Data on Patients Taking Vascepa Prescription Medication Exposed
78,000 Patient Healthcare Records Exposed in Unsecured MongoDB Database
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Author Archives: Kevin Townsend
UK Regulator Calls Out Compliance Failures in Targeted Advertising Industry
The UK regulator for data protection and privacy (the Information Commissioner’s Office — ICO) has published a report on its ongoing investigation into the adtech and real-time bidding (RTB) industries. This is a work in progress, but it is clear that… Continue reading UK Regulator Calls Out Compliance Failures in Targeted Advertising Industry
MongoDB Introduces Client-Side Field Level Encryption to Aid Compliance
MongoDB Inc, developer of the NoSQL MongoDB document-based database management product, has announced the latest version, 4.2. The primary new features are distributed transactions, an updated Kubernetes Operator, and client-side field level encry… Continue reading MongoDB Introduces Client-Side Field Level Encryption to Aid Compliance
Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Just a Temporary Advantage to Defenders?
Attackers Explore How to Defeat Machine Learning (ML)-Based Defenses and Use ML in Their Own Attacks
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Aptible Raises $12 Million to Launch Compliance Platform
San Francisco, CA-based Aptible has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Maverick Capital, with additional investors Thrive Capital and Western Technology Investment.
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Android Apps Target Bitcoin, By-Passing 2FA
Last week researchers reported on apps abusing the Android push notifications feature to deliver spam. Now other researchers have described apps using a similar but more advanced approach to by-pass two-factor authentication.
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Researcher Scrapes and Posts 7 Million Venmo Transactions
Venmo is a peer-to-peer mobile app designed to make it easy to send and receive payments from friends. It is owned by PayPal — and it is no stranger to security issues.
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Push Technology Used in Mobile Attacks
Researchers have detected an Android trojan that abuses the web push technology. In its benign use, web push is used by legitimate websites — such as news sites — to send out new event notifications. The less benign use is to employ the technology to… Continue reading Push Technology Used in Mobile Attacks
Canadian City Loses $500,000 to Phishing Attack
The City of Burlington, Ontario, revealed Thursday that it fell prey to “a complex phishing email” that cost the City CAD $503,000 (around USD $375,000). Few details have yet been released.
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The Active Cyber Defense Bill is Back on the Table
Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., is reintroducing his Active Cyber Defense Bill today. He first floated the idea in March 2017, and published an updated version in May 2017. It was then, and is now, being described as the ‘hacking back’ bill.
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