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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has decided to withdraw a 2024 rule to limit the sale of Americans’ personal information by data brokers. In a Federal Register notice published yesterday, the CFPB said it “has determined that legislative rulemaking is not necessary or appropriate at this time to address the subject matter”. The data

EU privacy advocacy group NOYB has clapped back at Meta over its plans to start training its AI model on European users’ data. In a cease and desist letter to the social networking giant’s Irish operation signed by founder Max Schrems, the non-profit demanded that it justify its actions or risk legal action. In April,

The state of Texas reached a mammoth financial agreement with Google last week, securing $1.375 billion in payments to settle two three year-old lawsuits. The Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally filed the first lawsuit against Google in January 2022, complaining that the tech giant collected users’ geolocation data. It alleged that Google

Researchers have discovered a very versatile ad fraud network—known as Kaleidoscope—that bombards users with unskippable ads. Normally, ad fraud is not a concern for users of infected devices. They might experience some sluggish behavior on their device, but often that’s the extent of it. Ad fraud is a type of scam aimed at companies, causing

Google has expressed plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to stop tech support scams in Chrome. With the launch of Chrome version 137, Google plans to use the on-device Gemini Nano large language model (LLM) to recognize and block tech support scams. Users already have the ability to chose Enhanced Protection under Settings > Privacy

The relentless battle against online fraud is a constant evolution, a digital chase where security teams and malicious actors continually adapt. The increasing sophistication of attacks is blurring the lines between legitimate user behavior and impersonation attempts. The campaign we are exposing today is a reminder that even the most advanced security technologies do not

Sponsored ads on Google search don’t just irritate users—they also provide a dangerous opportunity for cybercriminals to spread malware and scams to their unsuspecting victims. What looks like a harmless search result can be a carefully disguised trap.   At Malwarebytes, our researchers have uncovered a variety of threats hiding in plain sight within these sponsored

For decades, passwords have been our default method for keeping online accounts safe. But in the age of artificial intelligence, this traditional security method is facing challenges it was never built to withstand. A team at Cybernews conducted a study of over 19 billion newly exposed passwords which showed we’re looking at a “a widespread