Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Security vendor Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls, including a Remote Code Execution flaw. Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls that were reported by Positive Technologies expert Andrey Medov. . The flaw received a CVSS score of 6.4/10,

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 25, 2022

In its complaint , the OAG alleged that Sephora allowed third parties to install tracking software ( e.g., cookies, pixels, SDKs) on its website and app to enable the third parties to monitor consumers’ online behavior as they shop. Under the settlement, Sephora must: Pay $1.2

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2021

That said, there is one venerable technology – web application firewalls ( WAFs) – that is emerging as a perfect fit for SMBs in today’s environment, as all companies shift to a deeper reliance on cloud services and mobile apps. Web apps and mobile apps are where they action is. Here are the big takeaways: WAF resurgence.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Here we’ll discuss the implications to the third-party tracking and data which has been most impacted by recent privacy regulations and protocols. Users concerned about this tracking can disable tracking and opt-out. These have been used by advertising networks to retarget the user across multiple touchpoints on the web.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2024

The future of customer experience (CX) is more : more data, more technology, more surprising and delighting. It’s also more pressure to retain those customers, whether those interactions happen online or in-store. As customer expectations and habits change, so too must the CX that organizations provide.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The Resecurity® HUNTER unit has identified a new tool available for sale in the Dark Web called MASQ , enabling bad actors to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls, including authentication mechanisms. All of that – can be easily be spoofed and bypassed with help of the new MASQ tool.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The CNIL has published draft recommendations on how to obtain consent when placing cookies. This is following the publication of its revised “Guidelines on the implementation of cookies or similar tracking technologies” which was published in July 2019 (see our article here ). Scope of consent. First, information.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 4, 2019

The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ ICO “) has published its eagerly awaited guidance on the use of cookies and similar technologies. In it, the UK’s data protection authority has formally recognised the stricter standards of consent and transparency required for cookie usage in the world of the GDPR.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2020

Cisco addressed a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in its firewalls, tracked as CVE-2020-3452, that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive files from the targeted system. Cisco pointed out that that attack only allows accessing files on the web services file system (i.e.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 30, 2024

In December 2020, the company revised its privacy policy (increasing its size to 15 pages) and added a statement that it used Facebook Pixel, a web analytics and advertising service by Facebook, Inc. As indicated in the paragraph quoted above, the company collected some very sensitive personal information.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 25, 2019

Cookies Are One Piece of a Larger Puzzle. There has been an odd preoccupation with cookies for some time now—to the exclusion of other forms of browser tracking, some of which are much more flexible and more robust in their data collection capabilities than cookies. LocalStorage and Cookies—The Similarities .

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Reltio

JULY 21, 2021

There’s less than a year to go before the demise of third-party cookies becomes complete. Since there is no way for consumers to control where and how their personal data is used, it could be said that we have all lost our appetite for third-party cookies. For more information on third-party cookies and how they work, see this article.)

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.” Trade Cyberthreats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). Experts noticed the presence of the same web page on multiple domains, it displays the text “??????? ??????? ????????? ?????????????”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The problem: Unpatched Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances allow attackers to retrieve authentication session cookies and other information stored in buffers. Is it better to stress now, or stress more later? The fix: Apply the newly available patch immediately. and CVE-2023-20273 with a CVSS Score of 7.2,

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

On November 8, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies (Guidelines) (Spanish only). and aim to provide some direction on the use of cookies and similar technologies ( e.g. , local shared objects or flash cookies, web beacons or bugs, fingerprinting techniques, etc.)

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 27, 2022

In Order No. 224 of June 9, 2022 , the Italian data protection authority found that transfers of personal data to the United States by an Italian website through the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR. Code § 1881(b)(4), which subjects the company to the surveillance of U.S. The key points of the Garante’s decision on Google Analytics.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Related: Protecting web gateways. A typical website or mobile web app consumer experience today gets cobbled together with software components supplied by dozens of different software contractors. This has largely shaped the digital lives we’ve come to lead. Turns out all of this online profiling has a dark side.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It is important to remember that the analysis should not end with just cookies and Google Analytics. Cookies are only one of many ways to collect/transfer data, meaning Google Analytics and similar services can receive personal data through other means. An Important Reminder. www.website.com/pg1/?

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Elie

JULY 13, 2017

have decided to add features to private browsing to mitigate web tracking. This post looks at how and why people are using the private browsing mode. Private Browsing. also known as. in Internet Explorer and. Incognito mode. in Google Chrome, is a special mode where the browser doesn’t record the browsing activity on the local device.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Unless you live in a boot at the bottom of Loon Lake, you know that everything you do online is tracked. While tracking raises many privacy issues, it’s widely regarded as a net positive for businesses with a web presence. That said, ad tracking isn’t all red sauce, roses and romantic violin music.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2019

Under the PECR consent is required prior to dropping of cookies. The functioning of the adtech industry in the web context relies on dropping cookies. Generally, site publishers use cookie banners to collect the consent that is required under the PECR.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2013

On October 2, 2013, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) issued a Working Document providing guidance on how to obtain consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies in compliance with EU legal requirements (“Working Document”). Consent Should Be Sought Before Cookies Are Set or Read. Article 5.3

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

On 8 January 2020, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) published a draft Direct Marketing Code of Practice ( Draft Code ) for public consultation. The Draft Code is intended to update existing guidance published pre-GDPR and provide clarity on certain important issues.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The Study focuses on the proposed new “cookie provisions” (Art. On October 19, 2017, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“LIBE Committee”) narrowly voted to approve an amended version of the e-Privacy Regulation (“Regulation”). Moreover, this would ultimately undermine digital services in Europe.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In line with Directive 95/46/EC and the Google Spain decision, Bot held that the processing of personal data via cookies, which Facebook used to improve its targeting of advertisements, had to be considered as being in the context of the activities of the German establishment. in the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2014

On March 5, 2014, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) issued new guidelines in the form of five practical information sheets that address online purchases, direct marketing, contests and sweepstakes, and consumer tracking (the “Guidelines”). Consumer Tracking . Online Purchases. Direct Marketing by Mail and Telephone.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 27, 2010

violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as state privacy and computer security laws, by failing to provide adequate notice regarding its online tracking practices. The complaint alleges that Specific Media re-created the cookies so it could obtain personally identifying information, monitor online activity, and sell users’ data.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

COVID-19 again dominated the news, with initial optimism over vaccine rollouts and the potential end of the pandemic making way for new variants and the return of social restrictions. That statement was soon justified, with healthcare facilities and hospitals facing a barrage of attacks throughout the year.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Anonymity on the web becomes increasingly fractious as Tor and Bitcoin come into question with recent headline-grabbing stories. The capture and revelation of dramatic details of the Ulbricht’s Silk Road drug trafficking website has called into question both legitimate and seedy uses of anonymous technologies like Tor and Bitcoin.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Humans have used technology to transform their societies from prehistoric times up to the present. Now information technologies and the information revolution are again transforming society. Some technology trends such as real-time data analytics are on-going, while others are more recent, such as blockchain. Introduction.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Data breaches are an unfortunate reality of doing business in today’s technology-based world. But in order for businesses to maintain compliance with major privacy laws , they have to have security measures in place before an attack. Compliance Overview. PIPL provides a protection framework for the data of Chinese citizens.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, as technology becomes more evolutionary—think artificial intelligence and homes that can clean themselves on autopilot—your security—data or otherwise—is at risk if you do not take steps to protect yourself right now. Yes, there are bad and good hackers. become a central part of our lives, so does cybercrime and cyber insecurity.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 4, 2015

” Plenty of interesting technology, Internet, and media trends seem poised to break out in 2015. Put another way, Uber will replace Google, Facebook, and Apple as the centerpiece of a debate around the change wrought by the powerful tincture of technology and capitalism. My eleventh year of making predictions.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 24, 2010

Although the scope of the Opinion is limited to online profiling, its interpretation of Article 5(3) of the amended e-Privacy Directive provides some useful clarifications regarding the legal framework applicable to online behavioral advertising and the use of cookies. Most web browsers do not currently meet these requirements.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 17, 2009

Following numerous complaints about the use of behavioral advertising technology by internet service providers, the European Commission (the “Commission”) launched infringement proceedings against the United Kingdom for an alleged failure to keep people’s online details confidential. Legal Background.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 8, 2020

On April 6, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”) published a report summarizing the DPC’s findings following a cookie sweep of select websites across a range of sectors, as well as a new guidance note on the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Background.

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