Internet & Telecom

Facebook is finally paying up for privacy violations — but will the fines really curtail Big Tech?Source: Unsplash Facebook owner, Meta, has agreed to settle the longstanding Cambridge Analytica scandal for $725 million. This makes it the largest US data privacy class-action lawsuit ever. The scandal involving the social media platform and the political consultancy …

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Cybercriminals use stealer-as-a-service software to steal user information and payment credentials.Source: Unsplash Group-IB, a cybersecurity company, has issued a press release reporting that 34 Russian cybercrime gangs have compromised 50-million accounts through a stealer-as-a-service scam. The scammers have stolen user passwords from sites like Steam and Roblox, and payment information and credentials from Amazon, PayPal, …

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Where did all that data get saved to?SOURCE: Flickr It’s common for Windows users to uninstall applications from their computers. It’s pointless to keep applications on your disk if you no longer use them. Unfortunately, when you uninstall an application, some of its data may remain on the hard disk.  To make matters worse, these …

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Cyberattackers can sometimes leave behind an indicator of compromise!SOURCE: Flickr An indicator of compromise (IOC) refers to something left by a cyberattacker on your system. Whether this was intentional or a mistake might not be clear initially. A cyberattacker might leave an indicator of compromise directly through system activity or indirectly through system modification. Cyberattackers …

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