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3CX data exposed, third-party to blame

Security Affairs

We reached out to 3CX for comment but did not receive a reply before publishing this article. Moreover, the call metadata can reveal internal company information or even the health of an organization. That way, attackers could access user data simply by installing the software and using a legitimate license key.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 270

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Data leak exposes users of car-sharing service Blink Mobility

Security Affairs

Its metadata was then indexed by search engines and discovered by Cybernews researchers on October 17th. Cybernews researchers reported the incident to the company the same day it was discovered, and two days later, the database was no longer accessible. Anyone with any MongoDB viewer could have accessed the public-facing database.

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LastPass Breach

Schneier on Security

Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. These encrypted fields remain secured with 256-bit AES encryption and can only be decrypted with a unique encryption key derived from each user’s master password using our Zero Knowledge architecture.

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The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

Security Affairs

The Irish regulator pointed out that by making the accessibility of its services conditional on users accepting the updated Terms of Service, WhatsApp Ireland forced them to consent to the processing of their personal data. The company claimed that the updates aimed at improving the security end the service, but it clearly breached the GDPR.

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EU Council Presidency Releases Proposed Amendments to Draft ePrivacy Regulation

Hunton Privacy

refraining from sharing metadata or information collected via the use of cookies or similar technologies with third-parties, unless it has been previously anonymized. refraining from sharing metadata or information collected via the use of cookies or similar technologies with third-parties, unless it has been previously anonymized.

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SolarWinds Security Event Manager – SIEM Product Overview and Insight

eSecurity Planet

SolarWinds lacks the full security suite presence of some competitors, but is well-integrated across a variety of bonus IT operation capabilities such as threat intelligence platform capabilities, privileged access management, USB security, and botnet detection. SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) 2022.4