Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed
The credit rating agency said it didn’t originally announce “potential” data points, like tax identification numbers, that “may have been […]
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Mixpanel analytics accidentally slurped up passwords
The passwords of some people using sites monitored by popular analytics provider Mixpanel were mistakenly pulled into its software. Until […]
Samsung and Roku Smart TVs Vulnerable to Hacking
Security and privacy testing by Consumer Reports of these smart-TV brands, along with LG, Sony, and Vizio, also reveals broad-based […]
41% of Canadian companies had sensitive data exposed
Report estimates that almost 87 per cent per cent of Canadian companies suffered at least one successful breach Source: Study […]
US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High
In 2017, ITRC counted 1,579 U.S. breaches, up 45 percent from 2016. That doesn’t reflect every U.S. data breach last […]
Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens
China’s police have a new weapon in their surveillance arsenal: sunglasses with built-in facial recognition. According to reports from local […]
Seattle Pushes Forward as Data Privacy Leader
Seattle’s citywide privacy program is often recognized as a current leading effort among municipal governments to guard collected data, but […]
Newly Released Surveillance Orders Show That Even with Individualized Court Oversight, Spying Powers Are Misused
Once-secret surveillance court orders obtained by EFF last week show that even when the court authorizes the government to spy […]
Swisscom data breach: 800,000 customers affected
Swisscom has revealed its customer data systems have been compromised and information belonging to roughly 800,000 customers has been stolen. […]
Why Every Company Should Consider Creating a “Cyber No-Fly List”
A cyber no-fly list can use deeper context and intelligence about digital traffic, asking, for example, “Is this traffic from […]
Security bill will enable Canada to disable computers located abroad
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (“CSE:) wants to give the public broad reassurances that it will not use its growing array of […]
Meltdown-Spectre: Malware is already being tested by attackers
German antivirus testing firm AV-Test has identified 139 samples of malware that seem to be early attempts at exploiting the […]