Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2020

The Coronavirus has prompted thousands of information security professionals to volunteer their skills in upstart collaborative efforts aimed at frustrating cybercriminals who are seeking to exploit the crisis for financial gain. At least three major industry groups are working to counter the latest cyber threats and scams.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S. Cisco addressed several high-severity flaws in its products LockBit ransomware gang claims the hack of Continental automotive group 250+ U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 10, 2018

On January 9, 2018, the FTC issued a paper recapping the key takeaways from the FTC’s and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s June 2017 workshop on privacy and security issues involving connected cars. The workshop featured representatives from consumer groups, industry, government and academia.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

The data breach letter sent to the impacted individuals informs them that an unauthorized third party had access to the database of customers. Hyundai Italy has notified the privacy watchdog and hired external cybersecurity experts to determine the scope of the incident. According to the letter, financial data were not exposed.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A hacker collective claims to have hacked over 50,000 home security cameras and published their footage online, some of them on adult sites. A group of hackers claims to have compromised over 50,000 home security cameras and published their private footage online. ” reported The New Paper.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Vietnam-linked APT32 group targeted Vietnamese human rights defenders (HRDs) between February 2018 and November 2020. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

The hacking group Anonymous has been more aggressive, launching attacks across Europe to give Vladimir Putin “a sip of his own bitter medicine”. The EU has responded to calls for help from Ukraine, and has set up a cyber rapid-response team comprised of 12 volunteers, who will help cyber attack victims.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2023

Over 3,000 Android Malware spotted using unsupported/unknown compression methods to avoid detection WinRAR flaw enables remote code execution of arbitrary code #OpFukushima: Anonymous group protests against the plan to dump Fukushima RADIOACTIVE wastewater into Pacific Massive phishing campaign targets users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server (..)

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

On 7 January 2020, the EU Medical Device Coordination Group published new guidance to help manufacturers fulfil all relevant cybersecurity requirements in Annex I to the new Medical Device Regulations (Regulations 2017/745 on medical devices and 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices) (the Guidelines).

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 9, 2021

2 Specifically, the interim final rule would be amended to include transactions that involve “software, software program[s], or a group of software programs, that [are] designed to be used on an end-point computing device and include[] as an integral functionality, the ability to collect, process, or transmit data via the internet.”

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 6, 2018

On February 28, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report, titled Mobile Security Updates: Understanding the Issues (the “Report”), that analyzes the process by which mobile devices sold in the U.S. receive security updates and provides recommendations for improvement.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. But the loss of personal information in a data breach can also have significant consequences on an individual, including financial loss, identity theft, other fraud, emotional distress and even damage to reputation. Define sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Privacy advocates criticize Apple for sharing some users browsing data with Tencent. Winnti Group was planning a devastating supply-chain attack against Asian manufacturer. Adobe out-of-band security updates address 82 flaws in 3 products. M6 Group, largest France private multimedia group, hit by ransomware attack.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 3, 2022

The very same features and capabilities that enabled John Deere and its dealers to disable the stolen hardware could lay the groundwork for a disastrous cyber attack on the agricultural sector, in which state sponsored actors or even cyber criminal groups brick critical farm equipment at crucial moments in the planting or harvesting season.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 17, 2015

On July 10, 2015, the United States House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Act”), which is intended to ease restrictions on the use and disclosure of protected health information (“PHI”) for research purposes.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 16, 2018

On July 11, 2018, computer manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd. Lenovo pre-installed VisualDiscovery on a certain group of its laptops, which it began shipping out in late summer. According to the consumer class claims, VisualDiscovery accessed sensitive consumer data and riddled the laptops with security vulnerabilities.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The National Highway Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) recently issued non-binding guidance that outlines best practices for automobile manufacturers to address automobile cybersecurity. According to the NHTSA, the Cybersecurity Guidance is “non-binding guidance” that contains “voluntary best practices” to improve motor vehicle cybersecurity.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C. We also found 14 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? TB Paysign, Inc.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 1, 2013

Although this 5-4 decision would not be considered a “privacy” or “data breach” case, the Court’s analysis will have a significant impact on such cases going forward, and may thwart the ability of individuals affected by data breaches to assert standing based on possible future harm.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Even so, the car manufacturers carved out large groups of codes. Since then, car manufacturers have improved on this. Herfurt: My name is Martin Herfurt and I'm a security researcher. Vamosi: Twenty years ago, Martin participated in the early stages of Bluetooth special interest group or Bluetooth SIG.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 29, 2016

On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) released their respective Opinions regarding the review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications (the “ePrivacy Directive”).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. There are plenty of cases where the extent of a breach isn’t known until the information resurfaces years later (as you might recall from Yahoo’s security meltdown ).

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 8, 2023

What if you are a woman in information security? I’m Robert Vamosi, and in the episode I’m talking about diversity, equality, and inclusion in information security with one of the industries' most successful examples. So I also have recently launched a nonprofit called the Forte group.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The cybercrime group claims to have stolen 1 TB of data from the hospital and threatens to leak it. Stolen data include personal information, internal emails, finances, medical cards and more sensitive information. Expect for the updates and keep your privacy in your own hands." Come on guys, seriously?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

The company has fixed the issue, blaming it on a vulnerability in the app’s groups feature. iSharing is used by more than 35 million users. Data breached: >35 million people’s data. 117 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We are the first sex tech company to do this,” Lovense told CyberNews after the research team informed the manufacturer of its findings. The company said it updates its software to address any concerns that arise and is committed to the privacy and security of its users. “We Some of the flaws have still not been patched.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. but the link to the privacy and security policies was dead. Wow - destroy them! Cellnet is a publicly listed company with a heap of different brands.

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