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Blackberry Buried Security Vulnerability in OS Until Forced To Disclose by Feds; Was Discovered in April

August 23, 2021

Security vulnerability that impacts an older form of a BlackBerry industrial systems OS, still in use in both industrial settings and hospital equipment, was discovered by Microsoft researchers in April of this year. Many are only now learning about it.

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Data Protection News

The Future of Data Privacy Consent: Are Brands Ready For a National Privacy Law?

July 9, 2021

Brands have long walked a delicate tightrope between tracking for commercial purposes while ensuring the privacy of the data is compliant with a hodgepodge of regulations. Now, could the changes of the last few months be what America needs to finally enact a national privacy law?

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Cyber Security News

US Halts Cyber Operations Against Russia After Ukraine Flap

March 7, 2025

The United States government has formally put a pause on offensive cyber operations against Russia … The order was issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as part of new guidance provided to the US Cyber Command sometime in February.

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Cyber Security News

Another Instagram Password Leak? Third-Party Follower Bot Exposes Plaintext Credentials of Thousands of Accounts

February 13, 2020

Latest Instagram password leak has exposed 10,000 plaintext credentials in the SocialCaptain app, allowing anyone to access any app profile by entering a unique user ID into a public URL.

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Cyber Security News

2025 Verizon DBIR: Cyber Attacks Increasingly Driven by Vulnerability Exploitation, VPNs and Edge Devices Heavily Targeted

April 28, 2025

The 18th installment of the DBIR surveyed 22,052 total cyber attacks logged by Verizon's internal threat research team, over half of which (12,195) involved confirmed data breaches. Credential abuse continues in the lead at 22%. Exploitation of vulnerabilities is now up to 20%, followed by phishing at 16%.

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Cyber Security News

Qakbot Malware Botnet Operators Continue Spam Campaigns Despite Infrastructure Seizure by International Law Enforcement

October 10, 2023

The long-running Qakbot malware botnet was disrupted by international law enforcement action in August, but its operators appear to still have some capability and are continuing to run spam email campaigns that attempt to pass ransomware.

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Data Privacy News

GoodRX Fined for Sharing Data; Health Data Provided to Facebook, Google, Other Third-Party Firms for Advertising

February 6, 2023

GoodRX admits no wrongdoing in the settlement, claiming that the health data it shared could not identify an individual user's health condition. The company was found to be sharing data with 20 marketing firms.

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Cyber Security News

Apple Patches Ancient Zero-Day Vulnerability Present in iOS for Nearly Two Decades

February 16, 2026

A zero-day vulnerability that has been with iOS since the first iPhone launched has been identified and patched out by Apple, but with the warning that there is evidence it has been exploited in attack chains for quite some time.

Data Privacy News

Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Dodging Apple Privacy Rules by Using Facebook and Instagram In-App Browsers

October 5, 2022

Meta stands accused of breaking Apple privacy rules, as a set of proposed class-action lawsuits describes it using its in-app browsers to track activity without user knowledge or consent.

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Data Privacy News

Investigation Finds Apple App Tracking Rules May Be Ineffective; IDFA Blocked, but Apps Frequently Access Other Identifiers

October 5, 2021

Apple's new app tracking rules are supposed to guarantee that users know when they are being identified and tracked. A new study finds that iPhone apps are continuing to find ways to profile and follow users even after they choose to opt out.

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Blackberry Buried Security Vulnerability in OS Until Forced To Disclose by Feds; Was Discovered in April

The Future of Data Privacy Consent: Are Brands Ready For a National Privacy Law?

US Halts Cyber Operations Against Russia After Ukraine Flap

2025 Verizon DBIR: Cyber Attacks Increasingly Driven by Vulnerability Exploitation, VPNs and Edge Devices Heavily Targeted

Qakbot Malware Botnet Operators Continue Spam Campaigns Despite Infrastructure Seizure by International Law Enforcement

Apple Patches Ancient Zero-Day Vulnerability Present in iOS for Nearly Two Decades

Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Dodging Apple Privacy Rules by Using Facebook and Instagram In-App Browsers

Investigation Finds Apple App Tracking Rules May Be Ineffective; IDFA Blocked, but Apps Frequently Access Other Identifiers

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