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Shady Tracking Firms Are Selling Your GPS Location History

| | Cybersecurity, GPS, Information Security, Location, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, security
In a worrying report, the Gray Lady is waking up Americans to the silent world of smartphone location tracking and brokerage ...
Security Boulevard
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Apple Passive-Aggressive PR Sparks Privacy Fear (Yet Again)

| | Apple, Cybersecurity, Information Security, iPhone 11, Location, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, security, Security News
Why is Apple so bad at answering simple questions? ...
Security Boulevard
Malware Misuses Common Operating System Commands to Perform Targeted Attacks

Malware Misuses Common Operating System Commands to Perform Targeted Attacks

| | country, Location, Malware, OS language, region, Targeted Attack, threats, Ursnif
We previously posted a blog about the Ursnif family of malware using language checks to determine the end user’s location as a means of bypassing sandbox-based endpoint protection during regionally targeted attacks ...
Bromium
Location-aware malware targets Japanese and Korean endpoints Bromium

Location-Aware Malware Targets Japanese and Korean Endpoints

| | DateAndTime, excel, image, Japan, Korea, Location, Malware, Microsoft, threats, ZeRo
New malware samples use location awareness to specifically target Japanese and Korean endpoints. The malware uses two techniques to determine the location in which it is being executed and ensures that the ...
Bromium
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The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Polar Fitness App Location Data Exposed, Blocking Scam Phone Calls, Samba TV Privacy Controversy

| | android, api, Apple, geolocation, google, ios, Location, Phone Calls, phone scams, Podcast Episodes, Polar, Privacy, scam, Scams, Weekly Blaze Podcast
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for July 16th, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was ...
Shared Security