Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:51:04 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:44:16 +0000
The 2016 Uber data breach affected the personal information of 57 million people. And then the company covered it all up.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:05:52 +0000
Several articles here have delved into the history of John Bernard, the pseudonym used by a fake billionaire technology investor who’s tricked dozens of start-ups into giving him tens of millions of dollars. Bernard’s latest victim — a Norwegian startup hoping to build a fleet of environmentally friendly shipping vessels — is now embroiled in a lawsuit over a deal gone bad, in which Bernard falsely claimed to have secured $100 million from six other wealthy investors, including the founder of Uber and the artist Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd.
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:56:37 +0000
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| A new government front has emerged against stalkerware—the US Federal Trade Commission. Following enforcement against Retina-X and its founder, what’s next? Categories: Tags: Capital Oneconsent agreementconsent orderdata breachdata breachesEquifaxFederal Trade CommissionFTCFTC Bureau of Consumer ProtectionMarriottMobileSpyMotherboardnational domestic violence hotlineNational Network to End Domestic ViolencePhoneSheriffRetina-XRetina-X StudiosstalkerwareStealthGenieTeenSafeUberUS Federal Trade CommissionVice |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 18:51:40 +0000
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| As the Senate sits on no fewer than four data privacy bills that their own members wrote—with no plans to vote on any—and as the world’s largest social media company braces for an anticipated multibillion-dollar privacy blunder, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published what it calls a “privacy framework” draft. Categories: Tags: Access NowamazonBusiness Roundatblecybersecuritycybersecurity frameworkEnterprise Strategy GroupfacebookGoogleInformation Systems Security AssociationInformation Technology Industry CouncilInternet AssociationNational Institute of Standards and TechnologyNISTprivacyprivacy frameworktwitterUberUS Chamber of Commerce |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| Here are Labs’ top six takeaways from our data privacy and cybersecurity law series on corporate data privacy compliance. From emerging startups to burgeoning enterprises, these rules help not just with legal liability, but also user trust. Categories: Tags: AppleCalifornia Online Privacy Protection Actcybersecurity lawcybersecurity lawsdata breach notificationdata breach notification lawData privacydata privacy compliancedata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationgdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationHelix DNAmozillaonline privacypersonal datapersonal informationpersonally identifiable informationprivacy policyprotonmailsignalUberuser privacywhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:06:04 +0000
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| A roundup of last week’s security news from November 26 until December 2, including the Marriott breach, AV testing, 2019 security predictions, and an ad fraud botnet takedown. Categories: Tags: 2019 predictionsav testingDellESTAfbifingerprintsfraud botnetsLinkedInmarriotNodeJSnodjspredicitimroot certificatesUberwebcams |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:41:56 +0000
In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss Facebook’s investigation of Crimson Hexagon, a voyeur Uber driver and more.
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