Security News

How to block ad trackers from following you on Firefox
2018-08-31 13:19

Mozilla's Firefox will soon block browser ad trackers by default, but here are the 3 steps to do it yourself now.

Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices
2018-08-07 02:24

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can...

Criminal mastermind injects malicious script into Ethereum tracker. Their message? '1337'
2018-07-25 10:56

Etherscan XSS snafu could have been much, much worse Ethereum-tracking website Etherscan has resolved a cross-site scripting issue on its domain.…

Privates on parade: fitness tracker app reveals sensitive user details
2018-07-10 11:11

Another online fitness tracking app - Polar Flow - is giving up sensitive information. But this time, it's revealing the names and home locations of government personnel.

SIM card in bird’s GPS tracker used to rack up $2,700 phone bill
2018-07-06 11:03

Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.

Popular Flight Tracker Flightradar24 Suffers Data Breach
2018-06-20 13:33

One of the world's most popular flight tracking services Flightradar24, which shows real-time aircraft flight information on a map, has suffered a massive data breach that may have compromised...

Pet Trackers Open to MITM Attacks, Interception
2018-05-25 19:25

Several well-rated pet trackers contain flaws stemming from the use of Bluetooth LE, poor certificate handling and more.

LocationDumb: phone tracker foul-up exposes world+dog to tracking
2018-05-18 00:03

Securus wasted its money: the data was just sitting there The parade of bad privacy news this week has managed to get even worse, as one of the companies associated with the selling of phone...

MinerEye Introduces AI-powered Data Tracker
2018-04-16 12:00

MinerEye is launching MinerEye Data Tracker, an AI-powered governance and data protection solution that will enable companies to continuously identify, organize, track and protect vast information...