Security News

Family tracking app spilled pics, names and real-time location data
2019-03-26 10:37

A journalist/researcher team got a sensitive database taken down after the vendor responsible failed to acknowledge a problem.

European Government Websites Are Delivering Tracking Cookies to Visitors
2019-03-20 16:20

Governments within the European Union appear to be flouting their own GDPR laws. Many official government websites are harboring and delivering tracking cookies from the ad tech industry even...

Google Gives Users More Choice with Location-Tracking Apps
2019-03-18 16:41

Developers will have a new option to for Android apps too track location only when in use.

Data-tracking Chrome flaw triggered by viewing PDFs
2019-03-01 12:33

Researchers have spotted an unusual ‘trackware’ attack triggered by a viewing a PDF inside the Chrome browser.

Friday Squid Blogging: A Tracking Device for Squid
2019-02-22 22:09

Really: After years of "making do" with the available technology for his squid studies, Mooney created a versatile tag that allows him to research squid behavior. With the help of Kakani Katija,...

How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background
2019-02-22 16:03

Every app installed on your smartphone with permission to access location service "can" continually collect your real-time location secretly, even in the background when you do not use them. Do...

Facebook lets Android users block location tracking
2019-02-22 11:44

Facebook announced it's tweaking its Android version, which was tracking your location even when the app wasn't in use.

Leaky child-tracking smartwatch maker hits back at bad PR
2019-02-08 12:55

We're not convinced 'people who want to harm kids will follow the kid, not the watch' is a great comeback Kids' smartwatch-pusher Enox, whose Safe-KID-One watch was pulled by the European...

European Commission orders mass recall of creepy, leaky child-tracking smartwatch
2019-02-04 17:16

Hackers can talk to and locate the wearer, warns notice The European Commission has ordered the recall of a smartwatch aimed at kids that allows miscreants to pinpoint the wearer's location,...

Mozilla releases anti tracking policy, enhances tracking protection in Firefox 65
2019-01-30 07:31

Mozilla has released Firefox 65, which includes enhanced, configurable protection against online tracking. The organization has also published an official anti tracking policy that effectively...