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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams (updated)

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Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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Scams

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MalwareBytes Security

The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

August 22, 2019 admin 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, Blackmail, Digital Shadows, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

Categories:

Scams

Tags: 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ bitcoin Bitcoin sextortion blackmail Digital Shadows EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation scams sextortion email sextortion scams

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Independent Krebs

Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

August 7, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, Andy Greenberg, AT&T, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, Google Voice, Nicholas Truglia, robocalls, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:43:58 +0000

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptick in SIM-swapping attacks that lead to multi-million dollar cyberheists. If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone service, think again. And you’d be forgiven if you assumed the major wireless carriers or federal regulators had their hands firmly on the wheel.

MalwareBytes Security

Changing California’s privacy law: A snapshot at the support and opposition

July 25, 2019 admin AB 1416, AB 1564, AB 25, AB 846, AB 873, ACLU of California, Amazon, AT&T, Autumn Burke, big tech, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, deidentified, Ed Chau, eff, Facebook, google, Internet Association, Jacqui Irwin, Ken Cooley, loyalty program, Marc Berman, microsoft, personal information, privacy, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Technet

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:59:59 +0000

Before the California Senate returns from its summer recess, we look at the authors, supporters, opponents, and donors involved in an extended fight to change California’s privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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Privacy

Tags: AB 1416 AB 1564 AB 25 AB 846 AB 873 ACLU of California amazon AT&T Autumn Burke Big Tech California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA deidentified Ed Chau EFF facebook Google Internet Association Jacqui Irwin Ken Cooley loyalty program Marc Berman microsoft personal information Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson Technet

MalwareBytes Security

Consumers have few legal options for protecting privacy

April 23, 2019 admin ACLU, apple, consumer privacy, corporate surveillance, Data Privacy, deceitful business practices, digital privacy, DNA testing, eff, Helix DNA, Mozilla, privacy, Privacy & Policy, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Security world, signal, unfair business practices, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:03:20 +0000

Amidst never-ending headlines about data breaches, data misuse, and opaque data-sharing agreements from major companies, users have few legal options to actually protect their privacy in court. Instead, they rely on technology.

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Tags: ACLU Apple consumer privacy corporate surveillance Data privacy deceitful business practices digital privacy DNA testing EFF Helix DNA mozilla privacy privacy policy Privacy Rights Clearinghouse signal unfair business practices whatsapp

MalwareBytes Security

Google’s Nest fiasco harms user trust and invades their privacy

March 13, 2019 admin alarm, Amazon Alexa, assistant, Data Collection, Data Privacy, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Epic, Federal Trade Commission, google, Google Assistant, keypad, microphone, motion sensor, Nest, Nest Guard, Nest Secure, privacy, Security world, Senate Select Committee on Commerce, smart assistant, Sonos, Sonos One, transparency, transparent, trust, user trust, voice assistant

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:30:29 +0000

Last month, Google announced that its Nest Secure would be updated to work with Google Assistant software. The problem? Google never told users its product had a microphone to begin with. Simple oversight or invasion of privacy? We break it down.

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Independent Krebs

New EU Privacy Law May Weaken Security

February 15, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Andrew Sullivan, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, GoDaddy, Göran Marby, ICANN, Internet of Things, IoT, Jeremy Malcolm, The Coming Storm, WHOIS privacy

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:11:30 +0000

Companies around the globe are scrambling to comply with new European privacy regulations that take effect a little more than three months from now. But many security experts are worried that the changes being ushered in by the rush to adhere to the law may make it more difficult to track down cybercriminals and less likely that organizations will be willing to share data about new online threats. On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect. The law, enacted by the European Parliament, requires technology companies to get affirmative consent for any information they collect on people within the European Union. Organizations that violate the GDPR could face fines of up to four percent of global annual revenues.

Kaspersky Security

Digital device searches at the border: 11 tips for safe travel

January 23, 2018 admin 34c3, CCC, Chaos Communication Congress, data, eff, news, privacy, protection, state border

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:00:22 +0000

Do border agents have the right to search your devices? How can you protect your data from searches at the border? We have 11 tips covering this topic.