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Data Protection Authority Says Change Isn't Green Light for Device FingerprintingThe U.K. data regulator blasted Google Thursday for a changes to policies governing online advertising the government agency says amount to bestowing permission to track users by the indelible fingerprint of their devices. "Businesses do not have free rein to use fingerprinting," the office said.

Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns Unknown criminals went on a phishing expedition that targeted about 20,000 users across the automotive, chemical and industrial compound manufacturing sectors in Europe, and tried to steal account credentials and then hijack the victims' Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.…

Amendment to Computer Misuse Act Fails During Bloc VoteA proposed amendment to British anti-hacking law that would have provided a legal shield to white hat hackers failed Wednesday in the House of Lords. Under the Computer Misuse Act, access to a computer system without adequate consent from the system owner is illegal.

A phishing campaign targeting automotive, chemical, and industrial manufacturing companies in Germany and the UK is abusing HubSpot to steal Microsoft Azure account credentials. [...]