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Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower

August 25, 2022 admin bots, cult of the dead cow, elon musk, FTC, Infrastructure, l0pht, mudge, news, SEC, Twitter, whistleblower, zatko

Categories: News

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Former Twitter head of security and ethical hacker Peiter Mudge Zatko has alleged some serious problems about the social media giant.

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To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.

July 29, 2022 admin cybercrime, dara khosrowshahi, Department of Justice, DoJ, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, joe sullivan, travis kalanick, Uber

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:44:16 +0000

The 2016 Uber data breach affected the personal information of 57 million people. And then the company covered it all up.

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The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data

July 18, 2022 admin Federal Trade Commission, FTC, my body my data act, privacy, roe v. wade, sara jacobs

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:55:11 +0000

The FTC will keep an eye on companies that mishandle and misuse data to protect reproductive healthcare data in post-Roe America.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

June 28, 2022 admin cryptocurrency scam, dating apps, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Federal Trade Commission, feeld, FTC, Grindr, impersonators, investment scam, LGBTQ, lgbtq+ extortion, romance scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

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5 ways to avoid being catfished

June 25, 2022 admin catfishing, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, money mule, national catfish day, personal, prevent catfishing, prevent romance scams, romance scam

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Before dining over catfish this National Catfish Day, remember another catfish that’s also captured the public’s attention.

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Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing

May 28, 2022 admin 2fa, Department of Justice, DoJ, eu-us privacy shield, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, privacy, swiss-us privacy shield, Twitter, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 12:27:05 +0000

Twitter is paying the price for using users’ security information for targeted advertising,

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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

March 16, 2022 admin cafepress, data breach, FTC, mfa, Password, plain text, reports, SSN, unencrypted

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:57:42 +0000

The FTC has taken action against CafePress for the cover up of a data breach. The company is accused of lax security and deceptive practices.

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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 admin bbb, Better Business Bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, SCAM, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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