Last week, the Federal Trade Commission hit Facebook with a $5 billion fine for mishandling user data. The fine comes after the FTC’s investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. On this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses the implications of this fine — and how Facebook may (or may not) change its practices.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:30:58 +0000
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| A weekly roundup of security news from June 3–9, including Magecart, breaches, hyperlink auditing, Bluekeep, FTC, and facial recognition.
Categories: Tags: botnetbrowserschinacryptominingdata leaksfacial recognitionfbiFTCmicrosoftvulnerabilityweb browsers |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:05:26 +0000
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| The Federal Trade Commission recently released a warning about a sharp increase in Social Security Number scammers. Have you gotten one of their robocalls? Here’s how to recognize the scam and what to do about it.
Categories: Tags: Federal Trade CommissionFTCrobocall scamSecurity DisabilitySocial Security Administrationsocial security number scamsocial security scamSSAssa scamSSDssd vulnerabilitySSNssn scam |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 02:26:06 +0000
Later this month, all of the three major consumer credit bureaus will be required to offer free credit freezes to all Americans and their dependents. Maybe you’ve been holding off freezing your credit file because your home state currently charges a fee for placing or thawing a credit freeze, or because you believe it’s just not worth the hassle. If that accurately describes your views on the matter, this post may well change your mind.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 16:18:48 +0000
The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time location data and customer account details. In the wake of these consumer privacy debacles, many are left wondering who’s responsible for policing these industries? How exactly did we get to this point? What prospects are there for changes to address this national privacy crisis at the legislative and regulatory levels? These are some of the questions we’ll explore in this article.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:25:09 +0000
If you, a friend or loved one lost money in a scam involving Western Union, some or all of those funds may be recoverable thanks to a more than half-billion dollar program set up by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Read moreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:35 +0000
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| Last month, the FTC announced the recovery of 10 million dollars from Advanced Tech Support. If you were a victim of ATS, also known as Inbound Call Experts (ICE), you might be able to get a partial refund of what they scammed from you.
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Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:19:04 +0000
FTC’s crackdown on influencers is toothless.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:14:42 +0000
Regulators at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are asking for public comment on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, a 14-year-old federal law that seeks to crack down on unsolicited commercial email. Judging from an unscientific survey by this author, the FTC is bound to get an earful.
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Most regular readers here are familiar with CEO fraud — e-mail scams in which the attacker spoofs the boss and tricks an employee at the organization into wiring funds to the fraudster. Loyal readers also have heard an earful about W-2 phishing, in which crooks impersonate the boss and request a copy of all employee tax forms. According to a new “urgent alert” issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, scammers are now combining both schemes and targeting a far broader range of organizations than ever before.
One of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2016 was the surge in online attacks caused by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as Internet routers, security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and smart appliances. Many readers here have commented with ideas about how to counter vulnerabilities caused by out-of-date software in IoT devices, so why not pitch your idea for money? Who knows, you could win up to $25,000 in a new contest put on by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).