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Security News for the Week Ending April 26, 2019

As Terrorists Blow Up Soft Targets, Sri Lanka Turns Off Social Media As Sri Lanka is dealing with multiple bombs exploding at churches and hotels, the country’s solution to the inevitable use of social media to fan flames and release propaganda, in addition to news is to turn off social media. At the current time, […]

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Security News Bites for the Week Ending April 5, 2019

Oops – Office Depot Mimics Phone Phishers Thanks to reader Gina for this one.  Office Depot got caught scamming its customers telling them they had (fake) malware on their computers when they asked OD and its vendor Support.com to scan their computers. No, they didn’t have malware – just a bill for unneeded services. While […]

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Hidden Cameras in Your Vacation Rental or Hotel Room?!

After you are done gasping — it is not a far fetched scenario, at least for vacation rentals.  There have been many stories of AirBnB rentals having surveillance cameras – even though their agreement requires that they be disclosed if present. When it comes to hotels, it is much more likely that those cameras were […]

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Friday News for May 11th, 2018

Irish High Court Deals Blow to Facebook In yet another case that could deal a blow to the way that Facebook and others transfer data between the EU and the US, the Irish High Court told Facebook that it would not stay it’s “referral” to the European Court of Justice.  The case in question is […]

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British Surveillance No Different Than U.S.

While the U.S. has Snowden, The Brits have Privacy International.  As part of a lawsuit, Privacy International obtained formerly secret files regarding the extent of British surveillance. The data the Brits are hoovering up includes private medical records, correspondence with your doctor or lawyer, financial data and other information. And the government admits that the […]

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