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Data Privacy News

TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

December 21, 2022

Legislation that would institute a TikTok ban on government devices has cleared the first major hurdle in Congress, passing the Senate with unanimous consent. The "No TikTok on Government Devices Act" was authored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) but had strong bipartisan support.

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Cyber Security News

Security Risks, Serious Vulnerabilities Rampant Among XIoT Devices in the Workplace

December 20, 2022

XIoT devices are laden with security risks. 68% have a known vulnerability with a CVSS score of at least 8 and 18% are carrying a vulnerability of at least 9. And the average organization has three to five XIoT devices per employee.

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Cyber Security News

Could AI Chatbots Become a Security Risk? ChatGPT Demonstrates Ability to Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts, Write Malicious Code

December 19, 2022

Some users have found that asking ChatGPT to exploit smart contracts actually returns viable vulnerabilities. Experiments are beginning to reveal that AI chatbots may shake up the cybersecurity world.

Cyber Security News

Rackspace Ransomware Attack Caused Email Outages; Thousands of Customers Migrated to Cloud Services

December 19, 2022

Ransomware attack on the cloud computing company Rackspace caused email outages for thousands of customers forcing it to transfer customers from its Hosted Exchange service to Microsoft 365.

New Zealand's three government buildings including circular landmark known as Beehive showing ransomware attack on IT provider

Cyber Security News

A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

December 16, 2022

Several New Zealand government agencies were impacted by a ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a 25-employee firm that serves dozens of public and private organizations in the country. New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice and Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) have confirmed being impacted by the cyber incident.

Uber Taxi car on the road showing Uber data breach by third party vendor

Cyber Security News

Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

December 16, 2022

The Uber data breach resulted in the theft of a variety of internal company information, and stemmed from a third-party vendor. The thieves also got away with source code and employee personal information.

Shopping cart of online store showing shopping apps share permissions with ad networks

Data Privacy News

Ad Networks Embedded in Popular Shopping Apps Sponge off of Permissions, Have Worrying Levels of Access to Consumer Phones

December 15, 2022

Study examined 640 of the most popular shopping apps currently available via the Google Play Store. About two-thirds of these make use of ad libraries, and on average these apps connect with 1.8 ad networks that can share phone permissions.

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Data Protection News

Privacy Breaches to Cost More in Australia as Maximum Penalty Increases to AUD 50 Million

December 14, 2022

Organizations found to be responsible for a privacy breach now face a maximum penalty of AUD 50 million, 30% of adjusted annual domestic turnover, or three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse of the leaked information.

Woman's hand touching screen on tablet with Facebook showing Android malware stealing Facebook logins

Cyber Security News

Researchers Discover ‘Schoolyard Bully’ Android Malware Stealing Facebook Logins of 300,000 Users

December 14, 2022

Security researchers discovered an Android malware active since 2008 in Google Play Store and third-party app stores stealing Facebook logins of 300,000 users in 71 countries.

Poster of Amnesty international showing security breach by Chinese hackers for espionage

Cyber Security News

Chinese Hackers Believed To Be Behind Security Breach at Amnesty International

December 13, 2022

Amnesty International Canada experienced a security breach on October 5 with the ultimate conclusion being that state-sponsored Chinese hackers penetrated the system for espionage purposes.

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TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

Security Risks, Serious Vulnerabilities Rampant Among XIoT Devices in the Workplace

Could AI Chatbots Become a Security Risk? ChatGPT Demonstrates Ability to Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts, Write Malicious Code

Rackspace Ransomware Attack Caused Email Outages; Thousands of Customers Migrated to Cloud Services

A Ransomware Attack on a Small Managed IT Provider Disrupts Government Agencies in New Zealand

Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

Ad Networks Embedded in Popular Shopping Apps Sponge off of Permissions, Have Worrying Levels of Access to Consumer Phones

Privacy Breaches to Cost More in Australia as Maximum Penalty Increases to AUD 50 Million

Researchers Discover ‘Schoolyard Bully’ Android Malware Stealing Facebook Logins of 300,000 Users

Chinese Hackers Believed To Be Behind Security Breach at Amnesty International

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

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People