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Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform

Security Affairs

New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

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Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization

Security Affairs

A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. ” concludes the company.

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How to Easily Meet the PCI DSS Awareness Training Requirements

IT Governance

All organisations that transmit, process or store payment card data, or affect its security, must meet the requirements of the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). Sub-requirement 12.6, “security awareness education is an ongoing activity”, demands that you: Implement a formal security awareness programme.

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Cloud for government: A look at 4 agency transformations

OpenText Information Management

The approval process for new age-restricted products is complex and requires thousands of highly technical and proprietary documents to be exchanged. The agency required complex data models and workflows to be built in under a year—a timeline unprecedented for technology and systems projects in the public sector.

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

The intercepted CLOP communication seen by KrebsOnSecurity shows the group bragged about twice having success infiltrating new victims in the healthcare industry by sending them infected files disguised as ultrasound images or other medical documents for a patient seeking a remote consultation. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible.

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UCSF paid a $1.14 Million ransom to decrypt files after Ransomware attack

Security Affairs

million to cybercriminals to recover data after a ransomware attack. million to cybercriminals to recover data encrypted during a ransomware attack that took place on June 1. The University believes the attack was opportunistic and that did not target specific systems or data within the organization. million, to decrypt it.