New York City, Amsterdam and Barcelona – recently launched a new initiative known as Cities Coalition for Digital Rights that is specifically designed to protect the personal privacy and individual digital rights of their citizens.
Smart Devices Adding Security Updates to Combat Vulnerabilities, but EU Consumers Remain Unimpressed
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft disclosed that besides using the trojanized Orion software on its platform, SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code after compromising internal accounts.
