New security-by-design and security-by-default guidelines from a collection of federal agencies provide the first guidance of its type issued to urge manufacturers to ship devices with adequate security for the modern threat landscape.
The CCPA went live at the start of 2020, and study of data subject requests from the first half of its first year indicates that users are primarily using it to opt out of the sale of personal information.
The CSRB found that the security breach was preventable, and that a "a corporate culture that deprioritized enterprise security investments and rigorous risk management" ended up leaving open doors for the Chinese hackers.
European automotive giant Scania has confirmed a data breach that leaked insurance claim documents after a threat actor contacted employees and demanded a ransom.
For nearly eight-hours, AWS DNS servers were hit by a sustained DDoS attack. The servers were essentially jammed such that their basic mitigations appeared to have little or no effect.
Microsoft disclosed that besides using the trojanized Orion software on its platform, SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code after compromising internal accounts.
Privacy coins such as Monero will soon be unavailable in South Korea, with the government citing crypto AML measures as the reason for the ban.
A group calling itself "Cyber Av3ngers," believed to be supported by Iran's government, has declared war against Western organizations making use of Israeli technology. One of the opening salvos in this campaign appears to be against US water utilities, with at least one confirmed strike by the Iranian hackers in Pennsylvania.
National ransomware epidemic hits municipalities, school districts and local government agencies with 621 attacks recorded this year. Things are so bad that U.S. is drafting new legislation to prevent, mitigate and respond to future attacks.
Privacy should be a top-of-mind issue as new privacy regulations keep appearing globally. However, recent report shows organizations are still unprepared to deal with them effectively.
