Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

The security risks inherent in Chinese-made 5G networking equipment are easy to understand. Since the internet, especially the "internet of things," is expected to rely heavily on 5G infrastructure, potential Chinese infiltration is a serious national security threat. The 5G security problems are threefold.

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Security Data collection Marketing Encryption 141

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

Access Management is Essential for Strengthening OT Security. These systems are connected to and managed from the cloud to fine-tune performance, provide data analytics, and ensure the integrity of critical infrastructure across all sectors. Tue, 05/24/2022 - 06:11. The threat landscape. The vulnerability landscape.

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Access Security Ransomware Authentication 126

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Log monitoring and threat intelligence are at the core of many cybersecurity tools, as they offer rich sources of data for the tools to use and learn from. We’ll look at how log monitoring works, its benefits, challenges, best practices, security use cases, and some log monitoring and management tools to consider.

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Security Cloud Compliance Risk 111

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Now for the big challenge - security. The "s" in IoT is for Security Ok, so the joke is a stupid oldie, but a hard truth lies within it: there have been some shocking instances of security lapses in IoT devices. But there are also some quick wins, especially in the realm of "using your common sense". Let's dive into it.

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IoT Security Risk Cloud 143

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. BK: Right, the Trusted Foundry program I guess is a good example.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hybrid cloud security is a framework for protecting data and applications in a computing environment that includes both private and public clouds. It combines on-premises and cloud-based resources to satisfy an organization’s diversified computing demands while ensuring strong security.

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Cloud IT Security Encryption 117

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 20, 2021

The “Financial Data Lifecycle Guidelines” (????????????) This introduces a data lifecycle security framework, and represents the key guideline for handling personal and other financial information by financial institutions (i.e. Level 4: payments data. Level 5: important data. Data localisation: level 5 data (i.e.

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Compliance Security Financial Services Data collection 111

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Once vetted and accepted, threat hunters will go into these message boards and communities and search for anything connected to your business, for example: •Corporate login credentials. Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Databases with critical IP and/or PII.

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Ransomware Access Marketing Data collection 260

Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

These directives, which the White House presents as constituting the most significant action any government has taken to address AI safety, security and trust, cover a variety of issues for private and public entities domestically and internationally. Producing a report on AI’s potential labor-market impacts.

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Artificial Intelligence Security Privacy Risk 75

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 25, 2020

Establishments and companies in the UK will therefore be responsible for the additional collection and potential sharing of customers’ personal data. Any entity engaging in this kind of data collection will need to comply with the requirements of data protection law.

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Data collection Personal data Compliance Retail 98

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2021

Researchers now believe that the rapid adoption of these skills could have implications for information security as they could open Alexa users up to phishing or invasive data collection. Some examples include Alexa Guard for home security, Easy Meal Ideas for recipes and Spotify for music. Businesses takeaways.

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Risk Security Privacy Phishing 91

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Design Elements that Hide or Delay Disclosure of Material Information : Examples include burying terms such as (1) mandatory charges not included in the advertised price or only mentioned late in the buying process and (2) key limitations of products or services.

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Data collection Sales Privacy Access 111

Krebs on Security

MAY 21, 2024

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. ” For example, they discovered that certain commonly used travel routers compound the potential privacy risks.

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Computer and Electronics Military Privacy Access 317

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 18, 2022

as an example of such approach. Moreover, the FTC also is focused on ensuring that remedies “reflect the latest best practices in security and privacy.” Due to the “realities of how firms surveil, categorize and monetize user data in the modern economy,” however, the FTC is considering how it might need to update its approach.

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Privacy Marketing Data collection Authentication 100

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The ICO defines a personal data breach as any event that results in. the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data. Sending personal data to the wrong person : this includes any message sent by email, post or fax. How to avoid data breaches.

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Personal data Data breaches Data collection GDPR 105

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Then, the derived insights let you monitor market trends, customer behavior, competitor pricing, and other key data collected via market research. Successful extraction of public data from the internet can be a tricky process, especially when visited websites use protection algorithms. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Marketing Data collection Communications Data Privacy 87

Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2023

A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection.

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Customer Experience Privacy Data collection Marketing 291

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Under the Data Security Law, organisations are required to classify the data they process according to their level of significance. Data classification. When classifying data, organisations should consider (i) the industry that their data belongs to, and (ii) the business attributes of the data (i.e.

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Data collection Personal data Access Compliance 98

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. Saurabh told me he developed a passion for helping organizations improve the efficiencies of their security operations. billion, and later co-founded SumoLogic.

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Security Big data Cybersecurity Analytics 159

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

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Encryption Access Artificial Intelligence IoT 176

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Also read: What is Network Security?

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Security Encryption Analytics Cloud 117

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Security experts say the passwords and other data stolen by Raccoon malware were often resold to groups engaged in deploying ransomware. For example, the indictment includes a photo that investigators subpoenaed from Sokolovsky’s iCloud account that shows him posing with several stacks of bundled cash.

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Military Passwords Data collection Ransomware 300

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2024

“This is a clever example of a fileless attack that exploits a legitimate tool: MSBuild.exe. ” The threat actors used both custom malware and off-the-shelf tools to gather sensitive data from victim machines. Attackers are constantly adapting their tactics, necessitating a layered security approach.”

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Archiving Military Communications Phishing 107

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple defines tracking as “the act of linking user or device data collected from your app with user or device data collected from other companies’ apps, websites, or offline properties for targeted advertising or advertising measurement purposes. Tracking also refers to sharing user or device data with data brokers.”

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Data collection Privacy Access Security 112

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

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Archiving Passwords Data collection Sales 136

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

“The list varied across analyzed samples, but an example list is shown below: txt.pdf.doc.docx.xml.img.jpg.png Once the file grabber has completed execution, the malware then creates a compressed archive called log.zip containing all of the logs that were previously written to the malware’s working directory.”

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Data collection Archiving IT Security 101

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The leak was reported to Wyze on December 26th at around 10:00 AM and the company immediately secured the database and launched an investigation. “Today, we are confirming that some Wyze user data was not properly secured and left exposed from December 4th to December 26th.” ” continues Song.

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Security IoT Data collection Access 63

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To test the true extent of data collection in VR, we designed a simple 30-person user study called MetaData. In short, we should care not just which attributes can be directly observed, but also what that data can in turn be used to infer. But until recently, the VR privacy threat has remained entirely theoretical.

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Privacy Risk Metadata Data Privacy 222

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Popular examples include a 3D virtual world platform and 3D open world game. While PIPEDA also contains guidelines suggesting how collected data should be securely stored, disposed of, and transferred, the guidelines are less prescriptive compared to other jurisdictions such as the European Union (“EU”).

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Privacy Artificial Intelligence Personal data Data collection 116

The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2020

Logged online activities are easier to trace so service providers can perform the necessary security check if one is required. Online fingerprinting, which started life as a security and accountability measure, is now being used to identify internet users for other purposes.

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Privacy GDPR Risk Data collection 290

Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

Security experts are poring over thousands of new Coronavirus-themed domain names registered each day, but this often manual effort struggles to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus to promote malware and phishing sites, as well as non-existent healthcare products and charities. Data: Hold Security.

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Phishing Data collection Security Government 293

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

2019 saw continued growth and change in data protection and cyber-security across the Asia-Pacific. Following the implementation of the GDPR in May, 2018, many jurisdictions moved to review and strengthen existing data privacy and cyber-security laws. million patients.

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Personal data Security Data Privacy GDPR 128

Schneier on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

With that in mind, the EFF has some good thinking on how to balance public safety with civil liberties: Thus, any data collection and digital monitoring of potential carriers of COVID-19 should take into consideration and commit to these principles: Privacy intrusions must be necessary and proportionate. Due Process.

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Big data Data collection Government Privacy 131

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The GDPR applies to any organization that processes the personal data of European residents, regardless of where that organization is based. Finally, the GDPR applies to the processing of personal data for virtually any reason: commercial, academic, governmental, and otherwise. Consents cannot be bundled, either.

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 78

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Otherwise, the collection must be optional, for example through an app. Risk # 3: Excessive collection of personal data. The breadth of personal data collection in digital solutions in smart city projects makes it difficult to contain it to what is necessary for specific purposes.

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Privacy Personal data Data collection Risk 89

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

A package containing features such as 3-D Secure support and support for configuring a phishing website, may cost up to $300. User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. The cyber security firm reported that it has prevented 7.1

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Phishing Sales Archiving Personal data 89

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Below are key examples of topics addressed by the proposed regulations. Right to Request to Exercise Personal Data Rights (Rule 4.02 – Rule 4.07; 6.11). Businesses are required to document and maintain records of all consumer data rights requests, in a readable format, for at least twenty-four (24) months.

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Privacy Personal data Data collection Compliance 78