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Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates

Security Affairs

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. Major social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, were not reachable since 11:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ” reported NetBlocks.

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Two new CJEU judgments further tighten limits of government surveillance – significant for impending UK adequacy decision and “Schrems II country assessments”

Data Protection Report

The UK case: On 5 June 2015, Privacy International brought a case before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ( IPT ) against the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Secretary for State for the Home Department and the UK SIAs which challenged the lawfulness of the acquisition and use of bulk communications metadata.

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Russia-linked Sofacy APT developed a new ‘Go’ variant of Zebrocy tool

Security Affairs

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. “The Sofacy threat group continues to carry out attacks using their Zebrocy tool.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). a16z Investments.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, and, in particular, third-party transactions in which customer information is harnessed for advertising purposes. Could a party, for instance, decline to produce, review, or even collect certain types of data due to privacy concerns?

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