Collaborate Disseminate
A firm called SpyCloud is selling your data to law enforcement. And the sources of that data are hackers.
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We’re just halfway through the year, and 2020 is on track to set a new data breach record. The new year started off on the wrong foot, with the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the world, creating the perfect storm for cybercrime to flourish. Fr… Continue reading 2020 is on Track to Hit a New Data Breach Record
A joint operation headed by European and British law agencies dismantled the Encrochat messaging service, leading to the arrests of more than 100 people as well as the seizure of numerous weapons and ammunitions, drugs and millions in criminal funds. E… Continue reading European Agencies Hack Criminal Encrochat Messaging System
French police hacked EncroChat secure phones, which are widely used by criminals: Encrochat’s phones are essentially modified Android devices, with some models using the "BQ Aquaris X2," an Android handset released in 2018 by a Spanish electron… Continue reading Hacked by Police
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via the United States Federal Trade Commission comes PrivacyCon 2020 – a veritable cornucopia of all things privacy! Slated for online participation on July 21st 2020, and at no charge! Wha… Continue reading United States Federal Trade Commission Hosts PrivacyCon 2020
When it comes to cybersecurity, what’s the difference between SMBs and large enterprises? If you guessed that the difference is related to the number of cyberattacks, then you’d be wrong. SMBs suffer just as many cyberattacks as large enter… Continue reading Simple and reliable network security for SMBs
Cybersecurity legislation needs to include ways to improve IT hygiene and visibility, the collective root of the cybersecurity problem Cybersecurity challenges aren’t slowing down. Government websites have been hacked and kicked offline by ransomware;… Continue reading What New Cybersecurity Legislation Doesn’t Include
Half of computer users confirm that they have fallen victim to some form of cybercrime, according to a new NordLocker cybersecurity report. The extent of cybercrime has no limits, and while cyber awareness campaigns have spiked in recent months, attack… Continue reading Half of Internet Users Fall Victim to Cyber Attacks
On June 18, Facebook filed a civil lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against online mobile platform Massroot8 for “scraping” data about Facebook users in violation of both Facebook’s Terms of Service (ToS) and therefore as criminal trespass … Continue reading No Trespassing: Facebook Sues for Data Scraping
On June 23, 2020, Senators Lindsay Graham, Tom Cotton, and Marsha Blackburn introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, one of the most expansive anti-encryption bills in recent history. The Bill would amend federal surveillance law… Continue reading Three Republican Senators Proposed Anti-Encryption Bill Endorsed by DOJ