Collaborate Disseminate
Marking the one-year anniversary of GDPR coming into force (May 25, 2018), a web-scanning service has analyzed the visible GDPR compliance of the 100 most popular websites in each of the 28 European member states. The scan is non-intrusive. As a result… Continue reading Analysis Shows Poor GDPR Compliance in European Websites
Researchers have detected what they believe to be new activity from Chinese cyber espionage group, APT10. The activity surfaced in the Philippines and shares similar tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and code associated with APT10.
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This is an age of large scale political social engineering through social media, both by advertising and the presentation of misleading data. International social engineering became frontpage news with the 2016 US presidential elections, but has not ab… Continue reading Research Shows Twitter Manipulation in Weeks Before EU Elections
Almost exactly one year after the stringent European General Data Protection Regulation came into effect (May 25, 2019), the Supreme Court of the state of Georgia has ruled (May 20, 2019) that the state government does not have an inherent obliga… Continue reading Georgia Supreme Court Rules that State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information
SandboxEscaper, the security researcher who posted a claimed zero-day Windows 10 vulnerability on GitHub Tuesday, has now posted the remaining four exploits (two yesterday and the final two today) that he or she (we’ll say ‘she’) said she possessed.&nb… Continue reading Researcher Drops 3 Separate 0-Day Windows Exploits in 24 Hours
Moody’s has revised its Equifax outlook from stable to negative, citing the effect of the 2017 data breach. This is the first time that a cybersecurity incident has resulted in a Moody’s outlook downgrading.
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Continue reading Moody’s Downgrades Equifax Outlook to Negative Over 2017 Data Breach
Researchers at Cambridge University have determined that attackers could use the built-in motion sensors in mobile devices to generate a unique device fingerprint.
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URLZone Morphs Into a Downloader for Ursnif
Researchers have discovered a malware campaign targeting Japan and combining phishing, steganography, PowerShell, and the URLZone and Ursnif malwares.
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Continue reading Attack Combines Phishing, Steganography, PowerShell to Deliver Malware
Cybersecurity of Major U.S. and European Political Parties Found Wanting
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Continue reading Poor Security Hygiene Found Across Almost All Political Parties in US, Europe
Tampa Bay, FL-based security awareness and simulated phishing firm KnowBe4 has acquired Oslo, Norway-based security culture measurement company CLTRe for an undisclosed sum.
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Continue reading Awareness Training Firm KnowBe4 Acquires Awareness Measurement Firm CLTRe