President Biden Blocks Mass Transfer of Personal Data to High-Risk Nations U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order that prohibits the mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern. The Executive Order also “provides safeguards around other activities that can give those countries access to Americans’ sensitive data,” Read more…
Building Your Privacy-Compliant Customer Data Platform (CDP) with First-Party Data In today’s digital era, data privacy isn’t just a concern; it’s a consumer demand. Businesses are grappling with the dual challenge of leveraging customer data for personalized experiences while navigating a maze of privacy regulations. The answer? A privacy-compliant Customer Read more…
FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users' Browsing Data The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users’ browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking. In addition, the Read more…
Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers Feb 06, 2024NewsroomDark Web / Cybercrime Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of Read more…
Italian Data Protection Watchdog Accuses ChatGPT of Privacy Violations Jan 30, 2024NewsroomGenerative AI / Data Privacy Italy’s data protection authority (DPA) has notified ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of supposedly violating privacy laws in the region. “The available evidence pointed to the existence of breaches of the provisions contained in the E.U. GDPR Read more…
NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants Jan 29, 2024NewsroomSurveillance / Data Privacy The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to identify the websites and apps Americans use that would otherwise require a court order, U.S. Senator Ron Read more…
PixieFail UEFI Flaws Expose Millions of Computers to RCE, DoS, and Data Theft Jan 18, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the TCP/IP network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification used widely in modern computers. Collectively Read more…
From Data Leaks to Multi-Extortion The threat actors associated with the Medusa ransomware have ramped up their activities following the debut of a dedicated data leak site on the dark web in February 2023 to publish sensitive data of victims who are unwilling to agree to their demands. “As part Read more…
FTC Bans Outlogic (X-Mode) From Selling Sensitive Location Data Jan 10, 2024NewsroomPrivacy / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday prohibited data broker Outlogic, which was previously known as X-Mode Social, from sharing or selling any sensitive location data with third-parties. The ban is part of a Read more…
Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023: Insights, Mitigators and Best Practices John Hanley of IBM Security shares 4 key findings from the highly acclaimed annual Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 What is the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report? The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Read more…