security

Four orange charging cables with different connectors: Micro USB, Lightning, USB-C, and USB-A, are fanned out against a bright blue background. The cables have a braided texture, and each connector is encased in a shiny orange metallic shell.

November 12, 2020

European Data Protection Board Issues Schrems II Recommendations

Following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) decision in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and […]

November 11, 2020

Twitter could face its first GDPR penalty within days

European data protection regulators have inched toward an enforcement decision for a Twitter breach that the company publicly disclosed in […]

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November 11, 2020

Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says

Zoom has agreed to upgrade its security practices in a tentative settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which alleges that […]

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November 9, 2020

Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites

Software firm’s director thought name using HTML would be ‘fun and playful’. But Companies House has forced a company to change […]

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November 7, 2020

Border officer provides device passwords to police

A Canadian border officer who dealt with Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport in the hours before her arrest said he […]

A person is using a laptop displaying analytics data, including a pie chart, line graphs, and bar charts. Their hands are on the keyboard. Beside the laptop, there is a smartphone and a pair of eyeglasses on the table. The setting appears to be a workspace.

November 5, 2020

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after […]

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November 5, 2020

23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct ‘data breach index’ site

Site archive of Cit0day.in has now leaked on two hacking forums after the service shut down in September. Cit0day operated […]

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November 5, 2020

Privacy Shield Is Gone. So What Now?

With companies no longer able to rely on Privacy Shield for protection, companies have two main options available to them: […]

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October 30, 2020

Insider data breaches set to increase due to remote work shift

A third (33%) of all data breach incidents in 2021 are expected to be caused by insiders, according to the […]

October 30, 2020

Apple Faces Antitrust Complaint in France Over Privacy Changes in iPhones

Apple’s operating software starting early next year will require apps to get opt-in permission from users to collect their advertising […]

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October 29, 2020

Game Trains Police To Get Facebook Data Fast

Many investigators don’t know how to request help from the likes of Facebook, Apple and Google at speed when an […]

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October 28, 2020

A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients’ Therapy Notes

An extortionist has turned a breach of Finland’s Vastaamo mental health services provider into a nightmare for victims. It seems […]

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security

European Data Protection Board Issues Schrems II Recommendations

Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says

Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites

Border officer provides device passwords to police

Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct ‘data breach index’ site

Privacy Shield Is Gone. So What Now?

Insider data breaches set to increase due to remote work shift

Game Trains Police To Get Facebook Data Fast

A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients’ Therapy Notes

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