Are data breaches getting worse? So far for 2021, the number of records that were reportedly exposed declined slightly, while the total number of reported data breaches increased both in the U.S. and globally.
In a preliminary report, the European Data Protection Supervisor has urged EU officials to ban the use and deployment of military-grade surveillance products, citing recent findings around the NSO Group's flagship spyware tool, Pegasus.
In case anyone doubts that Russia is the epicenter of ransomware operations, follow the money, as Chainalysis finds that "roughly 74% of ransomware revenue in 2021 - over $400 million worth of cryptocurrency - went to strains we can say are highly likely to be affiliated with Russia in some way."
In a declassified letter to CIA Director William Burns and DNI Avril Haines from 2021, two U.S. senators urged transparency around alleged "bulk surveillance" conducted by the CIA in response to now-declassified documents compiled by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Bipartisan legislation introduced by two U.S. senators aims to kick-start the modernization of "outdated" health privacy laws by creating a commission to examine regulatory gaps, including how to address health data falling outside of HIPAA's reach.
A massive data breach affecting an estimated 7 million people has been uncovered. The victims are primarily leads and prospective customers of the American marketing automation platform Beetle Eye, researchers say.
Security teams for the Washington Department of Licensing are investigating suspicious activity affecting an online data management system called POLARIS, which has gone offline until further notice. The DOL is advising licensees who were affected to monitor their accounts and credit files.
The Sri Lankan government plans to implement the Unitary Digital Identity Framework, or UDIF, a national biometrics-based digital identity project. But cybersecurity experts familiar with India's Aadhaar program, whose framework Sri Lanka is set to use, have voiced concerns over data protection.
Are ransomware-wielding criminals running scared? That's one likely explanation for the sudden release this week of free, master decryption keys for three different strains of formerly prevalent ransomware: Maze, Sekhmet and Egregor.
Israeli officials announced they will set up a commission of inquiry to investigate reports that the nation's police force used the flagship spyware of Israeli firm NSO Group, called Pegasus, to hack the phones of Israeli public officials, journalists and activists.
Jameeka Green Aaron, CISO of Auth0, says, "We're not protecting technology; we are protecting people." Because of that, she is a strong proponent of "privacy by design" in security controls, and she strongly advocates for viewing fraud and privacy together - not separately.
Greek data protection authority Hellenic DPA has imposed fines totaling more than $10 million on two telecommunication companies for GDPR violations including inadequate information disclosure to subscribers in the wake of data breaches, illegal data processing and inadequate security measures.
A variety of underground markets exist to help malware-wielding criminals monetize their attacks, including via log marketplaces such as Genesis, Russian Market and 2easy, which offer for sale batches of data that can be used to emulate a victim, whether it's a consumer, an enterprise IT administrator or anyone in...
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