Uber Deployed ‘Surfcam Spyware’ in Australia to Crush the Competition – Report
Until a report this week, Uber’s Surfcam’s use was thought to be limited to incidents uncovered in Singapore in 2017. For its part, Uber denies that it’s a “spyware.”
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Old Tech Spills Digital Dirt on Past Owners
Researcher buys old computers, flash drives, phones and hard drives and finds only two properly wiped devices out of 85 examined.
Fourth Major Credential Spill in a Month Hits DreamMarket
Gnosticplayers has released about 26 million records from what he said are breaches of six new companies.
Developers will have a new option to for Android apps to track location only when in use.
With wide deployment expected in the next decade, the driverless automobile landscape looks fraught – from road safety to data protection.
An unpatched high-severity vulnerability allows keystroke injections in Fujitsu wireless keyboards.
A Sydney man is accused of selling nearly 1 million compromised accounts, for a significant profit.
The mobile app, dubbed a “Yelp for Conservatives,” was found with an open API leaking reams of user data.
Facebook is suing two Ukrainian men who were able to scrape data from 63,000 users’ profiles by enticing users to download a malicious browser extension.
Hacking into smart homes is becoming increasingly easy and a great way to steal victims’ personal information, Trend Micro said at RSA 2019.
