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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Cyber Security News

Extortion Attempt on Samsung Leads to Data Breach, Leak of Bootloader and Authentication Source Code

March 10, 2022

Samsung says that no personal information was lost in the data breach and that it does not expect customers to be impacted, but the source code could lead to serious vulnerabilities.

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Cyber Security News

F5 Patches 29 Security Vulnerabilities; Bug Allows Complete System Takeover in Sensitive Sectors

September 3, 2021

F5 fixed 29 security vulnerabilities affecting BIG-IQ and BIG-IP products, but no viable mitigation for a bug causing a complete system takeover and affecting the sensitive sectors.

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Cyber Security News

F5 Says Web Application Security Is the Greatest Cyber Threat, Also Leveraged by State-Affiliated Actors

July 26, 2021

F5 Labs says web application security is the greatest cybersecurity challenge, and the cause for more than half of all the largest software security incidents experienced over the last 5 years.

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Cyber Security News

FAA Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Aircrafts to Maintain Airworthiness Certification

August 29, 2024

The FAA has proposed new cybersecurity rules for airworthiness certification to protect aircraft from hostile intentional unauthorized electronic interactions.

Planes on tarmac at New York JFK airport showing FAA system outage and fear of cyber attack

Cyber Security News

FAA System Outage Sparks Speculation of Cyber Attack, Blamed on Corrupted Database File

January 13, 2023

The sudden announcement of an FAA system outage that grounded all flights nationwide immediately raised natural concerns about a cyber attack, but the agency is saying that the incident was a "glitch" caused by a damaged database file.

Young girl taking selfie showing FaceApp privacy seen as the type of drama we’ve come to expect from social media companies

Data Privacy News

FaceApp Privacy Concerns Show the Perils and Pitfalls of Social Media

July 29, 2019

In many ways, the hubbub surrounding FaceApp privacy was really no different from the type of drama we’ve come to expect from social media companies.

Data Privacy News

Facebook Acquisition of GIPHY, Plans to Merge With Instagram Stokes New Fears About Data Collection and Personalized Ads

June 1, 2020

With Instagram responsible for 50% of GIPHY's traffic, many are concerned that Facebook may use GIFs as trojans for data collection and personalized ads after the merger.

Malware icons showing malverposting using Facebook Ads

Cyber Security News

Facebook Ads Malverposting Campaign Infects 500,000 Devices Worldwide in 3 Months

May 2, 2023

A Vietnamese threat actor infected at least 500,000 devices worldwide within three months in a malverposting campaign leveraging inappropriate Facebook Ads.

Facebook Ads application icon on mobile showing the Trojan software which steals personal data from Facebook Ads Manager

Cyber Security News

Facebook Ads Manager Exploited by Trojan That Steals Personal Data Using Legitimate-Looking Certificates

December 17, 2019

A recently discovered trojan, PDFReader, exploits Facebook Ads Manager by using a legitimate-looking digital security certificate to access and grab cookies from victim’s Facebook session.

Facebook mobile app on phone screen showing legal action on data leak

Data Protection News

Facebook Anticipating Legal Action From Data Leak, EU Digital Privacy Group Preparing Mass Action Lawsuit

April 26, 2021

The first signs of legal action against Facebook over the recent data leak have appeared, as an EU digital privacy group has announced plans to take the social media giant to court in Ireland.

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Extortion Attempt on Samsung Leads to Data Breach, Leak of Bootloader and Authentication Source Code

F5 Patches 29 Security Vulnerabilities; Bug Allows Complete System Takeover in Sensitive Sectors

F5 Says Web Application Security Is the Greatest Cyber Threat, Also Leveraged by State-Affiliated Actors

FAA Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Aircrafts to Maintain Airworthiness Certification

FAA System Outage Sparks Speculation of Cyber Attack, Blamed on Corrupted Database File

Facebook Acquisition of GIPHY, Plans to Merge With Instagram Stokes New Fears About Data Collection and Personalized Ads

Facebook Ads Malverposting Campaign Infects 500,000 Devices Worldwide in 3 Months

Facebook Ads Manager Exploited by Trojan That Steals Personal Data Using Legitimate-Looking Certificates

Data Breach Impacts Times Car Ride-Sharing Service as Ransomware Attack Hits Railway Operator Keio

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites