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Spanish police dismantled SIM swapping gang who stole money from victims’ bank accounts

Security Affairs

Once obtained the SIM cards, they were able to bypass SMS-based 2FA used to access bank accounts and steal the money. With this, they deceived the employees of phone stores to obtain duplicate SIM cards and, in this way, have access to the bank’s security confirmation messages.

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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Schneier on Security

In security and privacy, the devil is always in the details -- and Zuckerberg's post provides none. Increased transparency over advertiser and app accesses to user data. In fact, a move from discussing "sharing" to discussing "transfers," "access to raw information," and "access to derived information" would be a visible improvement.

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FTC Announces Significant Updates to GLB Safeguards Rule

Hunton Privacy

Promulgated in 2002 pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Safeguards Rule obligates covered financial institutions to develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive information security program that complies with the Rule’s requirements. Security Programs.

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European Data Privacy Day Expert Panel Provides 30-Year Retrospective on UK Data Protection

Hunton Privacy

Howe set up the first system of registration for data users (as they were then called), encouraged the development of sectoral codes of practice, provided education, raised awareness of data protection and managed privacy-related complaints. A Period of Significant Legislative Change – 1994 to 2002.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

ForAllSecure

Having a common framework around vulnerabilities, around threats , helps us understand the information security landscape better. Literally, how the rebellion fighting the Empire has echoes in how we approach and mitigate information security threats. He’s the author of the acclaimed Threat Modeling: Designing for Security.

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The Enron Data Set is No Longer a Representative Test Data Set: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

The data set is public domain data from Enron Corporation that originated from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Enron Investigation (you can still access that information here ). Outlook 2002 and earlier versions limited the size of PST files to 2 GB. But first, here’s a reminder of what the Enron Data Set is.