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Data Privacy News

FCC’s Plan For Enhanced 911 Location Data Could Become a Privacy Nightmare

March 27, 2019

Enhanced 911 location data would make it possible for emergency first responders to more accurately find and locate people making 911 calls. What are the privacy implications since the biggest U.S. telcos have been secretly selling location data of their customers to a shadowy network of data brokers and data aggregators?

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Cyber Security News

Massive Citrix Data Breach Thought to be the Work of Iranian Hackers

March 25, 2019

Citrix is the latest big name to fall victim to a major data breach. The data breach is thought to have been perpetrated by Iranian hackers in a group called IRIDIUM, which is believed to have ties to the country's government.

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Cyber Security News

New Malvertising Attacks Highlight Growing Risk of Ad Fraud

March 21, 2019

The next time you’re tempted to click on an online ad, think again. New malvertising attacks use polyglot images to run code for ad fraud, showing the growing sophistication for malvertising ad fraud.

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Cyber Security News

New Data Breach Trends: Small Business Identity Records Now Target #1 for Hackers

March 20, 2019

New 4iQ report indicates that data breaches were up by over 420% from 2017, exposing a total of almost 15 billion identity records. Small businesses are being targeted much more frequently than previously thought and that even relatively tiny businesses are now on the menu for sophisticated hackers.

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Data Privacy News

Facebook Is Acting Like Digital Gangsters, Says New UK Report

March 18, 2019

Democracy is at risk from companies like Facebook that behave like digital gangsters. And, in fact, there are many similarities between Facebook’s behavior and recent violations and the way that “traditional gangsters” act.

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Cyber Security News

Cyber Criminals Have Turned Social Media Cyber Crime Into a $3 Billion Business

March 12, 2019

The problem of social media cyber crime is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a $3 billion business. According to a recent report, nearly 1 in 5 organizations worldwide are now infected by malware distributed by social media.

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Data Protection News

Is Singapore Ready for Data Portability?

March 11, 2019

Singapore has recently introduced a discussion paper on data portability to will not only improve options and outcomes for consumers, but will also improve transparency in data collection. Will the ease of proliferation of this personal data among more companies lead to a simple statistical increased likelihood of data and identity theft?

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Data Privacy News

Does the New Thailand Cybersecurity Law Go Too Far?

March 10, 2019

A new Thailand cybersecurity law went into effect last week, and is controversial more for what it doesn't specify than what it does. As it is worded, it appears to give the Thai government very broad powers to monitor internet use, censor content and even seize property without court orders.

Hacker looking smug and standing with arms crossed showing the need for faster cyber response

Cyber Security News

Hacks Are Happening Faster: How Much Do Cyber Response Times Need to Improve?

March 6, 2019

Russian state-sponsored hackers take 19 mins to break into a network. All of this means that even SMEs need to have a cyber response capable of keeping up with these advanced threat actors.

Many old keys on a well used old wooden desk show security flaws in password managers

Cyber Security News

New Security Flaws Found in Password Managers: Are They Still Safe to Use?

March 4, 2019

Study of password managers finds security vulnerabilities in the way master passwords are stored. While password managers are still widely considered to be a best security practice, it's important to keep in mind that no system is perfect or without vulnerabilities.

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FCC’s Plan For Enhanced 911 Location Data Could Become a Privacy Nightmare

Massive Citrix Data Breach Thought to be the Work of Iranian Hackers

New Malvertising Attacks Highlight Growing Risk of Ad Fraud

New Data Breach Trends: Small Business Identity Records Now Target #1 for Hackers

Facebook Is Acting Like Digital Gangsters, Says New UK Report

Is Singapore Ready for Data Portability?

Does the New Thailand Cybersecurity Law Go Too Far?

Hacks Are Happening Faster: How Much Do Cyber Response Times Need to Improve?

New Security Flaws Found in Password Managers: Are They Still Safe to Use?

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