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Meta subsidiaries must pay $14m over misleading data collection disclosure

Categories: Business

Tags: VPN

Tags: meta

Tags: Facebook

Tags: data

Tags: disclosure

Tags: australia

Tags: australian

Tags: traffic

We take a look at reports that Meta subsidiaries have been ordered to pay a sizeable fine relating to disclosure issues for a now discontinued VPN.

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Criminals target businesses with malicious extension for Meta’s Ads Manager and accidentally leak stolen accounts

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: Meta

Tags: Facebook

Tags: malware

Tags: ads manager

Tags: chrome

Tags: extension

A group of criminals is actively targeting Facebook business users to gain access to their advertising accounts via malicious Chrome extensions. But we spotted that they made a mistake…

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A week in security (April 17 – 23)

Categories: News

Tags: fake Chrome update

Tags: AirBnb scam

Tags: fake IRS tax email

Tags: Ransomware in Germany report

Tags: Living Off The Land

Tags: LOTL attack

Tags: ALPHV ransomware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: spring cleaning your browser

Tags: lost injured dog Facebook hoax

Tags: Facebook hoax

Tags: swatting-as-aservice

Tags: LockBit ransomware

Tags: Instagram scam

Tags: Domino Backdoor

Tags: Malwarebytes Admin

Tags: Fancy Bear

Tags: tech support scam

Tags: QBot

Tags: Chrome zero-day

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Cambridge Analytica settlement claim

The most interesting security related news from the week of April 17 – 23.

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US Facebook users can now claim Cambridge Analytica settlement cash

Categories: News

Tags: Facebook

Tags: class action lawsuit settlement

Tags: Cambridge Analytica

Tags: Lauren Price

Tags: Meta

In December, Facebook decided to pay $725 million to settle a class action lawsuit. Facebook users in the US can now claim their slice of the pie.

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