What consumers expect from organizations that handle their personal data

In this Help Net Security video, Robert Waitman, Privacy Director and Head of Privacy Research Program at Cisco, discusses the key findings of Cisco’s 2022 Consumer Privacy Survey. This year’s survey highlights the critical need for further trans… Continue reading What consumers expect from organizations that handle their personal data

Medibank data breach: More customers affected, attacker got in via stolen credentials

Australian private health insurance provider Medibank has revealed that the hack and data breach it discovered over two weeks ago has affected more customers than initially thought. “We have received a series of additional files from the criminal… Continue reading Medibank data breach: More customers affected, attacker got in via stolen credentials

Medibank hack turned into a data breach: The attackers are demanding money

Medibank, Australia’s largest private health provider, has confirmed that last week’s “cyber incident” has resulted in a data breach. “Medibank has been contacted by a criminal claiming to have stolen 200GB of data,”… Continue reading Medibank hack turned into a data breach: The attackers are demanding money

Consumers want more transparency on how companies manage their data

Cisco published its 2022 Consumer Privacy Survey, an annual global review of consumers’ perceptions and behaviors on data privacy, highlighting the critical need for further transparency as consumers say their top priority is for organizations to be mo… Continue reading Consumers want more transparency on how companies manage their data

6 key challenges technologists are facing today

Every organization that interacts with customers or consumers via web and mobile applications, and also as they transition to a hybrid workspace, means that they are interacting with more tools, cloud services, on-prem services, SaaS tools and interfac… Continue reading 6 key challenges technologists are facing today

You should know that most websites share your in-site search queries with third parties

If you are using a website’s internal search function, chances are good that your search terms are being leaked to third parties in some form, researchers with NortonLifeLock have found. They tested 512,701 of the top 1 million sites that had int… Continue reading You should know that most websites share your in-site search queries with third parties

DeadBolt is hitting QNAP NAS devices via zero-day bug, what to do?

A few days ago – and smack in the middle of the weekend preceding Labor Day (as celebrated in the U.S.) – Taiwan-based QNAP Systems has warned about the latest round of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting users of its QNAP network-attache… Continue reading DeadBolt is hitting QNAP NAS devices via zero-day bug, what to do?

62% of consumers see fraud as an inevitable risk of online shopping

59% of consumers are more concerned about becoming a victim of fraud now than they were in 2021, according to ac research released by Paysafe. Consumers across North America, Latin America and Europe are prioritising security over convenience when maki… Continue reading 62% of consumers see fraud as an inevitable risk of online shopping

Tech companies are selling domains suggesting illegal sales of guns, malware

COVID-19-related domains remain a concern.

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