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FTC: ISPs are Spying on You. ISPs: Deal With It.
Your internet service provider watches your browsing habits, records them and sells you to the highest bidder—so says the Federal Trade Commission ...
Facebook Vs. NYU and Transparency
On August 3, 2021, Facebook, showed off its full 800-pound gorilla physique by attempting to crush the work of two New York University (NYU) researchers, Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy and their ...
High Court Deals Blow to Data Privacy Regulations
Like the Kubler-Ross stages of grief, there are multiple stages of data breach. Anger, denial, blame, investigation, litigation, regulation and, ultimately, resignation. This includes possible class action litigation by consumers, banks, vendors, ...
CISO Stories Podcast: Necessity is the Mother of Security
Tatu Ylönen, SSH founder and inventor of Secure Shell, discusses the genesis for the protocol and his keen interest in the application of technological solutions to fundamental cybersecurity challenges - check it ...
CISO Stories Podcast: He Fought the FTC Over a Breach and Won
Hopefully, you won’t ever have to hire a lawyer to defend yourself against a government regulator. So what happens when the Federal Trade Commission or other powerful body baselessly accuses your company ...
US Military Personnel Actively Targeted By Cybercriminals; Over $350 Million in Reported Losses in the Past Five Years
The most recent AtlasVPN research delves into fraud targeting US military personnel between 2015 and June 2020. In the past five years, active and former military staff have filed more than 680,000 ...
FTC Reports Over $118 Million in Losses Due to Coronavirus-Related Fraud
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received over 175,000 consumer reports related to Covid-19 scams, totaling a whopping $118.81 million in losses. So far, the top ...
Amazon Echo Exploit, Privacy Shield, Capital One Data Breach Update
In episode 134 for August 17th 2020: Details on new critical vulnerabilities found in Amazon Echo devices, what the end of the Privacy Shield framework means EU citizens personal data, and new ...
HyperBeard Fined $150K for Allegedly Collecting Children’s Data Illegally
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined app developer HyperBeard $150,000 for allegedly collecting children’s data in an unlawful way. On June 4, the FTC announced that HyperBeard had agreed to pay ...
Military Active-Duty Personnel Are 76% More Likely to Report Identify Theft, FTC Reports
A five-year analysis of data gathered by IdentityTheft.gov reveals that “active duty service members are 76% more likely than other adults to report that an identity thief misused an existing account,” and ...
