Key highlights of the Expert Panel report by the panel on Cyber Security as constituted in 2020 by the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, now the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (MPBSD) The ransomware landscape continues to grow and become more complex with each successive year and 2022 has been no exception. Threat […]
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In a report published on the Meta (earlier facebook) blog, by David Agranovich, Director, Threat Disruption, and Ryan Victory, Malware Discovery and Detection Engineer, it has been warned that the login information for 1 million users may have been compromised through malicious apps. As per the report, more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps […]
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Liam is 13 years of age now. His parents have been sharing images and videos on their social media accounts every since he was born. While his posts have received many likes and comments, it has put him in a position of unwanted publicity in his community. He now feels uncomfortable and doesn’t like many of […]
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When Houston resident Lauren Price, 37 read the leaked draft of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, she emailed her period-tracking app’s customer support team to ask how they were protecting her personal health information. The Montrose resident, 37, is an activist and data specialist for a local school district, so she […]
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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) released directions on April 28 that have sparked severe privacy concerns. CERT-In is the federal agency in charge of analysing cyber threats and responding to cybercrime reports. As per the guidelines, Virtual Private Network [VPN] providers must gather and preserve data on their customers for at least five […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Flash report detailing indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with attacks involving BlackCat/ALPHV, a Ransomware-as-a-Service that has compromised at least 60 entities worldwide. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the IOCs and technical details in FBI Flash CU-000167-MW and apply the recommended mitigations. FBI in its Flash Reprot warns of […]
Continue ReadingRead the transcript of the speech below : Thank you. Good morning. It’s a privilege to be here with all of you in the nation’s capital. And I must say, it’s so nice to finally gather in person. I want to thank the IAPP for bringing us together and for the vital work you do […]
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⚠️ Attention Google Chrome Users Google Issues Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion Chrome Users—Attacks Underway Google has issued an emergency security update for all Chrome users as it confirms that attackers are already exploiting a high severity zero-day vulnerability. The emergency update to version 99.0.4844.84 of Chrome is highly unusual in that it addresses […]
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The United States and the European Commission have committed to a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union when it struck down in 2020 the Commission’s adequacy decision underlying the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The Background […]
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