The EU is going toe to toe with Meta once more, with the social network giant conceding defeat yet again. After…
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Why blocking ads is good for your digital health
Online content is largely powered and paid for by advertising. Almost every site you visit, every forum you browse, and even…
Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices
Google is going to pay $39.9 million to Washington State to put to rest a lawsuit about its location tracking practices which…
Consumer privacy and social media
Looking at the privacy related stories of 2022, it’s not hard to see that much of the focus was on the social…
The weirdest security stories of 2022
There’s been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware…
400+ big brands impersonated in phishing campaign
Researchers at Cyjax have published a report on a, very likely Chinese, threat actor that specializes in impersonating well-known and trusted brands….
New streaming ad technology plays hide-and-seek with gamers
A new form of digital advertising is looking to make its way to you courtesy of video gaming. However, there’s a…
Fake tractor fraudsters plague online transactions
The agriculture sector has been under fire from digital attacks for some time now. The primary problem so far has been ransomware,…
Hookup site targeted by typo-squatters
Ethical hacker and security researcher Kody Kinzie shared with BleepingComputer a list of over 50 domains of which many are spelling…
Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again
We’ve seen many examples of third-party cookies being tackled by browsers recently. It’s not so long ago that Firefox effectively locked…