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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Cyber Security News

Smart Devices Adding Security Updates to Combat Vulnerabilities, but EU Consumers Remain Unimpressed

October 25, 2022

Research finds that a number of manufacturers are not providing security updates for smart devices for nearly as long as their expected life cycles. In addition, manufacturers often do not specify exactly how long they plan to support security updates.

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Data Privacy News

Smart Devices Leaking Data To Tech Giants Raises New IoT Privacy Issues

October 1, 2019

Following stories of smartphones and smart home virtual assistants leaking user data, new wave of IoT privacy concerns rising as researchers found smart devices sharing personal information with tech giants.

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Data Privacy News

Smart Home Devices Still Haven’t Solved the Consumer Privacy Problem

November 5, 2019

Google has recently come up with a new term “helpful home” which is defined to respect consumer privacy while having the benefits of smart home devices to make your life easier.

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Cyber Security News

SMB Study Reveals Majority of Small Businesses Aren’t Taking Cyber Attacks Seriously

August 5, 2019

Majority of SMBs still do not believe they will be likely targets of cyber attacks despite the fact that 60% of the companies go out of business within six months after suffering an attack.

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Cyber Security News

SMS Phishing Attack Compromised Twilio Leaking Customer Data, Targeted Cloudflare

August 17, 2022

An SMS phishing attack compromised cloud communications giant Twilio, leaking customer data and targeted content delivery network provider Cloudflare. Twilio says the data breach impacted at least 125 customers.

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Data Protection News

Snap AI Chatbot Facing Potential Enforcement Action After Investigation of Children’s Privacy Complaints

October 16, 2023

The UK ICO has wrapped up a preliminary investigation into Snap's AI chatbot, and has indicated that it is failing to adequately address children's privacy risks. There are numerous concerns about AI chatbots that are not yet resolved, but children's privacy seems to have driven much of the early action from regulators.

Data Privacy News

Snap Investor Takes Company to Court Over Apple Privacy Update Fallout, Claims Executives Downplayed Expected Loss of Advertising Revenue

November 22, 2021

The major social media platforms have all been impacted by the "adpocalypse" from Apple's recent privacy updates. Snap has lost a full quarter of its value due to cuts to advertising revenue tied directly to a loss of access to most Apple device users.

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Data Privacy News

Social Fitness Apps May Be More Harmful to User Privacy Than You Think

February 12, 2018

Social fitness apps such as Strava need to be doing more to enhance user privacy and safety. The recent snafu involving the disclosure of U.S. military personnel location data has increased awareness of the perils created by tracking apps. Learn more about how these apps are collecting data, and how they are using it.

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Cyber Security News

Software Giant Admits That SolarWinds Hackers Viewed Microsoft Source Code

January 7, 2021

Microsoft disclosed that besides using the trojanized Orion software on its platform, SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code after compromising internal accounts.

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Cyber Security News

Software Security Report Found That Over Three-Quarters of Applications Have at Least One Security Flaw

November 9, 2020

Software security flaws are present in three-quarters of applications, and teams are taking over six months to fix half of them.

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Smart Devices Adding Security Updates to Combat Vulnerabilities, but EU Consumers Remain Unimpressed

Smart Devices Leaking Data To Tech Giants Raises New IoT Privacy Issues

Smart Home Devices Still Haven’t Solved the Consumer Privacy Problem

SMB Study Reveals Majority of Small Businesses Aren’t Taking Cyber Attacks Seriously

SMS Phishing Attack Compromised Twilio Leaking Customer Data, Targeted Cloudflare

Snap AI Chatbot Facing Potential Enforcement Action After Investigation of Children’s Privacy Complaints

Snap Investor Takes Company to Court Over Apple Privacy Update Fallout, Claims Executives Downplayed Expected Loss of Advertising Revenue

Social Fitness Apps May Be More Harmful to User Privacy Than You Think

Software Giant Admits That SolarWinds Hackers Viewed Microsoft Source Code

Software Security Report Found That Over Three-Quarters of Applications Have at Least One Security Flaw

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