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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Hidden Dangers of Geolocation in Cloud Security

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Hidden Dangers of Geolocation in Cloud Security

| | Blog, Cyber Threats, geolocation, Nation-State Threat Actors, OAuth, threat brief, Threat Briefing, threat detection, Threat Intelligence Research, Threat Research
One of the biggest challenges organizations face today is detecting malicious activity in cloud environments. As highlighted in MixMode’s latest Threat Research Report, cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging trusted cloud providers like AWS, ...
MixMode
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Hidden Dangers of Geolocation in Cloud Security

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Hidden Dangers of Geolocation in Cloud Security

| | Blog, Cyber Threats, geolocation, Nation-State Threat Actors, OAuth, threat brief, Threat Briefing, threat detection, Threat Intelligence Research, Threat Research
One of the biggest challenges organizations face today is detecting malicious activity in cloud environments. As highlighted in MixMode’s latest Threat Research Report, cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging trusted cloud providers like AWS, ...
MixMode
The Temu app on a smartphone screen peeking out from a pocket

Temu is Malware — It Sells Your Info, Accuses Ark. AG

| | breach of privacy, china, china espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese cyber espionage, chinese government, customer location, geofencing and location tracking, geolocation, Location, location access permission, location access risks, location data, Location data privacy, location history, location intelligence, location privacy, location services, location sharing location tracking, PDD Holdings, Pinduoduo, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Temu, Whaleco
Chinese fast-fashion-cum-junk retailer “is a data-theft business.” ...
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Life360 CEO Chris Hulls

Tile/Life360 Breach: ‘Millions’ of Users’ Data at Risk

| | access management, ASX:360, Chris Hulls, content scraping, data scraping, enumeration, Enumeration Attacks, Ex-Employee Credentials, geofencing and location tracking, geolocation, Identity & Access Management, identity and access management, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Life360, Location, location data, Location data privacy, location finder app, location history, location intelligence, location privacy, location sharing location tracking, preventing possible attempt to enumerate users, SB Blogwatch, scraper, Scrapers, Scraping, Tile, user enumeration
Location tracking service leaks PII, because—incompetence? Seems almost TOO easy ...
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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points

| | academic papers, geolocation, Privacy, Uncategorized, Wi-Fi
Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers: Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how ...
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A T-shirt, reading “You are here”

Apple API Allows Wi-Fi AP Location Tracking

| | Apple, apple bug, customer location, geofencing and location tracking, geolocation, GPS location, Location, location access risks, location data, Location data privacy, location privacy, location services, location sharing location tracking, SB Blogwatch, Skyhook, Starlink, Tibro, Wi-Fi, wi-fi security
Privacy FAIL: Apple location service returns far more data than it should—to people who have no business knowing it—and without your permission ...
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FTC Issues Its First-Ever Order Against a Data Broker

| | Data Brokers, FTC, geolocation
Federal regulators are banning OutLogic from selling or sharing sensitive location data to third parties, marking the latest effort by government officials to address the thorny issue of data brokers and what ...
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Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing

| | AirTag, android, Apple, Consumer IoT, cyberstalking, geolocation, google, iot, location privacy, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Stalking
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
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Federal Court Dismisses FTC Location Privacy Lawsuit

| | Cyberlaw, Data Privacy, Data Security, geolocation, Privacy
Geolocation data is among the most sensitive personal data. Marketers can use this data to determine what you are likely to buy, how much you are likely to spend and where you ...
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When Digital Devices Meet Analog Laws: The Digital License Paradox

| | credentials, Cyberlaw, Data Security, digital license plates, geolocation, identity, Privacy
When California allowed car owners to opt for “digital license plates” which could be customized to add personal messages, few who opted into the new technology suspected that they were permitting the ...
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