French privacy watchdog, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has hit Google with a 150 million euro fine…
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How social media mistakes can impact cybersecurity
We talked to members of our Malware Removal Support team and asked them what kind of problems they get asked to…
What are computer cookies?
We all know cookies as tasty baked treats that we love to eat, but computer cookies are quite different. Although they’re…
What is Incognito mode? Our private browsing 101
Incognito mode is the name of Google Chrome’s private browsing mode, but it’s also become the catch-all term used to describe…
Google FLoC puts ad trackers on a cookie-free diet
Cookie tracking is dying and Google needs a replacement. It’s betting on FLoC, an ad tracking technology that lets it understand…
Charities and the advertising industry: data ecosystems and privacy risks
Data makes the world go round, more often than not via advertising and its tracking mechanisms. Whether you think making money…
New version of IcedID Trojan uses steganographic payloads
This blog post was authored by @hasherezade, with contributions from @siri_urz and Jérôme Segura. Security firm Proofpoint recently published a report…
Web skimmer phishes credit card data via rogue payment service platform
Heading into the holiday shopping season, we have been tracking increased activity from a threat group registering domains for skimming and…
Cybersecurity for journalists: How to defeat threat actors and defend freedom of the press
When you’re a journalist or work for the press, there may be times when you need to take extra cybersecurity precautions—more…
YouTube ordered to cough up $170M settlement over COPPA infraction
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has required Google and YouTube to pay a settlement fee totaling…