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.
Qantas Airways Privacy Breach Exposed Passenger Information, Allowed Booking and Flight Cancellation
Australia’s national carrier, Qantas Airways, has apologized for a privacy breach that exposed passenger information and allowed booking, flight cancellation, and seat changes.
The Qantas breach appears to be isolated to a third-party contact center that the airline uses for customer service queries. Unusual activity was detected on June 30, leading to discovery of the data breach and "immediate" actions to contain it, and up to six million customers may be impacted.
Citizen Lab reports that QuaDream spyware is being used by governments in at least 10 countries to track activists, journalists and political opponents among other questionable uses.
A new poll from Deloitte finds there is an immediate and significant cyber risk from "harvest now decrypt later" (HNDL) attacks, in which attackers steal encrypted information and simply sit on it until quantum computing advances make it trivial to crack.
Concrete steps to address the threat quantum computing poses to current cryptographic standards have been taken by NIST, as it has selected four algorithms for future use.
The biennial cyber exercise for the first time brings the U.S., Asia and Europe financial industry together for a sort of "war game" that simulates a major financial institution being taken out by a ransomware attack.
A Quantum ransomware attack on Professional Finance Company (PFC) impacted 657 healthcare organizations and leaked sensitive patient data for millions of patients.
Anyone operating a business that violates the privacy rights of people in Quebec or fails to meet Quebec's stringent new requirements for protecting personal information may face administrative monetary penalties, fines, binding orders, and civil action.
The 21st of June 2017 saw UK’s Queen Elizabeth give what is generally known as ‘The Queen’s Speech’ in which Her Majesty gave some insights into just how seriously the UK government is taking issues of online privacy and data protection.
