While the frequency, intensity, and sophistication of DDoS attacks continues to rise, enterprises do have one factor on their side: the loud, distributed nature of DDoS attacks.
Researchers at Check Point and Facebook discovered an Instagram bug that could allow hackers to conduct account takeover attacks and turn mobile devices into spying tools.
A six-year surveillance operation tied to state-sponsored Iranian hackers appears to have scooped up personal documents and tracked the phone location data of dissidents.
At present, only about 10% of the world has strong privacy regulations. Gartner believes that the GDPR will be the specific model upon which most new regulations are based.
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.
Google bans stalkerware apps that do not obtain consent and provide persistent notifications on user tracking. Parental monitoring and enterprise management apps will be allowed.
Designed to create more stringent contractor screening and government use requirements, the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019 has now cleared its first hurdle in the House of Representatives.
Demonstrate successful cryptocurrency tracking tech to the IRS and you could be eligible for grant money $500,000 for a working prototype and additional $125,000 for further development.
Researchers discovered that almost all cyber attacks on cloud servers are aimed at installing cryptocurrency mining malware.
Children’s privacy violations is a problem that is common to big tech companies in targeted advertising: screening out minors who are entitled to enhanced data protection rights.
