At a rate of about two million additional active users per month, Zoom privacy issues on the platform’s data collection policies, vulnerabilities and monitoring tools are gaining attention. Read More
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
Marsh report shows that companies purchasing cyber insurance in 2019 more than doubled since 2014 as more and more companies are recognizing cyber threats as a critical business risk. Read More
WHO was hit by a cyber espionage attempt with more than double the usual number of cyber attacks including an attempt to set up a fraudulent site to compromise internal email system. Read More
GE suffered a third-party data breach where sensitive employee information was exposed through their contractor, Canon BPS, who handles the company's human resource tasks. Read More
Stolen documents from Russia’s FSB indicate that the country is building an IoT botnet capable of gigantic DDoS attacks by rounding up millions of poorly-secured devices. Read More
Even though the data of 538 million Weibo users sold on dark web is limited, the information still posed a risk especially to the anonymous users sharing unfiltered news around the country. Read More
South Korea uses mobile phone location data to track places where coronavirus patients had been and send text message warnings to individuals who are located in the exposed areas. Read More
U.S. face cyber challenges amidst the pandemic with a DDoS attack on Federal health agency and an ongoing disinformation campaign that sows fear and confusion in the public. Read More
U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission has published a 182-page report that includes broad changes to cyber security policy and 75 recommendations on cyber deterrence. Read More
DDoS attacks on IoT devices continue to grow with report showing an increasing trend in using WS-Discovery (WSD) to amplify the effectiveness of attacks by up to 95%. Read More
