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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

ICS Cybersecurity Report: Control Systems Remain Highly Targeted by Threat Actors as Organizations Forced to Rapidly Mature Programs

November 10, 2022

The 2022 ICS Cybersecurity Report sees the majority of organizations recognizing ICS threats as being very serious; 22% ranked them as "critical" and 41% ranked them as "high" priority, representing a slow but steady increase over the past several years.

Data Privacy News

WeChat Privacy Flap: Login Records Show Unknown Devices for Some Users, Company Claims Manufacturer Device Settings Are To Blame

November 10, 2022

The WeChat privacy questions stem from numerous users posting logins from unknown devices to their accounts, sometimes at very late and odd hours. Users are speculating about Chinese law enforcement inspecting accounts using some sort of a backdoor.

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Cyber Security News

62% of Security Incidents on eCommerce Retailers Originate from Bots, Including Account Takeover, DDoS and API Attacks

November 11, 2022

eCommerce retailers face the most significant risk from automated malicious software, with hackers deploying advanced bad bots in nearly two-thirds of account takeover attacks.

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Cyber Security News

Confidence in Cyber Resilience Remains High in Asia-Pacific Despite Recent Increase in Attacks

November 11, 2022

Microsoft/Marsh survey examines whether Asia’s confidence in its cyber resilience stems from truly strong defensive postures, or a misunderstanding of the threat landscape.

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Cyber Security News

GitHub Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Thousands of Popular Open-Source Packages

November 14, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a GitHub vulnerability that could allow attackers to hijack and poison thousands of popular open-source packages with millions of users which can lead to supply chain attacks.

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Cyber Security News

Medibank Refuses Ransom Payments, Hackers Leak Stolen Health Data to Dark Web

November 14, 2022

Medibank has opted to ignore demands for ransom payments for the recent data breach of about 9.7 million health data records. Criminals have published a fraction of the stolen data on the dark web, including those of high-profile politicians.

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Cyber Security News

Government Vulnerability Scanning of All UK Internet Devices Begins

November 15, 2022

UK has launched a vulnerability scanning program that will monitor all of the country's internet devices for potential unpatched issues, in a bid to both bolster national security and help individual organizations protect themselves.

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Cyber Security News

APT Group Pilfers $11 Million From Africa, Asia, Latin America Using Spear Phishing Emails

November 15, 2022

The "OPERA1ER" APT group is known for targeted spear phishing emails, but is unique in targeting less economically developed nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Data Privacy News

NYPD Announces It Will Join Ring Neighbors, Prompting Concerns About Crowdsourced Surveillance

November 16, 2022

The NYPD has promised not to monitor Ring Neighbors around the clock. Critics contend that Ring systems allow individual homeowners to unilaterally turn public spaces into police surveillance zones.

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Cyber Security News

Microsoft Detects an Increase in Nation-State Attacks and Password Attacks

November 16, 2022

Nation-state attacks on critical infrastructure and cyberespionage, and password attacks from ordinary cybercriminals increased tremendously within a year, according to Microsoft report.

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ICS Cybersecurity Report: Control Systems Remain Highly Targeted by Threat Actors as Organizations Forced to Rapidly Mature Programs

WeChat Privacy Flap: Login Records Show Unknown Devices for Some Users, Company Claims Manufacturer Device Settings Are To Blame

62% of Security Incidents on eCommerce Retailers Originate from Bots, Including Account Takeover, DDoS and API Attacks

Confidence in Cyber Resilience Remains High in Asia-Pacific Despite Recent Increase in Attacks

GitHub Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Thousands of Popular Open-Source Packages

Medibank Refuses Ransom Payments, Hackers Leak Stolen Health Data to Dark Web

Government Vulnerability Scanning of All UK Internet Devices Begins

APT Group Pilfers $11 Million From Africa, Asia, Latin America Using Spear Phishing Emails

NYPD Announces It Will Join Ring Neighbors, Prompting Concerns About Crowdsourced Surveillance

Microsoft Detects an Increase in Nation-State Attacks and Password Attacks

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos