viable performance-measurement options.

Google to Pay $391 Million Privacy Fine for Secretly Tracking Users' Location
2022-11-15 06:11

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay a record $391.5 million to settle with 40 states in the U.S. over charges the company misled users about the collection of personal location data. "Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when Google continued to collect their location information," Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Monday.

World Cup apps pose a data security and privacy nightmare
2022-11-11 20:06

With mandated spyware downloads to tens of thousands of surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition technology, the World Cup in Qatar next month is looking more like a data security and privacy nightmare than a celebration of the beautiful game. "Ehteraz is able to install an encrypted file which claims to hold a unique ID, QR code, infection status, configuration parameters and proximity data of other devices using the app," Tom Lysemose Hansen, CTO and co-founder of app security firm Promon told The Register.