Most Americans don’t think it’s possible to keep their data private
Data collection may be considered part of daily life now for Americans, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Over 60% of US adults reported…
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Data thieves blew cover after maxing out victim’s hard drive
An anonymous cybercriminal (or perhaps a gang) whose over-pilfering from a victim’s filesystem blew the “disk full” whistle on their massive data-stealing…
Qualcomm Chip Flaws Let Hackers Steal Private Data From Android Devices
Hundreds of millions of devices, especially Android smartphones and tablets, using Qualcomm chipsets, are vulnerable to a new set of potentially serious…
Amazon launches AWS Data Exchange for tracking and sharing data sets
Amazon today announced a new addition to its growing stable of cloud products: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Exchange. It’s pitching it as a way for AWS…
Facebook says government demands for user data are at a record high
Facebook’s latest transparency report is out. The social media giant said the number of government demands for user data increased by 16% to 128,617 demands…
PacketAI predicts IT incidents by parsing large event data sets
Meet PacketAI, a French startup that wants to alert you when there’s something wrong with your app or service. The company uses machine learning to parse raw…
Android Apps on Google Play that Drop Malware and Steal Personal Data of…
Security researchers identified seven new malicious apps present on Google Play Store that infect devices with adware and malware while laying open the…
Facebook used user data to control competitors and rivals
Leaked documents from a lawsuit filed by a now-defunct startup Six4Three on Facebook shows some 700 pages revealing how Facebook leveraged user data against…
Facebook confesses 100 devs may have accessed leaked Groups data
Even after Facebook locked down its Groups API in April 2018 to keep developers from accessing user data – including the names and profile pictures of people…
Facebook cut off developer access to user data to squash potential rivals
Facebook began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals while presenting the move to the general public as a…