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Weekly podcast: Australian Cabinet Files, Matt Hancock MP’s app and Monero mining

IT Governance

Unfortunately, however, the BBC reports that there are a few “teething troubles […] with some users saying their privacy has been compromised after responding to an on-screen prompt asking for access to their photo library. The app then still […] accesses the photo library whether the user denies access or not.”. What’s that?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

Enforcement 19 people charged after cyber crime investigation into xDedic Marketplace An investigation into the xDedic Marketplace, a website on the dark web that illegally sold login credentials and personal data to criminals until it was shut down by the US Attorney’s Office in 2019, has resulted in 19 people being charged.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018.

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2017 Retrospective

Troy Hunt

Things like the most popular posts: The Onliner Spambot post was more than twice as popular as the next biggest post and both the top 2 were about massive dumps of personal data on the web. Plus, I reckon I also scrubbed up alright given my usual level of presentiveness (my 8-year old son's word, not mine!)

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