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Metaverse Security Concerns Coming Into Focus as Businesses Plan For “Virtual Reality” Futures

December 23, 2022

A new report from Tenable explores the concerns implicit in the emerging virtual reality market, which is expected by some analysts to be worth as much as $800 billion by 2024, and highlights what are likely to be the biggest metaverse security threats.

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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Antwerp City Services via a Digital Partner

December 26, 2022

Digital city services of Antwerp, Belgium, suffered disruption after a ransomware attack compromised IT provider Digipolis, impacting critical departments including police and fire.

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Data Privacy News

OECD Nations Sign Privacy Agreement Aimed At Improving Transparency Into Government Access of Personal Data

December 26, 2022

The privacy agreement consists of a list of "shared principles" drawn from "commonalities" in existing national laws, even though some OECD signatories have limited or no data privacy laws at the national or federal level.

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Okta Source Code Stolen in Raid on GitHub Repositories

December 27, 2022

Okta is once again in trouble as the company's GitHub repositories have been hacked. There does not appear to be any impact to Okta clients, but the service source code appears to have been stolen in the breach.

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Ransomware Attack on The Guardian Hits Print Production, Internal Business Systems

December 27, 2022

One of Britain's most popular newspapers, The Guardian, is reporting that a suspected ransomware attack is causing some internal network trouble. The paper's report characterized it as "serious" despite it seemingly not stopping online or offline production of the paper.

Facebook app on mobile phone showing Facebook posts phishing campaign bypassing email security

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Phishing Campaign Leverages Facebook Posts to Bypass Email Security

December 28, 2022

Researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign leveraging Facebook posts to bypass email security and steal users' account credentials and personal information.

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Cyber Insurance Claim Count Led by Fund Transfer Fraud, But Ransomware Remains Most Expensive Cost

December 28, 2022

36% of Corvus claims were related to fund transfer fraud in Q3 2022, hitting an all-time high and outpacing ransomware for the first time in a long time. Ransomware cyber insurance claims remain the most costly per incident, however.

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Encrypted LastPass Password Vaults, Customer Information Stolen in November Breach

December 30, 2022

Popular password manager LastPass has confirmed that a previously reported November security incident was a data breach that resulted in the theft of customer data, including encrypted password vaults.

Child playing Fortnite, a game by Epic Games, on a mobile phone showing dark patterns and COPPA violations

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Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hit With $520 Million in Fines, in Part for COPPA Violations

January 3, 2023

The FTC has assessed Fortnite maker Epic a total of $520 million in penalties, roughly divided between COPPA violations and the use of dark patterns to trick players into making in-game purchases.

Data Privacy News

Cambridge Analytica Scandal Slowly Coming to a Close as Meta Agrees to $725 Million Settlement

January 4, 2023

Up to 87 million Facebook accounts had user data inappropriately accessed during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a weakness in the platform's API was used to harvest protected profile and activity information.

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Metaverse Security Concerns Coming Into Focus as Businesses Plan For “Virtual Reality” Futures

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Antwerp City Services via a Digital Partner

OECD Nations Sign Privacy Agreement Aimed At Improving Transparency Into Government Access of Personal Data

Okta Source Code Stolen in Raid on GitHub Repositories

Ransomware Attack on The Guardian Hits Print Production, Internal Business Systems

Phishing Campaign Leverages Facebook Posts to Bypass Email Security

Cyber Insurance Claim Count Led by Fund Transfer Fraud, But Ransomware Remains Most Expensive Cost

Encrypted LastPass Password Vaults, Customer Information Stolen in November Breach

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hit With $520 Million in Fines, in Part for COPPA Violations

Cambridge Analytica Scandal Slowly Coming to a Close as Meta Agrees to $725 Million Settlement

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