Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

From a news article : Threema has more than 10 million users, which include the Swiss government, the Swiss army, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and other politicians in that country. It’s among the top Android apps for a fee-based category in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Australia.

Security 116

Security Encryption Paper Authentication 116

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

The list of sites blocked in MYANMAR includes many websites that did not fall under the categories adult content or fake news. However, the block list included many websites that did not fall under the categories “adult content or fake news”. Original post at: [link]. Telenor Myanmar – an attempt to resistance.

Military 86

Military Communications Access Risk 86

Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2023

References New Zealand has pretty much just been back-to-back adventure activities 😎 (I've tended to put most of these on Facebook, loads of pics there) The Kodi Foundation self-submitted their 400k record breach to HIBP (really high hit ratio for both existing pwned accounts and HIBP subscribers in the breach) OGUsers got breached again (..)

Data breaches 78

Data breaches Cloud Access IT 78

IT Governance

APRIL 4, 2024

To make this table as informative as possible, we’ve excluded the ‘multiple’ category from it. Read our full guide to incident response Security Spotlight To get news of the latest data breaches and cyber attacks straight to your inbox, subscribe to our free weekly newsletter: the Security Spotlight. Suffered an incident?

Data breaches 104

Data breaches Passwords Security Cloud 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Below are the vulnerability details: Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVSS base score CVSS vector CVE Number Out-of-bounds Write ( CWE-787 ) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 ??CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H An attacker could trigger these flaws for?arbitrary

Security 112

Security Access IT Information Security 112

Schneier on Security

APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers have found several vulnerabilities in the WPA3 Wi-Fi security protocol: The design flaws we discovered can be divided in two categories. News article. The discovered flaws can be abused to recover the password of the Wi-Fi network, launch resource consumption attacks, and force devices into using weaker security groups.

Passwords 99

Passwords Security Authentication Paper 99

Elie

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So in January 2016, as a preparation to providing better statistical analysis, our RTBF reviewers started manually annotating each requested URL with additional data, including the site category, the type of page content, and the requesting entity. For more detail on the various categories and their prevalence you can refer to the.

Privacy 118

Privacy Paper Government GDPR 118

CILIP

JANUARY 31, 2020

The new eLearning Hub brings together a wide variety of learning resources available to CILIP members including online courses and webinar recordings. The eLearning resources are structured by Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB) category, sector and resource type, so you can easily search for resources on topics of interest to you.

Libraries 52

Libraries IT 52

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVE Numbers Lack of Exploit Mitigations Privilege escalation Important CVE-2020-9669 Insecure File permissions Privilege escalation Important CVE-2020-9671 Symlink vulnerability Privilege escalation Important CVE-2020-9670 Symlink vulnerability Arbitrary file system write Critical CVE-2020-9682.

Cloud 79

Cloud Security IT Information Security 79

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2024

Antivirus fall into this category, since they scan clear files, but then write their encrypted log entries to their logs. The Results In the Thales lab we tested 10 recent ransomware attacks in the news, and CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Ransomware Protection alerted and blocked all 10.

Encryption 62

Encryption Ransomware IT Cybersecurity 62

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2022

Meta also blocked the accounts of Russian media outlets and news agencies supporting Moscow’s disinformation, including RIA Novosti, Sputnik, and Russia Today. ” Probably the truth is different, the Russian government fears that the spreading of news related to its cruel invasion of Ukraine could destabilize internal contest.

Access 97

Access Communications Government IT 97

Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2021

What was the best news you heard so far this month? ” They also break companies out into categories such as “challengers,” “leaders,” “visionaries” and “niche players.” Mine was learning that KrebsOnSecurity is listed as a restricted competitor by Gartner Inc.

Marketing 214

Marketing Mining Cloud Cybersecurity 214

Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2022

The leaked document are arranged in two major categories, one containing more than 360,000 files that date up to March 5 (536.9 Clearly, at this time, it is very difficult to check the source of the leak and confirm their authenticity because documents are in Russians and much similar news is circulating online.

Authentication 108

Authentication Communications IT Security 108

IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

You can find the full list below, broken down into categories. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. In other news…. In other news… WeLeakInfo.to Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Blockchain 136

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2022

The good news is that Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any attacks in the wild exploiting this flaw: Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

Authentication 98

Authentication Security Access Cybersecurity 98

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Such consolidation across markets is good news for customers and vendors alike in terms of market growth and maximizing security investments. They can be divided into two categories: Pre-Close Risks. Underlying all of this optimism, however, is the ever-present threat of cyberattack.

Privacy 233

Privacy Security Risk Marketing 233

Elie

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

So in January 2016, our RTBF reviewers started manually annotating each requested URL with additional category data, including category of site, type of content on page, and requesting entity. 89% of requesters were private individuals, the default label when no other special category applied. This blog post summarizes our.

Privacy 107

Privacy Government Paper Access 107

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

News of the first public enforcement action was accompanied by OAG guidance highlighting enforcement priorities around the Global Privacy Control, loyalty programs and financial incentives, and privacy policies that are both easy to read and functional. There is no indication a veto is anticipated on either of the bills highlighted above.

Privacy 197

Privacy B2B Sales Compliance 197

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

Go has a high percentage of libraries with flaws, the good news is that it has an overall low number of flaws per individual library. Cross-Site Scripting is the most common vulnerability category found in open source libraries – present in 30 percent of libraries – followed by insecure deserialization (23.5 ” continues the post.

Libraries 138

Libraries Security Access IT 138

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

The attack chain observed by the researchers starts with spear-phishing messages using weaponized Word document disguised as a news report related to military affairs in Iran. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g.

IT 143

IT Military Communications Phishing 143

CILIP

JUNE 27, 2023

Facet Catalogue 2023 has a wide range of books, covering everything from school libraries, arranging information, and academic libraries, totalling 16 specialist categories. It looks at the wider context of decolonisation and then applies theory and practice with case studies on what it means to decolonise in information literacy.

Libraries 52

Libraries Records Management Archiving IT 52

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2020

Below the vulnerability details: Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVE Numbers Out-of-bounds read Arbitrary code execution Critical CVE-2020-9675 Out-of-bounds write? The good news is that the company is not aware of any attacks exploiting these vulnerabilities. code execution??

Cloud 70

Cloud Security IT Information Security 70

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

A big reason why APIs haven’t gotten the attention they deserve may be that, from a security standpoint, they fall into a category of hacking tactics known as Living off the Land, or LotL. The good news is that this shift is underway in earnest, though as with everything else in cybersecurity material improvement won’t happen overnight.

Security 242

Security Digital transformation Cloud Cybersecurity 242

IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2022

You can find the full list below, broken into categories. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. In other news…. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Access 119

Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. But the company never acted to fix it until the news media came calling. This week, the U.S. The SEC’s administrative proceeding (PDF) explains how things slipped through the cracks.

Insurance 265

Insurance Risk Financial Services Mining 265

IT Governance

JANUARY 21, 2019

The CNIL also suggested that users “are not fully able to understand” the extent of Google’s data processing, partly because “the purposes of processing are described in a too generic and vague manner, and so are the categories of data processed for these various purposes.” .

GDPR 108

GDPR Access Government IT 108

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, when surveying the market for email security, survey results should include respondents from each category that might represent different needs. The survey should have representation from categories such as: Company size: small to large Industry vertical: healthcare, energy, etc.

Cybersecurity 90

Cybersecurity Marketing Energy and Utilities Access 90

Hunton Privacy

JULY 12, 2019

The bill also would exempt from the CCPA’s application emergency contact information of these exempted categories of individuals and information necessary to administer benefits for persons related to such individuals.

Privacy 55

Privacy Data breaches Authentication Access 55

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But after his name appeared in the news media, he received thousands of inquiries from people interested in his idea. The financial losses from these scams dwarf other fraud categories — such as identity theft or credit card fraud. George described Medayedupin as smart, a quick learner, and fairly dedicated to his work.

Ransomware 248

Ransomware Phishing Education Government 248

IT Governance

MARCH 27, 2018

There isn’t an exception for small businesses, so if you fall into the following categories , you’ll need a DPO: You are a public authority (except for courts acting in their judicial capacity). You carry out large-scale processing of special categories of data or data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

GDPR 77

GDPR Compliance Personal data Information Security 77

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 31, 2019

If an industry, or product category, is named generally, nothing is likely to happen. News article. If a company is specifically named, it is likely to improve the specific vulnerability described. But that is unlikely to translate into improved security practices in the future.

Security 89

Security Passwords Access IT 89

John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, the news – not that it’s that new given many smarter observers have noticed Apple’s recent pivot to advertising. From CNBC: Apple plans to sell ads in new spots in the App Store by year-end.

Privacy 72

Privacy IT 72

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2021

This is bad news for WhatsApp users and their privacy, the company is notifying them that starting February 8, 2021, they will be requested to share their data with Facebook companies. “WhatsApp currently shares certain categories of information with Facebook Companies. ” states WhatsApp.

IT 127

IT Privacy Metadata Security 127

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2022

Anyway, the bad news is that the hardware mechanisms used by PACMAN cannot be patched with software updates. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

Authentication 99

Authentication Artificial Intelligence Paper Security 99

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

“That officially puts it into the ‘wormable’ category and earns it a CVSS rating of 9.8,” Childs said. While good news for some, if you’re using IPv6 (as many are), you’re probably running IPSec as well. “However, only systems with IPv6 enabled and IPSec configured are vulnerable.

Privacy 175

Privacy Security Authentication Cybersecurity 175

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The signing of Assembly Bill 1281 is not the only recent California privacy news—the Governor also vetoed SB 980 (the Genetic Information Privacy Act). Now, however, with the Governor’s signature of Assembly Bill 1281, business will not have to wait until November to find out about the CCPA’s scope come January 2021.

B2B 45

B2B Privacy Data breaches Risk 45