UK's CMA launches an investigation into whether Amazon and Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews and deter sellers from manipulating listings
The CMA launches investigation into fake online reviews. — From: — Case type: Martin Peers / The Information : Tech's New Growth Industry: Antitrust Inquiries The Hill : Hillicon Valley: UK watchd...
In iOS 15, Apple will introduce app transparency reports in settings that show how apps are using permissions previously granted, like location and microphone
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Sources: Chinese hackers are thought to have hacked a payroll agency inside the US Dept. of Agriculture in 2020 by exploiting another bug in SolarWinds software
Update Now Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek : China-Linked Hackers Exploited SolarWinds Flaw in U.S. Government Attack: Report Phil Muncaster / infosecurity-magazine.com : US Payroll Agency Targeted in Se...
A researcher says she archived 99.9% of posts on Parler, many with users' location data, as Apple, Google, and Amazon took the service offline
They're Blaming Amazon Instead Alison Durkee / Forbes : Parler Sues Amazon After Company Forces Social Media Site Offline Bernard Meyer / CyberNews : Data collection cheat sheet: how Parler, Twitter, ...
CA's Proposition 24 passes, and is set to expand and strengthen CA's recent privacy law, the CCPA, and create a Privacy Protection Agency for rule enforcement
the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act — passed by voters. Here's what publishers need know Aaron Holmes / Business Insider : California just passed a major privacy law that will make it ha...
UK's NCSC and US DHS publish a list of 2,500 COVID-19-related threats they are tracking, including malicious websites and email addresses linked to scams
COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal : Hacking Groups Hunt Pandemic Opportunities, Warn U.S., British Officials Dark Reading : Microsoft Releases COVID-19 Sec...
Researchers found a now-secured database online with ~900K records of plastic surgery patients, including photos with nudity and identifying information
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Researcher: since at least October, web source code for thousands of Instagram profiles leaked the user's contact info; the issue was fixed in March
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Facebook says it has disabled 66 profiles and pages run by Social Data Hub, a company that has called itself the “Cambridge Analytica of Russia”
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Facebook changes authorization process for users who manage Pages with a large US following, requiring them to use 2FA and confirm their primary location
Pages give businesses … Mallory Locklear / Engadget : Facebook requires Page managers to complete authorization process Laura Hautala / CNET : Facebook adds requirements for page managers amid concern...