Facebook Launches ‘Privacy Center’ to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options

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Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, on Friday announced the launch of a centralized Privacy Center that aims to “educate people” about its approach with regards to how …

France Fines Google, Facebook €210 Million Over Privacy Violating Tracking Cookies

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The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), France’s data protection watchdog, has slapped Facebook (now Meta Platforms) and Google with fines of €150 million ($170 million) and €60 …

NHS Warns of Hackers Targeting Log4j Flaws in VMware Horizon

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The digital security team at the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) has raised the alarm on active exploitation of Log4Shell vulnerabilities in unpatched VMware Horizon servers by an unknown threat actor to …

New Trick Could Let Malware Fake iPhone Shutdown to Spy on Users Secretly

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Researchers have disclosed a novel technique by which malware on iOS can achieve persistence on an infected device by faking its shutdown process, making it impossible to physically determine if …

VMware Patches Important Bug Affecting ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Products

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VMWare has shipped updates to Workstation, Fusion, and ESXi products to address an “important” security vulnerability that could be weaponized by a threat actor to take control of affected systems. …

New Zloader Banking Malware Campaign Exploiting Microsoft Signature Verification

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An ongoing ZLoader malware campaign has been uncovered exploiting remote monitoring tools and a nine-year-old flaw concerning Microsoft’s digital signature verification to siphon user credentials and sensitive information. Israeli cybersecurity company Check …

Researchers Uncover Hacker Group Behind Organized Financial-Theft Operation

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Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps of an organized financial-theft operation undertaken by a discreet actor to target transaction processing systems and siphon funds from entities primarily located in Latin …