White House to Issue Executive Order on Personal Information Protection

A coming White House Executive Order seeks to protect personal information by preventing the mass transfer of Americans’ sensitive data to countries of concern.
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My personal info was leaked on the dark web through my Gmail Account; is it still safe to continue using said Gmail Account?

I have been using my personal Gmail Account for years to create accounts on a wide range of websites like evite.com and Instagram.
Google conducted a dark web scan and created a report of instances where my personally identifiable informat… Continue reading My personal info was leaked on the dark web through my Gmail Account; is it still safe to continue using said Gmail Account?

Hypothetical Discovery: Security Concerns in Airline Booking Systems – Seeking Guidance on Responsible Reporting [duplicate]

I recently had a peculiar experience where a vase, courtesy of my mischievous cat, took an unexpected detour onto my head. In the aftermath, I couldn’t help but wonder about the security of an Airline booking system used by various airline… Continue reading Hypothetical Discovery: Security Concerns in Airline Booking Systems – Seeking Guidance on Responsible Reporting [duplicate]

What Australian IT Leaders Need to Focus on Ahead of Privacy Act Reforms

The Australian federal government aims to deliver changes to privacy laws in 2024. Organisations are being warned to prepare ahead of time by creating a comprehensive map of organisational data. Continue reading What Australian IT Leaders Need to Focus on Ahead of Privacy Act Reforms

Is it a security issue to include postcode and/or last name in a GET request query string?

I’m currently designing an API endpoint to validate a customer, and they can either pass in their postcode or their last name, as well as their customer ID (plus some other irrelevant data).
I’ve heard that including PII or sensitive data … Continue reading Is it a security issue to include postcode and/or last name in a GET request query string?

isc2 website is asking for date of birth to register for exam, should i be concerned? [closed]

I was registering on isc2 website for a certification exam and saw that the date of birth was a "required" field to be filled out. I skimmed through their privacy policy, etc, but didn’t see a reason why this piece of data was b… Continue reading isc2 website is asking for date of birth to register for exam, should i be concerned? [closed]

How can I go about reporting a data breach in my private network without compromising my personal/private network data [closed]

I started capturing my home network data with wireshark and tcpdump after receiving a notification that my personal email was being accessed from another location. In the data capture files, I found I am compromised.
How do I go to report … Continue reading How can I go about reporting a data breach in my private network without compromising my personal/private network data [closed]

What are the security risks of storing sensitive documents on your android devices’s external storage?

Documents such as driving license, financial statements etc. with a lot of PII, how big is the risk of storing such type of documents on the shared external storage on android?
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Android device is encrypted but the individual f… Continue reading What are the security risks of storing sensitive documents on your android devices’s external storage?