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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Again, a raid as harmful as that commences with what appears to be garden-variety deceptive advertising trickery.

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Remote code execution is possible by exploiting flaws in Vxworks

Network World

Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in WindRiver’s VxWorks, a real-time operating system in use across an advertised 2 billion connected devices have been discovered by network security vendor Armis. How the internet of things works. What is edge computing and how it’s changing the network. and why it matters].

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How much longer can Google own the internet?

Vox

Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act on Thursday. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation would forbid any company with more than $20 billion in digital advertising revenue — that’s Google and Meta, basically — from owning multiple parts of the digital advertising chain.

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Your online personal data has a guardian angel

Dataconomy

The internet is filled with lots of information, and this information is not accessible on the internet until the end of time thanks to data deprecation. When we use the internet, we leave a trail of data behind us. Data deprecation means putting limits on how companies can use our data for advertising.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

With the advent of the internet and technological advancements, the ease of sharing and accessing digital content has created an environment where digital piracy thrives, leading to detrimental consequences for content creators, copyright holders, and the overall economy. One major issue is the presence of malware.

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Why Facebook and Apple are fighting over your privacy

Vox

Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues. Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps.

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How to monitor and limit your data usage on an Android phone

The Verge

Although many data plans these days are advertised as “unlimited,” most actually have a cut-off point when your data stream is going to slow radically. Go to Network & internet > Internet and tap on the gear icon next to your carrier’s name. Go to Settings > Network & internet > Data Saver.

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