Accidental VirusTotal upload is a valuable reminder to double check what you share

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We take a look at reports of a document being accidentally shared to the VirusTotal service and potentially exposing names and email addresses in the security and intelligence community.

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Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data

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A proposed law would ban brokers from selling mobile location data in Massachusetts.

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Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI

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We take a look at a change to Google’s Privacy Policy which indicates the use of public data for AI training.

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Company finds lost SSD—and confidential data—for sale on eBay

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Major software company SAP is putting the pieces of a story involving missing SSD disks back together.

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Software company accused of illegally profiling millions of mobile phone users

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A digital rights and privacy organization has filed a complaint against software company TeleSign for gathering and selling information on millions of mobile phone users.

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UPS warns customers of phishing attempts after data accessed

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UPS is warning Canadian customers of potential phishing attempts after data was left accessible via look-up tool.

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DNA testing company failed to protect sensitive genetic and health data, says FTC

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The FTC is going head to head with a DNA testing startup which left consumer data unsecured on Amazon buckets.

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