The Last Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2020

Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. The many privacy and security issues raised by IoT, however, are another story. The addressing of IoT privacy and security concerns lags far, far behind.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

The security risks inherent in Chinese-made 5G networking equipment are easy to understand. Because the companies that make the equipment are subservient to the Chinese government, they could be forced to include backdoors in the hardware or software to give Beijing remote access. The 5G security problems are threefold.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

Security experts are poring over thousands of new Coronavirus-themed domain names registered each day, but this often manual effort struggles to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus to promote malware and phishing sites, as well as non-existent healthcare products and charities. Data: Hold Security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2023

The Canadian government announced it will ban the video app TikTok from all government-issued devices over security concerns. Canada is going to ban the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok from the mobile devices of its employees over security concerns. The app will be removed from government devices this week.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 25, 2020

But it’s an uphill battle due to a long history of secrecy and failures to live up to promises on security and privacy of Australians’ data. Location information (outside of postcode) isn’t retained.

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Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. There’s no going back. They must choose both.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Businesses at large would do well to model their data collection and security processes after what the IC refers to as the “intelligence cycle.” This cycle takes a holistic approach to detecting and deterring external threats and enforcing best-of-class data governance procedures. infrastructure from cyber attacks.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law. GDPR Compliance Starts with Data Discovery.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 14, 2020

Federal parliament this week debated and passed Covidsafe legislation designed to protect the privacy and security of users of the government’s contact-tracing app.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 2, 2020

At a time the federal government is asking Australians to trust the security of data collected by its Covid-Safe contact tracing app , privacy experts are appalled by the breach, which they say is just the latest in a long line of cybersecurity blunders.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 16, 2021

After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. Data Security Policies. Data Security Obligation. increasing the punishment dynamics for violations of the law. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. The access was first blocked via national provider Turk Telecom (AS9121), but later other service providers applied the government restrictions. local time (8:30 p.m.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. Many media outlets mistakenly reported that the National Public data breach affects 2.9

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 19, 2021

These permit the free transfer of personal data collected in the UK to the relevant “adequate” jurisdiction. The UK government stated after signing the MoU that it “intends to expand the list of adequate destinations in line with our global ambitions and commitment to high standards of data protection.”.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2022

Among them: an expanding digital footprint, growing attack surfaces, and increasing government regulation. Securing APIs. The SolarWinds attack made API supply chain security a front-page story in 2020. Given all of this newfound concern for API supply chain security, where are the tools for solving this problem?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

. “We are writing to inform you about a security incident we recently identified in which an unauthorized actor obtained some limited types of customer information. ” reads the data breach notification email sent to the impacted customers.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Here’s what everyone should know about what’s at stake when it comes to infusing some level of ethics into AI. ‘Ethical AI’ Companies and big government agencies know ethical use of AI is important. At the moment, there’s little to constrain corporations or government agencies from using AI however they want.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

But the Strasbourg court found that GCHQ’s regime for sharing sensitive digital intelligence with foreign governments was not illegal. Continue reading.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

On Friday, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet) issued a warning that it would stop the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from handling data collected via Smittestopp contact tracing app. “The pandemic is not over,” she said. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The threat actors used exploits for the above issues in attacks against organizations in various sectors globally, allowing the APT group to access sensitive data and deploy infrastructure for ongoing data collection. cyber agencies warned.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The boundaries between research and grey data are blurring, making it more difficult to assess the risks and responsibilities associated with any data collection. Many sets of data, both research and grey, fall outside privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, and PII.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Homeland Security revealed that unknown threat actors have targeted the network of the US Census Bureau during the last year. The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible dedicated to providing current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A digital twin is a virtual duplicate of a physical entity or a process — created by extrapolating data collected from live settings. As data collection and computer modeling have advanced apace, so have the use-cases for digital twin technology. Alexander. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In August, CyberITL completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment, by looking at the compiled software. Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.].

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 3, 2021

On April 29, 2021, China issued a second draft version of the Data Security Law (“Draft DSL”). Specifically, the Cybersecurity Law of China would apply to the administration of transfers of important data collected and generated by CII operators during their operations in China. Licensable Data Processing Service.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2021

To overcome these challenges and champion the positive effects of cyber insurance, this paper calls for a series of interventions from government and industry. To date, the UK government has taken a light-touch approach to the cyber insurance industry.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks hit indiscriminately across business categories, from private corporations to government agencies, including schools and universities, hospitals and healthcare providers, financial institutions, and everything in between.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The controversial collection of details on billions of American phone calls by the National Security Agency (NSA) was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court. citizens were collected in bulk and screened for possible connections to terrorist activity.

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KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Suzanne Smalley at Cyberscoop reported: "FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday he is “extremely concerned” that Beijing could weaponize data collected through TikTok, the wildly popular app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

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Collibra

JULY 21, 2023

In our data-driven age, data quality is crucial for any organization — but it’s particularly vital for citizens who rely on government agencies to provide essential services. Government programs of all kinds can benefit from the use of Collibra Data Quality & Observability.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

These are based on publicly disclosed incidents in the media or security reports.” ” Anyone can request access to the data by compiling this form. According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 25, 2019

My current work is split between two projects: One has to do with data governance, the other political media. Big data, data breaches, data mining, data science…Today, we’re all about the data. And second… Governance. But Governance? Data Governance.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In our last blog , we delved into the seven most prevalent data challenges that can be addressed with effective data governance. Today we will share our approach to developing a data governance program to drive data transformation and fuel a data-driven culture.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The security breach took place on on May 14, and the institute discovered it only on May 31, then the research institute reported the incident to the government and launched an investigation. In accordance with this, the attacker IP is blocked and the VPN system security update is applied.” ” reported the Reuters.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Facing a backlash from lawmakers and the public, the IRS soon reverses course , saying video selfies will be optional and that any biometric data collected will be destroyed after verification.

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