How safe is your DNA data?
A group of DNA collection and genealogy websites have agreed on new guidelines for handling sensitive genetic and family data. Continue reading How safe is your DNA data?
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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: Virus Hunter
It was early 1983 and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi of the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris was busy at the centrifuge trying to detect the presence of a retrovirus. The sample in the centrifuge came from an AIDS patient, though the disease wasn’t called AIDS yet.
Just two years earlier in the US, a cluster of young men had been reported as suffering from unusual infections and forms of cancer normally experienced by the very old or by people using drugs designed to suppress the immune system. More cases were reported and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formed a …read more
The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs
When people migrated to North America some 10,000 years ago, they brought their canine companions with them. Continue reading The Mysterious Disappearance of North America’s First Dogs
Our DNA Might Be the Most Valuable Thing in a Trade Deal With Aliens
Or, how to avoid a “Mars Attacks”-style bloodbath when we eventually encounter extraterrestrials. Continue reading Our DNA Might Be the Most Valuable Thing in a Trade Deal With Aliens
US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates – and not in a good way. Continue reading US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyHeritage Data Breach, Facebook’s Data Sharing Partnership, Apple iOS 12 and macOS Updates
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 11, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyHeritage Data Breach, Facebook’s Data Sharing Partnership, Apple iOS 12 and macOS Updates
DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers
An unspecified “private” server was found with the account data of users who signed up for the service, in the largest breach since Equifax last year. Continue reading DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers
DNA testing website MyHeritage hacked; 92 million user accounts stolen
By Waqas
MyHeritage, an Israeli DNA, and genealogy website has suffered a massive
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MyHeritage Says Over 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised
MyHeritage, the Israel-based DNA testing service designed to investigate family history, has disclosed that the company website was breached last year by unknown attackers, who stole login credentials of its more than 92 million customers.
The company… Continue reading MyHeritage Says Over 92 Million User Accounts Have Been Compromised
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – DNA Privacy, This Week’s Social Media Privacy News Roundup, Remote Car Hacking
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 7, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted b… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – DNA Privacy, This Week’s Social Media Privacy News Roundup, Remote Car Hacking