The data breach is thought to impact about 33 million people in total, or nearly half of the country's total population of about 67 million. Both of the data breach subjects are third-party payment providers for France’s medical insurance industry.
A massive supply chain attack had distributed malware to tens of thousands of ASUS computers worldwide through legitimate ASUS software updates. It appears as if the attackers had inside information about ASUS servers and systems.
The Hive ransomware threat appears to be very much in retreat as the US Department of Justice recently announced the seizure of the group's decryption keys and infrastructure, including its public-facing website, by law enforcement operations.
Pinduoduo, a popular Chinese shopping app has been suspended from the Google Play Store after traces of malware were found in the code of previous app versions. Suspected purpose was to pore through user data and find information related to competing shopping apps.
Meta warns that a WhatsApp vulnerability on Apple devices allowed hackers to target some users with zero-click spyware. WhatsApp describes the zero-day vulnerability as “incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages.
With the GDPR coming into full effect in May 2018, organizations are ramping up demand for GDPR jobs including DPOs, business analysts and project managers.
Study finds RTB adtech systems share online behavior data 294 billion times per day in the U.S. and 197 billion times per day in Europe. Average internet user in the US is exposed 747 times each day; in Europe it is 376 times per day.
Underage Instagram users were opting to ignore privacy settings and work around them by opening business accounts, leading to a GDPR fine of €405 Million by the Irish DPC.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced to the Senate that would extend the terms of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, widely seen as a vital national cybersecurity law.
A new report from DLA Piper shows that GDPR fines are being handed out more frequently, with a jump of 39% in 2020 but there remains a strong disparity in the willingness of individual regulators to issue them.
