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Small Adtech Firms Facing High Costs From Google Privacy Sandbox Implementation

September 19, 2024

Google's Privacy Sandbox has already attracted the attention of antitrust regulators in both the US and UK, with fears of it increasing the company's dominance in adtech. The price is climbing steeply due to delays, and smaller adtech outfits are struggling to keep up.

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Mark Zuckerberg Added to Facebook Privacy Lawsuit, Raising Possibility of Personal Liability

October 26, 2021

Privacy lawsuit that is attempting to hold Facebook liable for the Cambridge Analytica breach has attached CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant, claiming that he played a key role in decisions.

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Hackers Can Extract Private Encryption Keys and Completely Takeover Siemens Industrial Devices

October 20, 2022

Vulnerability allows hackers to extract private encryption keys hardcoded in Siemens industrial devices to execute sophisticated attacks or take over whole product lines.

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All Linux Distributions Affected by 12 Year-Old PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation Bug Allowing an Attacker to Execute Commands as Root

February 4, 2022

Qualys researchers said the 12-year-old memory corruption local privilege escalation vulnerability on polkit's Set User ID program pkexec is easily exploitable by novice attackers and affects every major Linux distribution.

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Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

January 26, 2024

Today, data flows have become infinitely more complex in what has come to be known as surveillance capitalism. The challenge is how to future proof privacy legislation, learning the lesson of what worked with credit reporting laws as well as other more recent measures.

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Legalizing Online Sports Betting Means a New Need for Security

January 6, 2020

Big changes are afoot in online sports betting in the U.S., but does this industry have the necessary security measures in place to protect their players and themselves?

Man holding Crypto.com debit card in hand showing 2FA bypass in Crypto.com hack

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Crypto.com Hack Originating From 2FA Bypass Exceeds $30 Million Forcing Refunds and New Security Measures

January 27, 2022

Hackers stole up to $30 million in the Crypto.com hack associated with 2FA bypass, forcing the exchange to refund the victims and migrate to a new 2FA infrastructure.

Building of FSB on Lubyanskaya square showing Russian intelligence agencies working with ransomware gangs

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Russian Intelligence Agencies Enrolled Ransomware Gangs To Attack US Government Agencies, Report Finds

August 23, 2021

Report found that Russian intelligence agencies FSB and SVR collaborated with ransomware gangs to compromise US government-affiliated organizations using cybercriminals tools and infrastructure.

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Cloud Services From Major Providers Including Amazon and Microsoft Vulnerable To the Widespread SolarWinds Hack

January 4, 2021

SolarWinds hack may impact cloud services from major providers such as Microsoft and Amazon, especially since the Orion software stores API keys and other security credentials.

Woman using laptop for remote working showing employee behaviors in hybrid workplace

Cyber Security News

Bad Employee Behaviors Picked Up During Remote Working Pose Serious Security Risks in the New Hybrid Workplace

June 21, 2021

Report found that organizations faced cybersecurity risks while transitioning to the hybrid workplace because of the bad behaviors picked up by employees during remote working.

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Small Adtech Firms Facing High Costs From Google Privacy Sandbox Implementation

Mark Zuckerberg Added to Facebook Privacy Lawsuit, Raising Possibility of Personal Liability

Hackers Can Extract Private Encryption Keys and Completely Takeover Siemens Industrial Devices

All Linux Distributions Affected by 12 Year-Old PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation Bug Allowing an Attacker to Execute Commands as Root

Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

Legalizing Online Sports Betting Means a New Need for Security

Crypto.com Hack Originating From 2FA Bypass Exceeds $30 Million Forcing Refunds and New Security Measures

Russian Intelligence Agencies Enrolled Ransomware Gangs To Attack US Government Agencies, Report Finds

Cloud Services From Major Providers Including Amazon and Microsoft Vulnerable To the Widespread SolarWinds Hack

Bad Employee Behaviors Picked Up During Remote Working Pose Serious Security Risks in the New Hybrid Workplace

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