Security News

SafePay ransomware gang claims Microlise attack that disrupted prison van tracking
2024-11-22 08:34

Fledgling band of crooks says it stole 1.2 TB of data The new SafePay ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack on UK telematics biz Microlise, giving the company less than 24...

Secret Service Tracking People’s Locations without Warrant
2024-11-21 12:03

This feels important: The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of...

Tracking World Leaders Using Strava
2024-10-31 15:16

Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them to track their runs,...

Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent
2024-09-25 19:40

European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox...

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent
2024-09-25 14:12

Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new...

Organized crime and domestic violence perps are big buyers of tracking devices
2024-06-26 03:45

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Google's Privacy Sandbox Accused of User Tracking by Austrian Non-Profit
2024-06-14 13:21

Google's plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser with Privacy Sandbox has run into fresh trouble after Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business)...

Crooks crack customer info at tracking device vendor Tile, issue 'extortion' demands
2024-06-13 01:15

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Microsoft accused of tracking kids with education software
2024-06-04 14:00

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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29 11:01

Abstract: Wi-Fi-based Positioning Systems are used by modern mobile devices to learn their position using nearby Wi-Fi access points as landmarks. The privacy implications of such massive datasets become more stark when taken longitudinally, allowing the attacker to track devices' movements.