Collaborate Disseminate
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former security honcho, stands accused of obstructing justice and covering up a crime.
The post Uber ex-CISO Charged ‘Obstruction and Misprision,’ say DoJ/FBI appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Uber ex-CISO Charged ‘Obstruction and Misprision,’ say DoJ/FBI
The University of Utah paid a fee of more than $450,000 to attackers after they infected a portion of its servers with ransomware. On July 19, 2020, the Information Security Office (ISO) notified the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Scienc… Continue reading University of Utah Paid Over $450K to Ransomware Attackers
This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield but not rejecting wholesale the use of standard contractual clauses to transfer data to the U.S., the Court of Justice of … Continue reading Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls
A friend of mine received an interesting piece of snail mail the other day. It was one of those inheritance scam letters that usually arrive in E-Mail. An image of the letter is shown below: In summary, the author, a high-ranking bank official, has an … Continue reading Snail Mail With a Privacy Twist
The accuracy or integrity of data is only as good as its source In two separate incidents, one in Colorado and one in Washington, D.C., police at gunpoint stopped people who were not committing any crimes, ordered young families out of their cars at g… Continue reading Garbage In, Gospel Out: The Security Problem of Data Accuracy
The accuracy or integrity of data is only as good as its source In two separate incidents, one in Colorado and one in Washington, D.C., police at gunpoint stopped people who were not committing any crimes, ordered young families out of their cars at g… Continue reading Garbage In, Gospel Out: The Security Problem of Data Accuracy
I had the great delight of reading Geoff White’s new book, “Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global”, I thoroughly recommend it. The book is superbly researched and written, the author’s storytelling style not only lifts th… Continue reading Book Review: Crime Dot Com, From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
As we continue to move through 2020 it has become very clear that cyber criminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis as they continue to target new victims every day. In a recent report, the Federal Trade Commission has recorded, to date, over… Continue reading Identifying COVID-19 Phishing Scams
It would be heartening to think that cybersecurity has advanced since the 1990s, but some things never change. Vulnerabilities that some of us first saw in 1996 are still with us. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the news. Last month, Virgi… Continue reading Cybercriminals Are Infiltrating Netgear Routers with Ancient Attack Methods
A large cache of confidential documents has been exfiltrated from Intel and leaked
The post Intel Leak: 20GB of Secrets Just the Start, Says Perp appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Intel Leak: 20GB of Secrets Just the Start, Says Perp