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AI & Cloud Big Tech Meta Spanish May 4, 2023

Meta Platforms advierte de la difusión de malware mediante IA generativa

Meta Platforms se ha sumado a las voces cada vez más numerosas que expresan sus temores sobre los peligros de las plataformas de IA generativa como ChatGPT, y ha publicado…

By Albert Cuesta

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November 24, 2020

Pandemic fuels surge in Asia mobile malware

Mobile malware in Asia surged in Q3, with Indonesia accounting for more than half of all global transactions blocked, data from mobile technology company Upstream showed. The company said 97…

By Joseph Waring

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Big Tech Meta August 28, 2020

Facebook sues app developers for data misuse

Facebook initiated legal proceedings against app developers in the UK and the US for alleged misuse of user data on its main platform and account infringements on its Instagram subsidiary.

By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva

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Meta March 4, 2020

WhatsApp tipped for NSO Group legal win

Facebook’s messaging service WhatsApp was deemed to be a step closer to winning a lawsuit against an Israeli company it accused of spying, after the company failed to attend a…

By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva

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Devices Google October 16, 2017

Android devices most vulnerable to Wi-Fi security flaw

Researchers unveiled a newly discovered security flaw allowing hackers to eavesdrop on Wi-Fi traffic sent between access points and devices. Though “all modern” access points and devices are said to…

By Diana Goovaerts

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Big Tech Google August 23, 2017

Compromised ad SDK found in 500 Google Play apps

An advertising software development kit (SDK) called Igexin, which can spy on users through otherwise benign apps by downloading malicious plugins, was found in around 500 Google Play apps by…

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July 28, 2017

Google blocks 20 Lipizzan spyware apps

Google said it found 20 Lipizzan spyware apps on the Play Store “distributed in a targeted fashion to fewer than 100 devices”, and blocked the apps as well as their…

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