Employer Review Site Glassdoor Deanonymized Users Without Consent
Glassdoor users have been reporting lately that the platform has introduced changes in its privacy policy, which include publishing people’s real names and locations on their profiles without securing...
View ArticleStudy Shows OpenVPN Traffic Can Be Easily Identified and Blocked
Internet connections using the OpenVPN protocol can be easily identified by using DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) technologies and blocked with minor collateral damage. This result was presented in a...
View ArticleFree VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Phones into Proxies
Several free Android VPN apps have been found to support a malicious residential proxy operation named ‘Proxylib.’ Proxylib infects Android devices with an agent that conceals malicious activities such...
View ArticleAtlas VPN Announces Shutdown, All Users to Be Moved to NordVPN
Atlas VPN has announced that it will be shutting down its services on April 24, 2024, due to rising costs and the challenges that arise from the highly competitive VPN market. Atlas VPN was a...
View ArticleHacker Claims Breach on Real Estate Data Analytics Firm Mashvisor
Threat actor ‘IntelBroker’ has claimed yet another high-profile data breach, this time against Mashvisor, claiming to hold multiple user and agent databases exposing several hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleAT&T Finally Admits Data Leak Impacting 73 Million Customers
Nearly three years after RestorePrivacy first broke the AT&T breach by the prolific hacking group ShinyHunters, AT&T has finally admitted today that there was a breach. AT&T has determined...
View ArticleGoogle Agrees to Delete Billions of Files Collected in Chrome Incognito
Google has agreed to wipe billions of records it collected from over 136 million Americans, users of its Chrome browser, as part of a settlement for a 2020 lawsuit. The plaintiffs allege that Google...
View ArticleTrojanized NordVPN Installer Pushed via Microsoft Bing Campaign
A malicious advertising campaign targets users searching for NordVPN on Microsoft Bing, infecting them with the SecTorRAT malware. Microsoft Bing is a search engine that has experienced massive growth...
View ArticleGoogle Adds Privacy-Minded Crowdsourced Tracking on ‘Find My Device’
Google is rolling out a massive update for its Find My Device app, which adds Bluetooth-based crowdsourced tracking for Android devices and tags from multiple manufacturers. Find My Device is an app...
View ArticleDuckDuckGo Launches VPN Product Bundled With ID Protections
DuckDuckGo has introduced Privacy Pro, a premium subscription service that combines a VPN service, a personal information removal tool, and an identity theft restoration service into a single...
View ArticleCerebral to Pay $7 Million for Using Trackers on its Site
Cerebral, Inc. has agreed to a stipulated order with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve allegations of deceptive practices and improper handling of sensitive consumer information. Cerebral,...
View ArticleEuropol Issues Urgent Call Against E2EE on Meta’s Platforms
European police chiefs, backed by Europol, voiced strong concerns over the deployment of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) across digital communication platforms, specifically those announced recently by...
View ArticleData Breach at Kaiser Permanente Affects 13.4 Million People
Kaiser Permanente, a leading healthcare organization in the United States, has disclosed a data breach impacting approximately 13.4 million of its members and patients. The breach involved unintended...
View ArticleNordVPN Launches Spring Sale: 74% Off + 3 Months Extra
The NordVPN spring sale has arrived, offering significant discounts on secure VPN services. Learn how to navigate these deals for the best value and protect your online activity at a fraction of the...
View ArticleBitwarden Launches Authenticator App for iOS and Android
Bitwarden has expanded its product suite with the introduction of Bitwarden Authenticator, a new app designed to generate and manage time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs). TOTP-based authentication...
View ArticleFlaws in Android Cause Some VPN Apps to Suffer From DNS Leaks
Mullvad VPN has confirmed the existence of critical DNS leak problems in certain Android VPN apps stemming from inherent bugs in the Android operating system. The issue first came to light on April 22,...
View ArticleProton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain
Update: Proton has confirmed the key details of this case and provided RestorePrivacy with a comment. Proton Mail has come under scrutiny for its role in a legal request involving the Spanish...
View ArticleApple and Google Introduce Cross-Platform Unwanted Tracking Alerts
In a landmark collaboration, Apple and Google have announced the implementation of new features in iOS and Android that alert users to the presence of unknown Bluetooth tracking devices moving with...
View ArticleZoom Adds Post-Quantum End-to-End Encryption for Zoom Meetings
Zoom Video Communications has announced the global rollout of post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Zoom Meetings, positioning itself as the first UCaaS provider to offer this advanced security...
View ArticleMicrosoft Faces Backlash Over Windows Recall ‘Spyware’ Feature
Microsoft’s introduction of the Recall feature on its new Copilot+ PCs has sparked significant controversy due to privacy and security concerns. Recall, a tool designed to enhance user productivity by...
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